Most influential people in the world

Revolutionized physics and inspired generations with groundbreaking theories.

Led anti-apartheid movement, became South Africa's first black president.

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Led civil rights movement, fought for racial equality peacefully.

Revolutionized technology and innovation with Apple products and vision.

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Inspiring global education advocacy and girls' empowerment through courage.

Belgian cosmologist and priest

Bill Gates is an American entrepreneur, programmer, and philanthropist, co-founder of Microsoft Corporation. Born on October 28, 1955, he was instrumental in revolutionizing personal computing by developing the MS-DOS operating system and later Windows, which became the most widely used operating system in the world. Gates was for many years the richest person in the world and, after leaving the leadership of Microsoft, has devoted himself primarily to philanthropy through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.