Bill Gates built Microsoft from a dorm-room idea into the OS that runs the world, then gave away billions. Ellison and Brin are titans, but Gates defined the era.
Bill Gates deserves it: Microsoft put computing in everyone’s hands, and he turned that fortune into one of the biggest philanthropic engines on Earth.
Bill Gates earned his spot by putting a PC in every home. More importantly, he's spending his wealth actually trying to cure global diseases instead of just hoarding it.
Bill Gates built the OS that ran the world and then poured billions into wiping out disease. No one else turned tech dominance into that kind of global impact.
