# Bill Gates

id: ent_bill-gates  
wikidata: Q5284  
kind: person  
timeline: /timelines/bill-gates.md  
page: /record/bill-gates  
same_as: https://asof.is/record/bill-gates (how to cite the id: /identifiers.md)  

American businessman, investor, and philanthropist

## Current state

What the record asserts: claims that held, valid by their sources or primary-sourced at confidence 0.7 or more. Unverified, disputed, retracted and review-marked claims are listed below, labelled, not here.

- [Bill Gates](/record/bill-gates.md) | founder_of | [Microsoft](/record/microsoft.md) | valid 1975-04-04 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_0CD4B2E9C5D9](/claim/clm_0CD4B2E9C5D9.md)
  sources: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/april-4/microsoft-founded, https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2026/04/04/On-This-Day-Gates-Allen-found-Microsoft/7291775266080/

## All claims

One claim per line, newest first. Superseded claims stay visible.

- [Bill Gates](/record/bill-gates.md) | board_member_of | [Microsoft](/record/microsoft.md) | valid 1981-01-01 to 2020-03-13 | conf 0.95 | superseded | [clm_13C7DAB406A2](/claim/clm_13C7DAB406A2.md)
  sources: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/789019/000119312519268531/d791036ddef14a.htm#toc791036_24, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2283, https://news.microsoft.com/2020/03/13/microsoft-announces-change-to-its-board-of-directors/
- [Bill Gates](/record/bill-gates.md) | ceo_of | [Microsoft](/record/microsoft.md) | valid 1981-01-01 to 2000-01-13 | conf 0.95 | superseded | [clm_4F86B752E837](/claim/clm_4F86B752E837.md)
  sources: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/789019/000103221001501143/ddef14a.htm
- [Bill Gates](/record/bill-gates.md) | chair_of | [Microsoft](/record/microsoft.md) | valid 1981-01-01 to 2014-02-04 | conf 0.95 | superseded | [clm_EE593E7583CA](/claim/clm_EE593E7583CA.md)
  sources: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/789019/000103221001501143/ddef14a.htm
- [Bill Gates](/record/bill-gates.md) | founder_of | [Microsoft](/record/microsoft.md) | valid 1975-04-04 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_0CD4B2E9C5D9](/claim/clm_0CD4B2E9C5D9.md)
  sources: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/april-4/microsoft-founded, https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2026/04/04/On-This-Day-Gates-Allen-found-Microsoft/7291775266080/

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