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Matthijs Gates Born
He was born in the Netherlands where most of his family lives, including his aunts, uncles, and cousins. -
Moved to Brussels
He moved to Brussels with his sister Renske and his parents. He was 3 years old. -
Moved to Torino, Italy
He moved to Torino with his family for a year. -
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The Life of Matthijs Gates
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Moved to Koblenz, Germany
Matthijs moved to Koblenz, Germany where he was enrolled in a year of preschool. -
Moved to Geneva, Switzerland
He grew up in Geneva, biking around the streets and taking an hour long bus ride to get to his school. -
Started school at florimont school
This is a Jesuit school, that is very strict yet very prestigous. -
Moved to the United States
He lived in Oregon and finished high school there. His sister also finished High school here. -
Graduated High School
He graduated from Medford High School in Oregon and his sister graduated the year before him. -
Started College at Oregon State University
His sister went to a rival school, University of Oregon. -
Graduated From Oregon State University
He majored in Mathematics at Oregon State Univerity. -
Moved to Seattle
After College he moved out to Seattle to look for work. -
Started at Microsoft
He was hired as a project manager. -
Worked in Redmond branch and then quit
He quit to pursue his love of airplanes and learned to fly airplanes. -
Started work at Seattle Boeing Field
He was a pilot, an instructor, and the cheif ground schools instructor. -
Matthijs Gates returned to Working at Microsoft
He was a software engineer, which means that he mostly worked from home. -
Adopted Bridget
She was an airedale terrier and his first dog with my mom. -
Katrina Gates, The best daughter ever, was born
Katrina Gates was born in Bellevue, Washington. -
John Gates is born
He too was born in Redmond, Washington. -
Moved to Wellesley
We moved into our house on Lincoln Circle. -
Started Getting MBA at Babson
He went to Babson business school. -
Graduated with MBA from Babson
This allowed him to get a different job at Microsoft. -
Got Dutchess
We adopted her from Woodkrest Kennel. -
Changed job positions at Microsoft
He was then promoted to a program manager in the cloud and enterprise division of microsoft. -
Was a Software Engineer until 2008
With his new MBA from Babson he was able to move forward to be a program manager. -
Got Duke
He is Dutchess's half uncle.
