Bill Gates - Founder of Microsoft
Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, circa 2004. Gates founded Microsoft in 1975 with Paul Allen, and it went on to become the world's largest personal computer software company. In 2000 he stepped down as CEO to focus on the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, reportedly the World's largest private charity, which donates to a number of charitable organisations and research programs. Gates has been in the Forbes list of the world's wealthiest people since 1987, and as of 2018 he was the world's second-richest behind Amazon boss Jeff Bezos. (Photo by Eamonn McCabe/Popperfoto via Getty Images)