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Birth
Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955 in Seattle, Washington. -
Gates enrolled at Lakeside school
Lakeside school is a private school in Seattle Washington. Lakeside is a 5-12 grade private school. -
Programming Computers with Paul Allen
While in Lakeside, Bill met a friend named Paul Allen who turned out to be computer savvy like him. They soon started to program computers. -
Bill Gates attends Harvard College
Bill gates attended Harvard University Autumn of 1973. He chose a Pre-law major. -
Selling his 'Language'
He offers to develop software for the MITS Altair. MITS later excepts the deal and they end up buying his language for 3,000 dollars -
Changed company name to Microsoft
In 1976 Bill and Paul decided to change their company name to Microsoft. -
Moving offices
In 1979 Bill decided it would be best for the business to move to Washington State -
Windows 1.0 was launched
In the year of 1985, Microsoft launched its first computer system, Windows 1.0. -
Windows 95 was released
Just 10 years after windows 1.0 was released, they came out with a bigger and more advanced windows 95 -
Chief Software Architect
in 2000 Bill Assumed role of Chief Software Architect, as Steve Ballmer assumed role of Microsoft CEO. -
The Bill and Melinda Foundation
Bill and Melinda officially established the foundation. They also announced the first round of Gates Millennium Scholars, part of a $1 billion effort to help 20,000 people afford college over the next two decades. -
Xbox
In 2001 The first Xbox was released. -
Installing computers
The Bill and Melinda Foundation helped to install 47,000 computers in 11,000 libraries, from all the fifty states. -
Pledging money
The CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffet pledged most of his wealth into the Bill and Melinda Foundation. In the past he has made tremendous donations, amounts as big as 2.84 billion dollars. -
TerraPower
Roughly the beginning of 2006, Bill launched TerraPower, a company that tries to provide the world with more affordable, reliable and clean energy -
Stepping Down
Roughly July of 2008, Bill decided to step down from his Day-to-Day job at Microsoft -
Decade of Vaccines
Bill and Melinda encouraged globally that the next decade would be the Decade of Vaccines. They helped by donating 10 billion dollars to go toward the research and development of the vaccines. -
Polio in India
Bill and Melinda donated 5.5 million dollars in efforts to clear polio in India. India was declared Polio-free by the world health organization -
Chairman Position
In 2014, Bill decided to step down as Chairman, but remained on the board and began serving as technology adviser.
