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Bill Gates is an entrepreneur, programmer, computer scientist born in Seattle (United States).
William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American businessman and philanthropist. A pioneer of the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, he co-founded the software company Microsoft in 1975 with his childhood friend Paul Allen. Following the company's 1986 initial public offering (IPO), Gates became then the youngest ever billionaire in 1987, at age 31. Forbes magazine ranked him as the world's wealthiest person for 18 out of 24 years between 1995 and 2017, including 13 years consecutively from 1995 to 2007. He became the first centibillionaire in 1999, when his net worth briefly surpassed $100 billion. According to Forbes, as of May 2025, his net worth stood at US$113 billion, making him the thirteenth-richest individual in the world.
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| Born | 28 October 1955, Seattle |
| Profession | entrepreneur, programmer, computer scientist |
| Nationality | United States |
| Employer | Gates Foundation, Microsoft |
| Educated at | Lakeside School, Harvard College |
| Spouse | Melinda Gates |
| Children | Jennifer Katherine Gates, Phoebe Adele Gates, Rory John Gates |
| Awards | Cross of Recognition, National Medal of Technology and Innovation, Padma Bhushan, NAS Public Welfare Medal, Order of the Aztec Eagle, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Lasker-Bloomberg Public Service Awa |
| Moon Sign (Rashi) | Pisces |
| Nakshatra | Uttara Bhadrapada (Pada 4) |
| Sun Sign | Libra |
| Ascendant (Lagna) | Gemini |
| Birth data reliability | Reference |
Birth details come from a published reference (source: Astrology of Professions (Pathak)) and have not been checked against a birth record, so the Moon sign is usually right but the Ascendant could differ.
Computed with Swiss Ephemeris (Lahiri ayanamsa).
Our library holds 47 business leaders with a computed Vedic chart from reliable birth data. 4 of them (9%) have the Moon in Pisces, like Bill Gates, and 2 (4%) share the Uttara Bhadrapada Nakshatra — the #8 most common Moon Nakshatra among business leaders, where Swati leads with 4 (9%).
For scale, an even spread would put about 3.7% in each of the 27 Nakshatras and 8.3% in each Moon sign. These are simple counts from our dataset, not a prediction.
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Bill Gates was born on 28 October 1955 in Seattle. Birth details come from a published reference (source: Astrology of Professions (Pathak)) and have not been checked against a birth record, so the Moon sign is usually right but the Ascendant could differ.
Bill Gates's Moon sign (Rashi) is Pisces and the Nakshatra is Uttara Bhadrapada, pada 4, computed with Swiss Ephemeris using the Lahiri ayanamsa.
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