5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
A commonly listed height: it appears across many profiles, but none says when or how it was measured, so shoes and rounding may be part of the number.
How tall is Bill Gates?
Bill Gates is commonly listed at 5 ft 10 in (178 cm).
A figure repeated without a date or a measurement. Where this height comes from
Bill Gates’s 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) is a little above average for a US man: about 64 in 100 US men are shorter.
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Bill Gates beside others
Bill Gates is in the middle of the 19 businesspeople we have heights for: Eric Trump (6 ft 5 in) stands 7 in (17.6 cm) taller and Mary-Kate Olsen (5 ft 0 in) is 10 in (26 cm) shorter.
- Ivanka Trump: 5 ft 11 in (180.3 cm), 1 in (2.3 cm) taller than Bill Gates.
- Ivana Trump: 5 ft 9 in (175 cm), 1 in (3 cm) shorter than Bill Gates.
- Michael Bloomberg: 5 ft 8.5 in (173.7 cm), 1.5 in (4.3 cm) shorter than Bill Gates.
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