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bill gates is born
he is born -
graduated from lakeside
he graduated from lake side and then enrolled into Harvard university to study law -
drops out of Harvard
he drops out of harvard to pursue his buisness, Microsoft with his partner allen -
founding of microsoft
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writes a complaint to computer hobbyist
for stealing his computer software -
Microsoft grossing at 2.5 million
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Period: to
Microsoft boomed
money went from 2.5 million to 16 million, staff went from 25 to 128 -
Bill's partner Allen resigns from microsoft
because of cancer -
microsoft went global
they had offices in great britian and japan. an estimated 30% of all computers ran their software. -
gates launched windows
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bill and Melinda established the William H. Gates Foundation
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stepped down from day to day operations
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the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation created from 28 billion dollars
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gates announced he was stepping down from
full time work in microsoft -
stepped down as chairman to pursue
the Bill & Melinda gates foundation -
donated 120 million through his foundation against corona