Entrepreneur and businessman Bill Gates and his business partner Paul Allen founded and built the world's largest software business, Microsoft, through technological innovation, keen business strategy and aggressive business tactics. In the process, Gates became one of the richest men in the world. In February 2014, Gates announced that he was stepping down as Microsoft's chairman to focus on charitable work at his foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
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The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper (2023)
Guest starring as Bill Gates
- Episode 3x05: Bill Gates (Feb 23, 2025)
CBS Saturday Morning (2021)
Guest starring as Bill Gates
- Episode 3x28: Rory Scovel, Trey Anastasio, Bill Gates (Apr 20, 2024)
CBS Mornings (2021)
Guest starring as Bill Gates
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2025-05-08: Bill Gates, Lovie Simone (May 8, 2025)
- Episode 2024-09-23: Bill Gates, Law Roach, Yariv Mozer (Sep 23, 2024)
Amol Rajan Interviews (2021)
Guest starring as Bill Gates
- Episode 2023-02-03: Bill Gates (Feb 3, 2023)
Coronavirus: Facts and Fears - A CNN Global Town Hall (2020)
Guest starring as Bill Gates
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x18: July 23, 2020 (Jul 23, 2020)
- Episode 1x15: June 25, 2020 (Jun 25, 2020)
Today 3rd Hour (2018)
Guest starring as Bill Gates
- Episode 2024-09-23: Bill Gates, Zachary Quinto, Warren Zeiders (Sep 23, 2024)
The Beat with Ari Melber (2017)
Guest starring as Bill Gates
- Episode 2023-09-19: Episode 183 (Sep 19, 2023)
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (2015)
Guest starring as Bill Gates
(5 episodes)
- Episode 2021-02-16: Bill Gates (Feb 16, 2021)
- Episode 2020-11-19: Bill Gates (Nov 19, 2020)
- Episode 2020-04-02: Bill Gates (Apr 2, 2020)
- Episode 2018-09-26: Bill Gates (Sep 26, 2018)
- Episode 2017-09-21: Bill Gates (Sep 21, 2017)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
Guest starring as Bill Gates
(5 episodes)
- Episode 2025-05-08: Bill Gates, Paula Poundstone, Evie McGee Colbert (May 8, 2025)
- Episode 2024-09-25: Bill Gates, Jane Goodall (Sep 25, 2024)
- Episode 2021-02-22: Bill Gates, Tune-Yards (Feb 22, 2021)
- Episode 2020-04-23: Stephen Colbert from home, with Bill Gates, Claire Danes and Mandy Patinkin (Apr 23, 2020)
- Episode 2019-02-12: Regina King, Bill Gates, Melinda Gates, Jena Friedman (Feb 12, 2019)
The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015)
Guest starring as Bill Gates
- Episode 2020-10-21: Bill Gates, The Head and the Heart (Oct 21, 2020)
Silicon Valley (2014)
Guest starring as Bill Gates
(2 episodes)
- Episode 6x07: Exit Event (Dec 8, 2019)
- Episode S06 Special: Ten Years Later: The Extended Pied Piper Documentary ()
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
Guest starring as Bill Gates
- Episode 2021-03-10: Bill Gates, Audra McDonald (Mar 10, 2021)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Guest starring as Bill Gates
(3 episodes)
- Episode 2025-02-04: Bill Gates, Lauren Graham, Japanese Breakfast (Feb 4, 2025)
- Episode 2016-02-23: Kevin Spacey, Bill & Melinda Gates, Kygo (Feb 23, 2016)
- Episode 2015-01-21: Jennifer Aniston, Bill Gates, Mario Batali (Jan 21, 2015)
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2009)
Guest starring as Bill Gates
- Episode 2014-01-21: Bill Gates, Kate McKinnon, Wild Cub (Jan 21, 2014)
Skavlan (2009)
Guest starring as Bill Gates
- Episode 11x03: From London: Bill Gates, Magnus Carlsen, Debbie Harry, Philomena Lee, Chris Stein (Jan 24, 2014)
Fareed Zakaria GPS (2008)
Guest starring as Bill Gates
(4 episodes)
- Episode 2020-08-09: Episode 31 (Aug 9, 2020)
- Episode 2020-04-26: Episode 16 (Apr 26, 2020)
- Episode 2019 Special: How to Lead: A Fareed Zakaria GPS Special (Jul 7, 2019)
- Episode 2019-02-17: Episode 7 (Feb 17, 2019)
The Big Bang Theory (2007)
Guest starring as Bill Gates
- Episode 11x18: The Gates Excitation (Mar 29, 2018) [Special Guest Star]
Anderson Cooper 360° (2003)
Guest starring as Bill Gates
(3 episodes)
- Episode 2021 Special: AC360: the Bill Gates Interview (Feb 20, 2021)
- Episode 2020-11-19: Episode 171 (Nov 19, 2020)
- Episode 2020-10-08: Episode 146 (Oct 8, 2020)
CBS News Sunday Morning (1979)
Guest starring as Bill Gates
- Episode 2025-02-02: Bill Gates, Jesse Eisenberg (Feb 2, 2025)
Face the Nation (1954)
Guest starring as Bill Gates
- Episode 2024-06-16: 6/16: Rep. Mike Turner, Bill Gates, Neel Kashkari (Jun 16, 2024)
Today (1952)
Guest starring as Bill Gates
- Episode 2025-02-04: Bill Gates, Anya Taylor-Joy, Miles Teller, Chef J.J. Johnson (Feb 4, 2025)