William Henry Gates I is the grandfather of the American billionaire Bill Gates. William Henry Gates 1 was born on March 14, 1891, in Bremerton, Washington, United States, and was married to Lilian Elizabeth Rice in 2013 getting one child together. Bill Gates Sr was born from the marriage as the only child, but he continued with the family tree when he sired three children, including Bill gates.
William Henry Gates I’s Son
William Henry Gates I’s son was born on November 30, 1925. He is better called Bill Gates Sr, the father of Bill Gates and an American Attorney. Bill Gates Sr was born in Bremerton, Washington, where he grew up.
William Henry Gates I’s son joined Bremerton High School and graduated in 1943. He served in the U.S. Army for three years during World War II. He also joined the University of Washington, earning a B. A in 1949 and a J.D degree in 1950.
Bill Gates’s father co-founded a law firm in 1964, and he practiced in the firm until 1998. He also served as the president of the King County Bar Association and the Washington State Bar Association. Besides serving as a president, he was also a brad of members of several organizations, including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which his son and daughter-in-law co-founded.
William Henry Gates 1’s son married Mary Maxwell Gates in 1951. The two met at the University of Washington, and they remained friends. They married until 1994, when Mary Maxwell died. Before the death of Mary Maxwell, the two had three children, Libby Armintrout, Kristi Blake, and Bill Gates.
William Henry Gates I’s son was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2018. He died at 94, on September 14, 2020, at his home in Hood Canal, Washington.
William Henry Gates I’s Grandson
Bill Gates, born on October 28, 1955, is the grandson of William Henry Gates. The co-founder of Microsoft is a known figure in the world after being ranked in Forbes magazine as the richest man in the world from 1995 to 2017, except for two years.
Besides Bill Gates being the co-founder of Microsoft, he is a software developer, investor, author, and philanthropist. Bill Gates started Microsoft with his childhood friend Paul Allen, and he held various positions in the company, including being the company’s CEO.
Bill Gates was the President, Chairman, and CEO of the company and one of the people with the highest shares in the company until 2014. Bill Gates and Paul Allen formed the company in 1975, and it grew into the world’s largest personal computer software company.
When the company started operating, Bill Gates was the chairman and CEO until 2000, when he stepped down. But still, Bill Gates remained the chairman of the board of directors and became the chief software architect.
In 2008, Bill Gates moved to full-time work at the Bill &Melinda Gates Foundation. Except for 010 and 2013, Bill Gates remained the richest person in the world until 2017, when he was overthrown by Amazon’s funder Jeff Bezos.
