When Henry Gates III was born on October 28, 1955. Almost everyone knows that he is one of the world’s richest people and perhaps the most successul businessman ever. He is the co-founder of Microsoft and successully made it into the world’s biggest software company. Moreover, he is renowed as a generous and kind man who started his own charity with his wife. They named it “Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation”, also known as the “Gates Foundation”.

            The main purpose of the foundation are to improve healthcare and reduce poverty globally. In America, it also helps to open up educational opportunities  and provide access to information technology. So far, the Gates Foundation has received many awards. President Barack Obama honored Bill and Melinda Gates with the Presidential Medal of Freedom on November 22, 2016. “Time” magazine voted Gates as one of the biggest influences of the 20^th century.

1. When was William Henry Gates III born?

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2. What is the name of Bill and Melinda’s charity foundation?

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3. What are the main purposes of the foundation on global scale?

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4. What does the foundation help in America?

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5. When did President Barack Obama honor Bill and Melinda Gates with a medal?

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