Bill Gates By nathanspiker Oct 28, 1955 Born 1967 Goes to Lakeside school 1973 Enrolls in Harvard university Apr 4, 1975 Bill Gates and Paul Allen form partnership called Micro-Soft 1976 Bill Gates writes "open letter to hobbyists Nov 1, 1978 Microsoft opens first international office in japan Jan 1, 1979 Microsoft moves headquarters to Bellevue, WA 1980 Bill Gates partners wit IBM to write the Basic for the IBM PC Jun 25, 1985 Microsoft becomes incorporated and Bill Gates is the president 1989 Bill Gates founds CORBIS Jan 1, 1994 Bill Gates marries Melinda French May 18, 1998 United States v. Microsoft trial Jul 2, 2005 Live 8 concerts Jun 27, 2008 Bill Gates steps down from Daily Duties Period: Feb 4, 2009 to Feb 7, 2009 TED 2009 held in Long Beach, CA
