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After Gates dropped out of Harvard, him and Paul Allen co-finds Microsoft.
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Bill Gates co-finds a company called Traf-O-Data. Him and his co-founder, Paul Allen, build "a microprocessor like machine to work out traffic census data and offered a data processing service to their local authorities," (Historian).
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Bill Gates enrolled in Harvard University of 1973, but then dropped out two years later.
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Gates develops the Microsoft Disk Operating System for IBM.
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Gates announces the launch of Windows.
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Bill gates takes Microsoft public.
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Bill Gates becomes the youngest billionaire ever as he takes Microsoft public. He is selling twenty-one dollars per share.
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Bill Gates founded Home Interactive System which was later changed to the name Corbis. Corbis is a digital image company.
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Bill Gates and wife, Melinda French got married in Hawaii.
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Gates was added on the Forbes Worlds Billionaire list.
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Bill Gates was born on October 28th, 1955 in Seattle, Washington.
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While working hard for his foundation, the Bill and Melinda Foundation, Gates resigns as CEO and gives his head chair to Steve Ballmer. He assigned himself to chief software architect.
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Bill Gates was knighted by Queen Elizabeth the II.
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Commencement address is given by Gates at Harvard, where he attended then later dropped out.
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As his involvement in his foundation grows, Gates takes his last full day with happiness as he devotes his time working for his foundation.
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Gates announces he is no longer chairman of Microsoft as he focuses on his charity foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
