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The Birth of Bill Gates
William Henry "Bill" Gates III was born in Seattle.
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Gates attended Lakeside
Gates's parents found him immature, therefore they sent him to a prep school starting at age 13. Here, he was able to use his first computer and met Paul Allen.
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Gates's Early Education - Lakeside School
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Gates Enrolled at Harvard University
After Bill Gates graduated from Lakeside, he began his higher education at Harvard, however, his Junior year, he left the university to start his own company.
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Gates Joined Paul Allen in Albuquerque - The Beginning of Their Great Invention
Gates and Allen were working at MITS in the summer of 1975 when they formed a partnership in which they called "Micro-Soft."
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Bill Gates and Paul Allen Invented Micro-Soft
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"Micro-Soft" changed to "Microsoft"
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First International Office - Japan
The first international office of Japan was called "ASCII Microsoft" which is now known as "Microsoft Japan."
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Microsoft Moved From Albuquerque to Washington State
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Windows 1.0 Was Launched
It was the first graphical personal computer operating environment developed by Gates's company, Microsoft. This was the company's first real attempt at a graphical user interface in 16-bit.
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Gates Was Named One of The World's Youngest Self-Made Billionaires
At age 31, Bill Gates was estimated to be worth $1.25 billion.
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Bill Gates's Company Created Windows 95
Windows 95 was unknowingly the operating system that "changed everything." This is because it is installed in about 90 percent of all computers in the world.
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Gates And His Wife Began the "Bill And Melinda Gates Foundation"
The largest private philanthropic foundation in the world. This foundation puts in efforts in order to help people live healthy and productive lives. It helps developing countries focus on improving health and diminish hunger and extreme poverty.
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Made a Positive Impact on Numerous Libraries
The foundation successfully installed 47,000 computers in 11,000 libraries in all 50 states.
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Gates Helped Launch TerraPower
TerraPower is a company that has a goal to provide the world an affordable, secure, and environmentally friendly form of nuclear energy.
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Gates Helped End Polio Disease in India
Assisted the launch of $5.5 billion effort to eliminate Polio by 2018. India was declared Polio-free by the World Health Organization (WHO).
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***FOR ENTERTAINMENT*** Gates Attempted to Make a Viral Video
In 2016, Bill Gates was featured on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" where he was trying to get people to check out Gatesletter.com.
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A Documentary about Bill Gates Was Released
Netflix came out with a documentary about Gates as he is one of the most successful men in America, His successes and achievements made him a well-deserved candidate for this opportunity.
