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Bill Gates is born and raised in Seattle
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Bill Gates begins to show his talent around computers and is brought in to develop a computerized school schedule for his high school.
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Bill Gates attends Harvard intending to be a lawyer but switches directions to work with math and computers.
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Gates contacts MITS, the creators of one of the first PC's. He eventually arrives at a deal which results in him leaving school.
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Gates and his friend Paul Allen copyright the name "Microsoft"
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Microsoft's sales exceed 1 million dollars for the first time, a great achievement for a small company.
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Gates re-locates Microsoft from New Mexico to Washington, outside of Seattle where Gates was raised.
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Gates friend and business partner Paul Allen is forced to step down from the company after developing Hodgkin's disease.
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Microsoft goes public for the first time
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Gates becomes the youngest billionaire ever at the age of 31, an impressive feat.
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Gates and Microsoft are suspected of colluding with IBM. The FTC investigates.
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Gates and wife Malinda French marry and have three children.
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Gates officially becomes the wealthiest man in the world with a fortune of almost 13 million dollars.
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Gates releases his second best selling book.
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Gates steps down as Microsoft CEO, but remains on board as a software architect.
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Gates graduates from Harvard.