Bill gates

Horatio, 1728–1806, American Revolutionary general, born in England.
William (“Bill”) born 1956, U.S. entrepreneur.
Contemporary Examples

The Rise And Fall Of Brazilian Billionaire Eike Batista Mac Margolis November 8, 2013
‘Revenge’: Emily VanCamp, Mike Kelley, Madeleine Stowe, and Gabriel Mann on the ABC Soap Jace Lacob February 28, 2012
Bill Gates Will Not Give You A Million Dollars Sam Schlinkert, Brian Ries February 10, 2013
Can Tarzan of the Apes Survive in a Post-Colonial World? Ted Gioia November 22, 2014
Ted Cruz and Donald Trump a Sideshow at Fire and Brimstone Rally Ben Jacobs August 11, 2013
Life and Death at Suicide High Lucinda Franks March 30, 2010
Start at the Top Matthew Bishop, Michael Green October 15, 2009
Up To a Point: Robber Barons Make Way For Robber Nerds P. J. O’Rourke August 8, 2014

Historical Examples

After the Rain Sam Vaknin
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 2 Work Projects Administration

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Bill, full name William Henry Gates. born 1955, US computer-software executive and philanthropist; founder (1976) of Microsoft Corporation
Henry Louis. born 1950, US scholar and critic, who pioneered African-American studies in such works as Figures in Black (1987)
Horatio. ?1728–1806, American Revolutionary general: defeated the British at Saratoga (1777)
person
William Henry Gates III, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, which he co-founded in 1975 with Paul Allen. In 1994 Gates is a billionaire, worth $9.35b and Microsoft is worth about $27b. He was a computer nerd who dropped out of Harvard and one of the first programmers to oppose software piracy (“Open Letter to Hobbyists,” Computer Notes, February 3, 1976).
(1995-03-02)