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Birthday of Warren Buffett
He was born to Howard and Leila in Omaha, Nebraska. He was second of the tree children. -
Birthday of Jack Welch
Jack Welch was born as John Francis Welch Jr. in Peabody, Massachusetts. He was born to John, a railroad conductor, and Grace. -
High School graduation Warren Buffett
Warren Buffett graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1947. -
Enter University Warren Buffett
Warren Buffett entered the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. -
Transfer Warren Buffett
Warren Buffett transfered to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. -
Graduation Warren Buffett
Warren Buffett graduated from the University of Nebraska- Lincoln at the age of 19 with a bachelor of science degree. -
Columbia Business School Warren Buffett
Warren Buffett graduated from Columiba Business School in 1951. He earned a master of science in economics degree. -
First Job
Warren Buffett accepts a job at Benjamin Graham's partnership. -
Birth of Bill Gates
Bill Gates was born as William Henry Gates III in Seattle, Washington. -
Graduation of Jack Welch
He graduated the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He earned Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering. -
Join GE(Jack Welch)
He joined GE as chemical engineer for its Plastics division in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. -
First Interest Bill Gates
Bill Gates, at the age of 13, gives his first interests to computers at the Lakeside School. -
Vice President(Jack Welch)
He was elected as the company's youngest vice president in 1972. -
Enroll Bill Gates
Bill Gates enrolled in Harvard University in 1973, originailly thinking of a carerr in law. -
Creation of Micro-Soft
Bill Gates and Paul Allen create a partnership called Micro-Soft. -
IBM and Microsoft Deal
IBM and Mircosoft make a deal. Microsoft did not have a software to work on IBM computers at that time so he bought a software that is similar and made the deal. -
CEO(Jack Welch)
He became 8th chairman and CEO after Reginald H. Jones. -
Accomplishment (Jack Welch)
Jack Welch pulled up the company's market value from $14 billion to $410 billion. -
Creation of Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows was created. Bill Gates took advantage of Apple who did not license their software. -
Billionaire Buffett
Warren Buffett became an official billionaire when Berkshire Hathaway began selling Class A shares. -
Retirement (Jack Welch)
He retired GE as CEO.