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Birth
Bill Gates was born on Seattle, Washington, U.S. His parents, William H. Gates and Sr.Mary Maxwell Gates and his sisters Kristianne and Libby lived in Medina, Washington, U.S -
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Bill Gates Life
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Bill began his career
Bill Gates began his coding career at 13 years old in the Lakeside School, a private preparatory school. -
Bill founded Microsoft
Bill Gates founded Microsoft with his friend Paul Allen, when he formed a contract with MITTS to develop a basic operating system for their microcomputers. -
Selling his first OS
Microsoft sold the operating system to other clone computer companies that they made for IBM computers, making them the leading operating system manufacture from 1980 to present day. -
Windows
Microsoft's first version of windows was released and became an instant hit. -
Bill Gates get married
Bill Gates marries Melinda French from Dallas, Texas on New Years day 1994. They have three children: Jennifer Katharine (born 1996), Phoebe Adele (born 2002), and Rory John (born 1999). -
Windows 95
In 1995 Windows 95 was released further improving the operating system business. -
Bill Gates fundation
In 2000, Gates and his wife combined three family foundations to create the charitable "Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation," which was identified by the Funds for NGOs company in 2013, as the world's wealthiest charitable foundation, with assets reportedly valued at more than $34.6 billion. -
Windows XP
Windows XP is released in 2001 with a redesigned user interface trying to improve usability. -
Windows 7
Windows 7 was released to for the wireless world of computing and evidently Laptops were out selling Desktop.