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Bill gates was born in Seattle, Washington.
He was the second child and only son of William Henry Gates Jr., a successful Seattle attorney, and Mary Maxwell, a former schoolteacher. -
He attended public elementary school before moving on to the private Lakeside School in North Seattle.
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He enrolled in the Leakside School.
During his elementary school life, he surpassed all of his classmates, especially in Science and Math. As soon as his parents noticed his intelligence, they enrolled Gates to Lakeside School, private school. This school was known for its intense academic environment. Also this school first introduced Gates to the computers. -
At the age 0f 13, Gates began to show an interest in computer programming at the Lakeside School.
While at Lakeside, Gates met his close friend and future business partner Paul Allen. Together they entered the world of programming at Lakeside. Gates began his career in personal computer software, programming computers at age 13. -
Bill Gates went into business with his friend, Paul Allen.
At the age of 15, They developed "Traf-o-Data," a computer program. Gates and Allen wanted to start their own company, but Gates' parents wanted him to finish school and go on to college where they hoped he would work to become a lawyer. -
Bill Gates became a student at Harvard University
He met Steve Ballmer (now Microsoft's chief executive officer). While still a Harvard undergraduate, Bill Gates wrote a version of the programming language BASIC for the MITS Altair microcomputer. -
He started to form Microsoft with his childhood friend Paul Allen.
They believed that the personal computer would be a valuable tool on every office desktop and in every home, they began developing software for personal computers. -
He dropped out of Harvard.
Gates devoted his energies full-time to Microsoft, a company he had started in 1975 with his boyhood friend Paul Allen. -
Gates proceeded to make a fortune from the licensing of MS-DOS.
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Microsoft announced Windows 1.0. at the Plaza Hotel in New York City.
Over the next five years, Microsoft produced a number of upgraded windows 2.0 versions. It added many programs and features -
He became the youngest self-made billionaire in American history.
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Bill Gates married Melinda French Gates.
They have three children. -
Microsoft introduced Windows 1995.
It was followed by windows 98, 2000, Millennium Edition and The current version Windows XP. -
Gates stepped down as chief executive officer of Microsoft
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Gates stepped down as chief executive officer of Microsoft.
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Bill Gates and his wife established Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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He announced that he started to work full time at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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Bill Gates retired as Microsoft CEO.
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He remains at Microsoft as non-executive chairman.
