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born of legend
Bill Gates born on OCtober 28 1955 in Seattle, WA. -
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Begins programming computers at age 13.
When Bill Gates turned 13 he starts programing his own computers. -
started colleage
son of an attorney and a schoolteacher, Gates entered Harvard in the fall of 1973, only to drop out. -
droped out iof the colleage
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born of microsoft
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Microsoft is a multinational computer technology corporation. The history of Microsoft began on April 4, 1975, when it was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque. -
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President of Microsoft.
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Develops MS-DOS for IBM.
- MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System)
- Two million copies are sold by 1984, and by the early 1990s, more than 100 million copies are sold.
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Chairman of the Board of Directors for Microsoft.
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Gates introduces the Microsoft Windows operating system to compete with Apple.
Made the Microsoft Windows operating system to compete with Apple. (better thyan apple ) -
Begins developing and promoting CD-ROM technology.
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Becomes the youngest U.S. billionaire, worth $1.25 billion at 31 years old.
That record is later broken by Mark Zuckerberg in 2010 and then Dustin Moskovitz in 2011. -
wrote his first book
The Road Ahead is a book written by Bill Gates, co-founder and then-CEO of the Microsoft software company, together with Microsoft executive Nathan Myhrvold and journalist Peter Rinearson -
Resigns as CEO of Microsoft and becomes chief software architect.
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Named Time Magazine's "Person of the Year" along with his wife Melinda and musician Bono.
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Delivers the commencement address at Harvard University, the school he dropped out of in 1975.
He also receives an honorary degree. -
Falls to No. 3 on the Forbes' list of billionaires.
after a 12-year run at the top of list. -
Gates retires from day-to-day work at Microsoft to concentrate on philanthropy.
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Gates announces a partnership with the Chinese Ministry of Health
to help fight an epidemic of tuberculosis in China, supported by a $33 million grant provided by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. -
Gates Foundation announces it will donate $10 billion
for vaccine research over the next 10 years. -
Steps down as chairman of the board.
Sayta Nadella, a 22-year veteran of Microsoft, is named Steve Balmer's replacement as CEO. -
Ranked No. 1
Ranked No. 1 on Forbes' list of the world's billionaires with a net worth of $76 billion.
