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Bill Gates is born in Seattle, Washington -
Bill Gates creates computer software in high school. Some examples are computerizing the payroll system at school and establishing the company, "Traf-O-Data" with pal Paul Allen. -
Bill Gates and Paul Allen co-found Micro-Soft; forever changing the microcomputer industry.
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Microsoft and IBM enter into an agreement where Microsoft will create the software for IBM's computers. An important part of the deal was that Microsoft would retain ownership of the software.
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Since Microsoft owned their software, they were able to lease it out to more computer companies than just IBM, Apple was one of them. This allowed them to take control of the market and to become the standard.
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During a press conference at a Palace Hotel in Manhattan, Bill Gates announced that Microsoft was working on a new OS called Windows.
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Due to the tremendous success of Microsoft and the fact that Bill Gates owned 45% of shares, he becomes a billionaire and one of the wealthiest people on Earth.
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Applications such as Word and Excel are introduced to the world.
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"The Road Ahead" becomes a best selling book by Bill Gates. -
Bill and his wife create a foundation to give back to the world and help tackle the issues that harm it.
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He was knighted my Queen Elizabeth II and was Time's Person of the year along with his wife. -
Many universities have awarded Bill Gates with honorary degrees such as Harvard, which he dropped out of in his sophomore year.
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Both Bill and his Wife Melinda are awarded the medal for their outstanding work with their foundation. -
Awarded France's highest national award. -
Bill Gates is awarded the TiE Achievement Award. He accepted the award virtually.