Bill Gates

By WilliamSwartz

  • Born

    Born
    born in Seattle, WA

  • Lakeside School

    Lakeside School
    introduced to computer programming

  • Harvard

    Harvard
    Bill gates began attending Harvard studying Math and Comp Sci

  • Dropping Out

    Dropping Out
    Bill Gates decided to drop out of harvard

  • Founds Microsoft

    Founds Microsoft
    "to develop a basic operating system for their new microcomputers"

  • Partnership with IBM

    Partnership with IBM
    IBM begins using Microsoft's operating system

  • First Billion

    First Billion
    Bill gates became the youngest billionaire

  • First Version of Windows

    First Version of Windows
    Revolutionary use of GUI instead of Text

  • Married!

    Married!
    Bill Gates marries Melinda French

  • Windows 95

    Windows 95
    Major breakthrough and dominate OS for years until early 2000s

  • Becomes richest Man

    Becomes richest Man
    12.9 Billion becomes richest man

  • Internet Explorer Revealed

    Internet Explorer Revealed
    Microsoft shifts towards internet from software

  • Steps Down from CEO

    Steps Down from CEO
    No longer CEO of Microsoft leaving it to Steve Ballmer

  • Bill Gates Knighted

    Bill Gates Knighted
    Queen Elizabeth II bestows an honorary knighthood on Gates

  • No longer Richest Man

    No longer Richest Man
    No longer richest man due to philanthropy

  • 89.2 Billion Net Worth

    89.2 Billion Net Worth