世界上最有权势的100人VI：50-59岁权势人物

Founder and technology adviser of Microsoft
微软创立者和技术顾问

What makes him powerful: The godfather of personal computing recently came back to work at Microsoft, a company he founded in 1975. He will spend a third of his time helping with future product direction and the company's desktop applications, and expects to spend the remainder of his week devoted to charity work with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
权势所在：盖茨这名个人电脑的教父近期重回微软工作，而这家公司是他在1975年所创。盖茨将花费自己1/3的时间帮助公司确定未来产品方向以及微软笔记本电脑的应用程序研发。同时，他也希望剩余的时间可以用在比尔-梅琳达盖茨基金的慈善事业上。