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Bill Gates was born on October 28th 1955
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Enters Harvard as pre-law
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Gates and Allen attempt to get the trademark of Microsoft, and sends open letter to computer hobbyists
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Gates calls MITS and offers to develop software for the MITS Altair. Resulting in his first leave of absence from school to start working on the software Micro-Soft.
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Gates takes his second leave of absence from Harvard to set up in Albuquerque
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Microsoft’s sales exceed a wopping $1 million.
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headquarter movies to Bill Gates hometown
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Microsoft launches new system
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At age 31 becomes youngest billionaire, and meets future wife
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Melinda and Bill are pictured here on their wedding day on January 1st, 1994.
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Bill Gates becomes the richest man at 39 and with a fortune of $12.9 billion.
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Gates publishes another best-selling book, Business at the Speed of Thought.
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Gates steps down as CEO of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer takes over
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Queen Elizabeth presents Knighthood to Gates
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Gates “graduates” from Harvard; the university awards him with an honorary degree. He also gives the comencement spech
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Despite his growing fortune he is no longer the the richest man.
