Gates
Americannoun
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Horatio, 1728–1806, American Revolutionary general, born in England.
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William Bill, born 1956, U.S. entrepreneur.
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Bill, full name William Henry Gates. born 1955, US computer-software executive and philanthropist; founder (1976) of Microsoft Corporation
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Henry Louis. born 1950, US scholar and critic, who pioneered African-American studies in such works as Figures in Black (1987)
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Horatio. ?1728–1806, American Revolutionary general: defeated the British at Saratoga (1777)
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You have to wonder, then, why Mr. Gates has sent so much of his money to Arabella Advisors.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
Gates announced last year that he was winding down the work of the Gates Foundation over a 20-year period and that all the fund’s assets would be spent by then.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
The IPO values the energy company, backed by Bill Gates and Google, at about $7.7 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
Like Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and other entrepreneur-moguls who followed, Rockefeller leveraged his early success in a new high-tech industry into market dominance.
From Barron's • May 2, 2026
None was bigger than the Gates Foundation, founded by Bill and Melinda Gates from their Microsoft fortune.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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