The fact that this is downvoted and somehow controversial is proof of their campaign’s effectiveness...it’s how the media works, people.
One of the richest. As of Oct 2020, he is second.
not true for three years now
Why? Can't find the more recent value, but by 2017 he was down to ~1% stake and he was effectively transferring the amounts sold to the foundation. Why would he care significantly about the image of MS at this point?
The last significant article mentioning Gates and Microsoft I can find is him departing the board in March. And not a lot before that either. Can you point at his significant MS PR?
And of course he would be interested in making MS look better, it’s the source of his wealth and will forever be associated with him.
If you seriously think that one of the richest men in the world doesn't do the same thing for the sources of his wealth, I don’t know what to tell you.