“That would be such a life-changing thing, for us all to know that there are other beings out there who we could potentially communicate with, or maybe we are listening to a signal that they transmitted hundreds of millennia ago.”

American entrepreneur and philanthropist of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates in 1975, shaping early personal computing. Later invested in sports teams, space exploration, and scientific research through his Vulcan Inc. foundation.