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How tall is Bill Gates?

Q: How tall is Bill Gates?

Bill Gates is 177 cm tall, which is 5′10″, as recorded on Wikidata (retrieved September 21, 2026). Recorded heights of real people are approximate.

American businessman, investor, and philanthropist (born 1955)

Recorded height
177 cm 5′10″ · 1.77 m · 69.7 inches

Bill Gates is 177 cm tall (5′10″) as recorded on Wikidata, retrieved September 21, 2026.
That is 2 cm taller than the average U.S. man (175.3 cm, 5′9″; CDC/NCHS, NHANES 2015-2018 (Vital and Health Statistics Series 3, Number 46, 2021)).

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