Bill Gates By dylanmoulder Oct 28, 1955 born Jan 20, 1973 law school Nov 15, 1976 starts microsoft Mar 20, 1978 microsoft earns 1,000,000$ Apr 9, 1983 partner left microsoft Sep 11, 1995 richest man in the world Aug 8, 1999 publishes a book Jan 13, 2000 gave up management Jul 9, 2007 graduated from college Jun 7, 2008 passed as richest man in the world