William Henry Gates II (born November 30, 1925), better known as Bill Gates Sr., is an American retired attorney and philanthropist, and author of the book Showing Up for Life: Thoughts on the Gifts of a Lifetime.
He is the father of Bill Gates, the principal founder of Microsoft.
One of a line of businessmen named William H.
Gates, and sometimes called William Gates Jr.
during his career, he is now generally known as William Henry Gates Sr.
due to the greater prominence of his son Bill Gates (whose full name is William Henry Gates III).
He has adopted the suffix "Sr." to distinguish himself from his more famous son.
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