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Bill Gates who was called William Henry is a American businessman, investor, author, and entrepreneur. He found Microsoft and later became world's largest PC software company
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In 1973, Bill Gates graduate from high school and scored 1590 out of 1600 on SAT score and was successfully enroll Harvard University. 1590 out 1600 relates to an IQ of 170
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In the same year, Bill made the first personal computer in the world in his dorm room where he called MITS. His computer was sold for 3000 and royalties. Gates started to work on software and leave from school
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In Harvard, he found his partner Paul Allen who help him create the company Microsoft. At beginning, they used a programming language called BASIC on microcomputer. Then it shows the success, they continued to working on programming language with different systems
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In 1976, Gates wrote a Open Letter to computer hobbyists. he expresses dismay at the rampant copyright infringement taking place in the hobbyist community, especially to his company software at that time.
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Microsoft received a $30 to $60 royalty for each copy of software they sold. by the end of the year, they were shipping thousands computers
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Gates dropped out of school this year. He set up Microsoft in Albuquerque where the headquarter is. At beginning, there were only 11 employees who worked in the Albuquerque
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In the year end, Microsoft made more than 1 million of year-sale. Gates started to gain reputation for success and tough and brilliant.
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International Business Machine (IBM) collaborated with Microsoft to write BASIC for IBM's upcoming personal computer, IBM PC.
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Microsoft become the exclusive licensing agent of 86-DOS (QDOS) that a operating system similar to CP/M that made for PC hardware. Later, Microsoft become the owner of 86-DOS (QDOS) and dominate the software industry.
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Microsoft incorporates and buys the rights to the operating system “DOS” from Seattle Computer Products. The system is modified and renamed MS-DOS, and the company licenses it to IBM for the company’s new personal computer.
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Gates become the first and youngest billionaire in the world.
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Corbis, an American Company that create archive of art and photography from public and private collections. Corbis has more than 100 millions collection of images and art.
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the U.S. Justice Department charges Microsoft with engaging in anticompetitive and exclusionary practices designed to maintain its monopoly in personal computer operating systems and to extend that monopoly to Internet browsing software.
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Gates stepped down as the role of CEO of Microsoft. he spent his time on finishing unfinished school and The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for later years.
