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Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955 in Seattle, Washington.
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Lakeside school is a private school in Seattle Washington. Lakeside is a 5-12 grade private school.
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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.
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Bill gates attended Harvard University Autumn of 1973. He chose a Pre-law major.
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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
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In 1976 Bill and Paul decided to change their company name to Microsoft.
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In 1979 Bill decided it would be best for the business to move to Washington State
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In the year of 1985, Microsoft launched its first computer system, Windows 1.0.
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Just 10 years after windows 1.0 was released, they came out with a bigger and more advanced windows 95
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in 2000 Bill Assumed role of Chief Software Architect, as Steve Ballmer assumed role of Microsoft CEO.
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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.
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In 2001 The first Xbox was released.
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The Bill and Melinda Foundation helped to install 47,000 computers in 11,000 libraries, from all the fifty states.
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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.
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Roughly the beginning of 2006, Bill launched TerraPower, a company that tries to provide the world with more affordable, reliable and clean energy
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Roughly July of 2008, Bill decided to step down from his Day-to-Day job at Microsoft
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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.
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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
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In 2014, Bill decided to step down as Chairman, but remained on the board and began serving as technology adviser.
