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Created by DJ Susko Prepared for CS100
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Born October 28, 1955, in Seattle, Washington.
His father Bill Gates Jr. worked for a law firm
and his mother, Mary, taught school until they
started their family. Has an older sister Kristan
ne and a younger sister Libby.
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In elementary school he quickly surpassed all of
his peer's abilities in nearly all subjects,
especially math and science. His parents enrolled
him in Lakeside, a private school known for
academic achievement He was first introduced to c
omputers here.
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1973- Entered Harvard University
Developed a version of the programming language
BASIC for the first microcomputer - the MITS
Altair.
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1975- Left Harvard to focus energy on Microsoft,
a company he founded at age 19 with friend Paul
Allen. Believed that the computer would be a val
uable tool on every office desktop and in every
home, they began developing software for personal
computers.

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Within a few years Microsoft had made a name for
itself with their operating systems.
Microsoft's earliest success came in 1981 with
the MS-DOS operating system which is still used
today.
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In 1986, when the company went public, Bill
became an instant billionaire.
1987- Introduced their first version of Windows.
Microsoft decided to concentrateon the software
market, adding consumer applications like
Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel.
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On January 1, 1994, married Melinda French, a
marketing executive at Microsoft.
Has three children Jennifer Katharine born in
1996, Rory born in 1999, and Phoebe born in
2002.
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1995- U.S. District Court issued a preliminary
decision that Microsoft was a monopoly, signaling
trouble for the corporation. Shortly after, Gate
s stepped down as CEO and assumed the position of
chairman and chief software architect.
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In 2002, Gates has a reported fortune of 43
billion, down 11 billion from last year.
Has been Forbes magazine richest American for the
past 7 years.
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