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Bill Gates was born
Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955 -
Gates started private school
Gates' parents became concerned that public school was keeping him from using his full potential. -
Met Paul Allen
Gates met Allen in high school at Lakeside School. The pair became good friends by bonding over their common enthusiasm for computers -
Gates graduated from Highschool
Gates graduated from Lakeside in 1973. He scored 1590 out of 1600 on the college SAT test. -
Enrolled at Harvard University
After he completed his lower level schooling Gates enrolled at Harvard to study law. -
Dropped out of Harvard
Gates was unhappy and decided that law school wasn't the path he was meant to be on. -
Founded Micro-soft
In 1975 Gates and Allen formed Micro-Soft, a blend of "micro-computer" and "software" -
Dropped the hyphen in Micro-Soft
Dropped the hyphen in Micro-Soft then creating what we all know today "Microsoft" -
Moved Microsoft to Washington
At the beginning of 1979, Gates moved the company's operations to Bellevue, Washington, just east of Seattle. -
Helped with Mac Computers
In 1981, Apple, at the time led by Steve Jobs, invited Microsoft to help develop software for Macintosh computers. -
Released "Windows"
in 1986 Gates and Microsoft launched Windows. Visually the Windows system looked very similar to the Macintosh system Apple Computer Corporation had released just two years earlier. -
Microsoft Office
In 1989, Microsoft introduced Microsoft Office -
Gates stepped down from day-to-day at Microsoft
Gates stepped down from the day-to-day operations of Microsoft, turning over the job of CEO to college friend Steve Ballmer -
Started the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
After Gates stepped down from Microsoft, the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation came into play. -
Gates left Microsoft
On June 15, 2006, Gates announced that he would transition out of his role at Microsoft to dedicate more time to philanthropy.