Gates family
Encyclopedia
The Gates family refers to the members of Microsoft
founder and chairman Bill Gates
' family
and relatives who include:
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
founder and chairman Bill Gates
Bill Gates
William Henry "Bill" Gates III is an American business magnate, investor, philanthropist, and author. Gates is the former CEO and current chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen...
' family
Family
In human context, a family is a group of people affiliated by consanguinity, affinity, or co-residence. In most societies it is the principal institution for the socialization of children...
and relatives who include:
- William John Gates, his paternal great-grandfather
- Rebecca Eppinhauser, his paternal great-grandmother
- William Henry Gates I, his paternal grandfather
- William H. Rice, his maternal great-grandfather
- Isabella Thompson, his maternal great-grandmother
- Lillian Elizabeth Rice, his paternal grandmother
- William Henry Gates, Sr., his father
- Lillian Elizabeth Rice, his paternal grandmother
- James Willard Maxwell, his maternal great-grandfather
- Belle Oakley, his maternal great-grandmother
- James W. Maxwell, his maternal grandfather
- William J. Thompson, his maternal grandfather, Adelle Thompson's father
- Ida Medcalf, his maternal grandmother, Adelle Thompson's mother
- Adelle Thompson, his maternal grandmother
- Mary Maxwell GatesMary Maxwell GatesMary Maxwell Gates was an American businessperson. Gates served 18 years on the University of Washington board of regents...
, his mother- Kristianne Gates Blake, his older sister
- Kerry Adelle Blake, his niece
- Sullivan Michael Blake, his nephew
- Libby Gates Armintrout, his younger sister
- Stephen Maxwell Armintrout, his nephew
- William Henry Gates IIIBill GatesWilliam Henry "Bill" Gates III is an American business magnate, investor, philanthropist, and author. Gates is the former CEO and current chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen...
, commonly known as Bill Gates - Melinda French GatesMelinda GatesMelinda Ann French , later known as Melinda French Gates, is an American businesswoman and philanthropist. She is the wife of Bill Gates...
, his wife- Jennifer Katharine Gates, his daughter born in 1996
- Rory John Gates, his son born in 1999
- Phoebe Adelle Gates, his daughter born in 2002
- Kristianne Gates Blake, his older sister
- Mimi Gardner GatesMimi Gardner GatesMary 'Mimi' Gates is an American art historian who is the recent Director of the Seattle Art Museum. She married William H. Gates, Sr., father of Bill Gates, in 1996.Gates has a B.A...
, second wife of William, Sr.
- Mary Maxwell Gates
- Adelle Thompson, his maternal grandmother