Bill Gates Timeline - By: Hunter H.

By hunterharshe

  • Birth

    Birth
    Bill Gates was born on Oct. 28 1955
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  • Behavior Conerns

    Behavior Conerns
    During this time (age 11-12), Bill's parents began noticing that he was bored at school even though he was very intelligent.

  • Interest IN Programming

    Interest IN Programming
    At age 13, Bill Gates began having a strong interest in computer programming.

  • New School

    New School
    At age 13, Bill was enrolled in an exclusive preparatory school.

  • First Business

    First Business
    At age 15, Bill began his first company with his friend Paul Allen called "Traf-O-Data."

  • Private School Graduation

    Private School Graduation
    Bill Gates graduated from Lakeside in 1973.

  • College Enrollment

    College Enrollment
    Bill starts attending Harvard University.

  • Starts Job at Honeywell

    Starts Job at Honeywell
    Bill dropped out of college with his friend Paul and begins working at Honeywell.

  • "Micro-Soft"

    "Micro-Soft"
    Bill Gates and Paul Allen create a company they called "Micro-Soft."

  • Open Letter

    Open Letter
    Bill wrote an open letter that described the importance of paying for computer software instead of just getting it for free.

  • Lawsuit

    Lawsuit
    Bill and his friend Allen had to sue the company called MITS so they could retain rights to their computer software.

  • New Location

    New Location
    Bill and Allen move their company to Bellevue, Washington.

  • Meeting with IBM

    Meeting with IBM
    Microsoft made software for IBM, which was a huge deal to such a small computer company at the time.

  • Going Global

    Going Global
    By 1983, Microsoft was opening offices in Great Britain and Japan.

  • Microsoft Windows

    Microsoft Windows
    In Nov. 1985, Microsoft launched their software called Windows.

  • Microsoft IPO

    Microsoft IPO
    Microsoft went public, offering each share at $21.

  • Billionaire

    Billionaire
    In this year, at age 32, Bill Gates became a billionaire.

  • Married

    Married
    Bill Gates was married to Melinda Gates on January 1, 1994.

  • Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

    Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
    In the year 2000, Bill and Melinda started a foundation with an initial contribution of $28 billion.

  • Stepping Down

    Stepping Down
    In February 2014, Bill Gates stepped down as the Chairman of Microsoft.