Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955 in Seattle, Washington. Bill Gates was originally named William Henry Gates. Bill has two sisters named Libby and Kristianne.
When he was 13 years old he started to have an interest in computers. When he was only 13, Bill Gates created a tic-tac-toe game that allowed people to play against the computer. During his time in high school Bill Gates met Paul Allen, who soon became one of his closet friends. They worked together on computer programs and software. When Bill Gates took the SATs he score a 1590 out of 1600, on of the best scores ever seen in history.He went to college at Harvard University, a prestigious ivy-league school.
Originally, in college Gates was going to study law, but he spent so much of his time in the computer lab that his major soon changed. Throughout college Gates and Allen kept in touch with each other. Both Bill Gates and Paul Allen met in 1974 at Honeywell. While there they saw a min- computer, called the Altair 8800. Both so intrigued by it that they called MITS and asked the Ed Roberts if he wanted someone to invent a software to run the computer. They worked on t for two months and when they showed it to Ed Roberts it worked like a charm.
In 1975 Bill Gates and Paul Allen became partners and named themselves Micro-Soft, it is a mixture of software and micro-computer. In 1978 when Bill Gates was only 23, he made himself the head of Microsoft. During the years of 1978-1981 Microsoft grew from 25 employees to 128 employees, and the revenue of Microsoft wen from 4 million dollars to 16 million dollars. In 1985 Microsoft released Windows. By the age of 31 Bill Gates was a millionaire, and one year later he was a billionaire. Bill Gates is currently 58 years old and has three kids named, Rory John Gates, Jennifer Katharine Gates, and Phoebe Adele Gates. He also has a wife who's name is Melinda Gates.
When he was 13 years old he started to have an interest in computers. When he was only 13, Bill Gates created a tic-tac-toe game that allowed people to play against the computer. During his time in high school Bill Gates met Paul Allen, who soon became one of his closet friends. They worked together on computer programs and software. When Bill Gates took the SATs he score a 1590 out of 1600, on of the best scores ever seen in history.He went to college at Harvard University, a prestigious ivy-league school.
Originally, in college Gates was going to study law, but he spent so much of his time in the computer lab that his major soon changed. Throughout college Gates and Allen kept in touch with each other. Both Bill Gates and Paul Allen met in 1974 at Honeywell. While there they saw a min- computer, called the Altair 8800. Both so intrigued by it that they called MITS and asked the Ed Roberts if he wanted someone to invent a software to run the computer. They worked on t for two months and when they showed it to Ed Roberts it worked like a charm.
In 1975 Bill Gates and Paul Allen became partners and named themselves Micro-Soft, it is a mixture of software and micro-computer. In 1978 when Bill Gates was only 23, he made himself the head of Microsoft. During the years of 1978-1981 Microsoft grew from 25 employees to 128 employees, and the revenue of Microsoft wen from 4 million dollars to 16 million dollars. In 1985 Microsoft released Windows. By the age of 31 Bill Gates was a millionaire, and one year later he was a billionaire. Bill Gates is currently 58 years old and has three kids named, Rory John Gates, Jennifer Katharine Gates, and Phoebe Adele Gates. He also has a wife who's name is Melinda Gates.