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Bill Gates

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  • born of legend

    born of legend

    Bill Gates born on OCtober 28 1955 in Seattle, WA.
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    bill gates

  • Begins programming computers at age 13.

    Begins programming computers at age 13.

    When Bill Gates turned 13 he starts programing his own computers.
  • started colleage

    started colleage

    son of an attorney and a schoolteacher, Gates entered Harvard in the fall of 1973, only to drop out.
  • droped out iof the colleage

    droped out iof the colleage

  • born of microsoft

    born of microsoft

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    Microsoft is a multinational computer technology corporation. The history of Microsoft began on April 4, 1975, when it was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque.
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    President of Microsoft.

  • Develops MS-DOS for IBM.

    Develops MS-DOS for IBM.

    1. MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System)
    2. Two million copies are sold by 1984, and by the early 1990s, more than 100 million copies are sold.
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    Chairman of the Board of Directors for Microsoft.

  • Gates introduces the Microsoft Windows operating system to compete with Apple.

    Gates introduces the Microsoft Windows operating system to compete with Apple.

    Made the Microsoft Windows operating system to compete with Apple. (better thyan apple )
  • Begins developing and promoting CD-ROM technology.

    Begins developing and promoting CD-ROM technology.

  • Becomes the youngest U.S. billionaire, worth $1.25 billion at 31 years old.

    Becomes the youngest U.S. billionaire, worth $1.25 billion at 31 years old.

    That record is later broken by Mark Zuckerberg in 2010 and then Dustin Moskovitz in 2011.
  • wrote his first book

    wrote his first book

    The Road Ahead is a book written by Bill Gates, co-founder and then-CEO of the Microsoft software company, together with Microsoft executive Nathan Myhrvold and journalist Peter Rinearson

  • Resigns as CEO of Microsoft and becomes chief software architect.

  • Named Time Magazine's "Person of the Year" along with his wife Melinda and musician Bono.

    Named Time Magazine's "Person of the Year" along with his wife Melinda and musician Bono.

  • Delivers the commencement address at Harvard University, the school he dropped out of in 1975.

    He also receives an honorary degree.

  • Falls to No. 3 on the Forbes' list of billionaires.

    after a 12-year run at the top of list.

  • Gates retires from day-to-day work at Microsoft to concentrate on philanthropy.

  • Gates announces a partnership with the Chinese Ministry of Health

    Gates announces a partnership with the Chinese Ministry of Health

    to help fight an epidemic of tuberculosis in China, supported by a $33 million grant provided by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

  • Gates Foundation announces it will donate $10 billion

    for vaccine research over the next 10 years.

  • Steps down as chairman of the board.

    Sayta Nadella, a 22-year veteran of Microsoft, is named Steve Balmer's replacement as CEO.
  • Ranked No. 1

    Ranked No. 1

    Ranked No. 1 on Forbes' list of the world's billionaires with a net worth of $76 billion.