PEOPLE
Bill Gates 2015
By Chris Dinsdale
October 28, 2015 - Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, turns 60. Gates was one of the key figures of the personal computer revolution, and is listed by Forbes as the richest man in the world, a position he has held almost continuously since 1995. He stepped down from Microsoft in 2008 to devote himself full time to philanthropic work through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which he and his wife established in 2000.