Autograph of Bill Gates

Certified Authentic Autograph on Magazine Article. Bill Gates is an American entrepreneur and social activist, philanthropist, co-founder (with Paul Allen) and former largest shareholder of Microsoft. Until June 2008, he was the head of the company; After leaving office, he remained as its non-executive chairman of the board of directors. He is also co-chairman of the Bill and Melinda Gates Charitable Foundation, a member of the board of directors of Berkshire Hathaway, and CEO of Cascade Investment. From 1996 to 2007, from 2009 to 2016, he was the richest person on the planet according to Forbes magazine. Bill Gates is one of the record holders by the amount of funds donated to charity: between 1994 and 2010, he contributed more than $28 billion to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. In 2010, Gates signed the Giving Pledge and made a proposal to all billionaires to donate half of their wealth to charity. (С 577)