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Bill Gates

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Bill Gates

William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate, software developer, investor, and philanthropist. He is best known as the co-founder of Microsoft Corporation. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), president and chief software architect, while also being the largest individual shareholder until May 2014. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bill Gates has received more than 31,538,801 page views. His biography is available in 150 different languages on Wikipedia making him the 7th most popular businessperson.

Memorability Metrics

  • 32M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 77.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 150

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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The Daily Dot
A viral conspiracy links Bill Gates, Jeffrey Epstein, and George Soros to coronavirus
A popular conspiracy theory is tying major figures including billionaire Bill Gates and the late, convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to the biotechnology company Moderna. But is any of it true? The conspiracy, a paragraph that has made the rounds across…
person Mikael Thalen
calendar Monday, August 3, 2020
Geekculture.com
JoT #2730: Bill Gates Conspiracy Theory.
It's true, all of it!
person Snaggy
calendar Sunday, August 2, 2020
CNET
What Bill Gates is doing during lockdown: Tennis, one masked haircut - CNET
In his free time, the billionaire philanthropist also takes walks in his neighborhood, but always wears a mask
person Gael Fashingbauer Cooper
calendar Monday, August 3, 2020
ValueWalk
Bill Gates: 160 coronavirus treatments in progress
Bill Gates said three coronavirus treatments are in testing now and that they could “cut the death rate dramatically.” He expects the treatments to become available in the coming months—long before the vaccine will be ready for distribution. Q2 2020 hedge fun…
person Michelle Jones
calendar Monday, August 3, 2020

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Bill Gates ranks 7 out of 481. Before him are Howard Hughes, Oskar Schindler, George Soros, Pierre de Coubertin, Cecil Rhodes, and Warren Buffett. After him are Ingvar Kamprad, John D. Rockefeller, Sepp Blatter, Aristotle Onassis, Vince McMahon, and David Rockefeller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Bill Gates ranks 2. Before him is Steve Jobs. After him are Bruce Willis, Nicolas Sarkozy, Michel Platini, Rowan Atkinson, Tim Berners-Lee, Alain Prost, Kevin Costner, Jair Bolsonaro, Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Willem Dafoe.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bill Gates ranks 61 out of 12,171. Before him are Jack Nicholson (1937), John Forbes Nash Jr. (1928), Robert De Niro (1943), Stephen King (1947), Charles Manson (1934), and Warren Buffett (1930). After him are George H. W. Bush (1924), Helen Keller (1880), Abraham Maslow (1908), George W. Bush (1946), Bob Dylan (1941), and John Dewey (1859).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Bill Gates ranks 3. Before him are Howard Hughes (1905) and Warren Buffett (1930). After him are John D. Rockefeller (1839), Vince McMahon (1945), David Rockefeller (1915), P. T. Barnum (1810), Colonel Sanders (1890), J. Paul Getty (1892), Ray Kroc (1902), Tim Cook (1960), and Hugh Hefner (1926).

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