William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American businessman, investor, philanthropist, and writer best known for co-founding the software giant Microsoft, along with his childhood friend Paul Allen. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), president, and chief software architect, while also being its largest individual shareholder until May 2014. He was a major entrepreneur of the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s.
Known For
What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates
Self · (5 episodes)
2024
AI and the Future of Us: An Oprah Winfrey Special
Self
2024
Joko Winterscheidt Presents: The World's Most Dangerous Show
Self · (1 episode)
2023
Time Bomb Y2K
Self (archive footage)
2023
Lab Leak Liars: How China and Authorities Deceived Us
Self
2023
Icahn: The Restless Billionaire
Self
2022
Joe Montana: Cool Under Pressure
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2022
Power On: The Story of Xbox
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) · (5 episodes)
2021
Monopoly: Who Owns the World?
Self (archive footage)
2021
Tech Billionaires: Bill Gates
Himself
2021
Yes I Am: The Ric Weiland Story
Self
2021
Toilettes sans tabou
Bill Gates
2020
Derek DelGaudio's In & of Itself
Self - audience member (uncredited)
2020
Pandemic: The People, The Conspiracy, The Journey
2020
Coronavirus, Explained
Self · (2 episodes)
2020
One World: Together at Home
Self
2020
Retro Tech
Self - Environmentalist & Philanthropist · (1 episode)
2019
Aces & Knaves
Self
2019
Maischberger
Self · (1 episode)
2019
Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates
Self · (3 episodes)
2019
Axios
Self · (1 episode)
2018
Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2018
Explained
Self · (1 episode)
2018
trustWHO
Self (archive footage)
2018
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman
Self · (1 episode)
2018
Trump: An American Dream
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) · (1 episode)
2017
Becoming Warren Buffett
Himself (archive footage)
2017
Meet the Donors: Does Money Talk?
Self (archive footage)
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · (4 episodes)
2015
Unity
Self (archive footage)
2015
Top Spin
Self - CEO, Microsoft
2014
New World Order: Communism by the Backdoor
Self (archive footage)
2014
Silicon Valley
Bill Gates · (1 episode)
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · (1 episode)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · (1 episode)
2014
Face to Face
Himself · (1 episode)
2014
Heist: Who Stole the American Dream?
Self (archive footage)
2012
Das Milliardenversprechen
Himself
2012
Bill Gates: How a Geek Changed the World
himself
2011
Freakonomics
Himself
2010
Q&A
Self - Panellist · (1 episode)
2008
The Big Bang Theory
Bill Gates · (1 episode)
2007
All Things Digital: Steve Jobs and Bill Gates
Himself
2007
Buffett and Gates Go Back to School
Himself
2006
Live 8
Self
2005
A Brief History Of The PC
Self
2005
Our Best
Self · (1 episode)
2003
Surplus: Terrorized Into Being Consumers
Self
2003
Leben nach Microsoft
himself
2001
Click
Self · (1 episode)
2000
maybrit illner
Self · (1 episode)
1999
Nerds 2.0.1: A Brief History of the Internet
Himself (co-founder, Microsoft) · (3 episodes)
1998
Sabine Christiansen
Self · (1 episode)
1998
Im Dialog
self · (1 episode)
1997
The Daily Show
Self · (4 episodes)
1996
The Triumph of the Nerds: The Rise of Accidental Empires
Self - Co-Founder, Microsoft
1996
Microsoft Judgment Day: Doom
William J. Blazkowicz III (Doom Slayer)
1995
Visions of Heaven and Hell
Self
1994
Frasier
Bill Gates · (1 episode)
1993
Microsoft: How to Succeed in Business with Workgroup Computing
Self
1992
Countryfile
Self · (1 episode)
1988
Citizen Steve
Self - Businessman
1987
CBS News Sunday Morning
Self · (1 episode)
1979
60 Minutes
Self · (1 episode)
1968
Bambi-Verleihung
Self · (1 episode)
1948