Bill Gates Timeline

By Matty Healey 27

  • William Henry Gates III is born

    He is born
  • Interest in Computers

    Interest in Computers

    Bill gates starts in computers in the 7th grade.

  • Gates goes to Harvard University

    Gates graduated High school and went to Harvard In 1973. He decides that he wants to be at the head of a computer software company.

  • Microsoft founded

    Bill Gates and Paul Allen co found Microsoft.

  • Arrested for traffic violation

    Bill gates gets arrested for violations in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

  • Bill Gates starts being a entrepreneur.

    Started work on Microsoft from 1978 to 1984.

  • Richest man in America

    Becomes richest man in america, making 7 billion which adjusts to 37 billion.

  • Gates Steps down

    Bill Gates hands over the job of CEO of Microsoft to Steve Ballmer and makes himself chief software Architect.

  • Richest man in the world

    Bill Gates becomes the richest man in the world. But is passed and gets ahead of some competitors.