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"I am humbled and delighted. I'm particularly pleased that this honor helps recognize the real heroes our foundation supports to improve health in poor countries. Their incredible work is helping ensure that one day all people -- no matter where they are born -- will have the same opportunity for a healthy life, and I'm grateful to share this honor with them.William (Bill) H. Gates is chairman and chief software architect of Microsoft Corporation. Gates was born on Oct. 28, 1955. He grew up in Seattle, and entered Harvard University in 1973. In his Junior year, he left Harvard to focus his efforts on Microsoft, a company that he founded in 1975 along with long-time friend Paul Allen. The founders' vision was "a belief that the computer would be a valuable tool on every office desktop and in every home," according to a brief background of Bill Gates published on Microsoft's website. Read the full background here.
"This honor is particularly poignant given the deep connections Microsoft enjoys with the United Kingdom. Over the past 23 years we have benefited greatly from strong business alliances and the tremendous wealth of talent and creativity of our U.K. employees and researchers. The U.K. was the first country in which Microsoft set up a subsidiary outside the U.S., and our experience in the U.K. has been significant in shaping our international growth. The companies and organizations that we have supported and partnered with since, and their employees, have been an important part of the positive impact technology has had on economic growth and on the lives of people in the U.K. I am proud of this special relationship and the role we have helped to play in the development of the U.K. technology industry."
