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Family
Mom: Mary Maxwell Gates
Dad: Bill Gates Sr.
Sisters: Libby and Kristi Gates -
Birth Date
Bill Gates was born in Seattle, Washington -
High School
Bill gates attended Lakeside Prep High School in Seattle, WA at the age of 13. -
Early Career
Bill gates had dropped out of college to start computer software and programming. This was his first job, and beside him was Paul Allen, the person who helped Bill Gates create Microsoft. -
School Accomplishments
When he left Lakeside School in 1973, he was a National Merit Scholar. He applied to Harvard College in the fall of 1973 after receiving a SAT score of 1590 out of 1600. He declared a pre-law major but also took graduate-level computer science and mathematics classes. -
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Harvard University
Bill Gates began attending Harvard in the fall of 1973 as a pre-law student. In 1975, when he dropped out of Harvard to build Microsoft, Gates effectively created the college-dropout billionaire trope. Although Gates finally received an honorary doctorate from Harvard, he never finished his undergraduate studies. -
Helping Groups Accomplishments
Bill Gates had helped form a group of computer programmers who made the school payroll system - Traf O Data -
Youngest Billionaire Achievement
At the age of 31, Bill Gates became the youngest billionaire in history. His $12.9 billion net worth made him the richest person in the world in 1995. -
Family (Kids and Wife)
Wife: Melinda French Gates
Son: Rory John Gates
Daughters: Jennifer Catherine and Phoebe Adele Gates -
Medal of Freedom Accomplishment
In order to honor those who have "an extraordinarily outstanding contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, international peace, cultural or other major public or private efforts," the president of the United States bestows the Presidential Medal of Freedom. -
His personality
He puts in lots of efforts, he is altruistic, intelligent, appreciative, and passionate about his daily life and job.
