Bill Gates family background is upper middle class. Bill Gates family lived in Seattle, Washington when he was born. His father William H Gates, Sr was a lawyer and his mother Mary Maxwell Gates was a school teacher and also board member of United Way and First Interstate BancSystem. Bill Gates family comprised of his parents and two siblings, elder sister Kristianne and younger sister Libby. Gates was the fourth with the same name in the family and was referred as William Gates III as his father dropped the “III” from his name. Being a lawyer himself Bill Gates father always wanted his son to pursue law but Bill was destined to challenge the conventional career streams and end up changing the way of our lifes with his PC revolution.
Bill Gates family regularly attended the Congregational church when Bill was young. His parents were of German, English and Scotch-Irish descent. Bill Gates father, William H Gates, Sr was an aspiring law student when he first met Mary Maxwell. William and Mary were two sides of a coin with regards to their personalities, William was a shy person and Mary was an athletic, outgoing and leader personality actively involved in student affairs at University of Washington. It was Mary Maxwell who brought the leadership traits to Bill Gates family background.
Bill Gates family background was close and warm, all the children were encouraged to compete hard and excel. Bill Gates was enrolled in Lakeside school at the age of 13 and it is where he started programming.
Bill Gates married Melinda French in 1994, Bill Gates children; daughter Jennifer Katharine Gates was born in the year1996, son Rory John Gates was born in the year 1999 and daughter Phoebe Adele Gates was born in the year 2002. Bill Gates children are not allowed to use ipods and iphones as these things are banned in the Gates household. Bill Gates children will not inherit their father’s fortune as Bill Gates believes giving the fortune to the children will not be good for them and the society and hence decided to give more in charity through Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. |
