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Bill Gates is Born
On October 28, 1955 Bill Gates, the son of William H. Gates Senior, and Mary Maxwell, is born. Named William Henry Gates the third. -
Bill Gates, and Early Computer Experience.
Bill Gates was into computers at the young age of 13. Even went to programming computers at this age. -
Bill Gates Meets Future Business Partner, Paul Allen.
Bill Gates meets his friend and future business partner at his highschool. -
Bill Goes into Business
Bill Gates goes into a business with Paul Allen. They write their first program for monitoring Seattle traffic. -
Bill Graduates from Lakeside Highschool
BIll Gates graduates from highschool in 1973. Right after he graduated he went to Harvard. Going to study law. -
Bill and Paul create Micro-Soft
Gates and Allen create Micro-Soft. This required Bill to quit Harvard, which his parents were not fond of. They soon droped the Hyphen makiong it Microsoft. -
How Their Business Started.
Thier business started with the BASIC code for the Altair computers, and the royalties from it. -
IBM Hires Microsoft
IBM got Microsoft to make an operating system for their new PC. -
MIcrosoft Releases Windows
This year Microsoft released their most successful operating system series, Windows. -
Microsoft Releases IPO
Microsoft releases their IPO for $21 for 1 share. Bill Gates owned 45% of the company. This made him an overnight millionare. -
Bill Gates Gets Married
Bill Gates married to Melinda French in Hawaii. -
His Last Day at Microsoft
This day was Bill Gates' last full day at Microsoft. -
Bill Gates Today
Bill Gates is still alive today, and he is one of the richest men in the world. Coming in at 2nd on the Forbes list for total wealth. He has donated an estimated 30 billion dollars.
