Biographical Timeline of Bill Gates By LeighW Oct 28, 1955 Born in Seattle, Washington to William and Mary Gates Period: Oct 28, 1955 to Sep 14, 2010 Date Jan 1, 1973 Served as congressional page for the U.S. House of Reps U.S. House of Representatives Jun 15, 1973 Graduated Lakeside School Lakeside School Sep 1, 1973 Enrolled at Harvard College Jun 1, 1974 Worked for the Honeywell company, dropped out of Harvard Honeywell Nov 1, 1975 Co-founded Micro-Soft with fellow Lakeside alumnus Paul Allen Jan 1, 1979 Microsoft moves to Bellevue, Washington Jun 25, 1981 Gates becomes President and Chairman of the Board of Microsoft Nov 20, 1985 Microsoft releases the 1st retail version of Windows Oct 1, 1987 Became world's youngest self-made billionaire Jan 1, 1994 married Melinda French Nov 1, 1995 The Road Ahead is published Co-authored book Dec 1, 2005 Named one of three of Time Magazine's Persons of the Year Time Magazine Jun 1, 2006 Changed full-time work from Microsoft to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
