William Henry Gates III or also known as Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955 in Seattle Washington, United States.  Bill Gates is the co-founder and CEO of Microsoft, which the headquarters are located in Redmond, Washington, United States. Bill Gates is famous for the Microsoft Corporation. The corporation developed things such as the Xbox 360 and MSN (The Microsoft Company). One fact I found interesting about Bill Gates is that he is the richest person in the world.