Biography
- Bill Gate donated tremendous amounts of money to kids all over the world.
- Bill gates started his donating foundation in 1997 with his wife as he takes his first trip to India to try to help kids by creating a polio vaccine.
- Bill would in fact be the richest man in the world if he wasn't so openhanded to other people when he sees someone that needs some assistance.
- Started looking into computers at the age of thirteen.
- Bill Gates founded the world's largest software business, Microsoft, with Paul Allen, and became one of the richest men in the world.
- In 1970, at the age of 15, Bill Gates went into business with his pal, Paul Allen. They developed "Traf-o-Data," a computer program that monitored traffic patterns in Seattle, and netted $20,000 for their efforts.
- By age 28, Microsoft was going global with offices in Great Britain and Japan, and with 30 percent of the world's computers running on its software.
- Bill Gates graduated from Lakeside in 1973. He scored 1590 out of 1600 on the college SAT test.
- Between 1978 and 1981, Microsoft's growth exploded, and staff increased from 25 to 128. Revenue also shot up from $4 million to $16 million. In mid-1981 Gates and Allen incorporated Microsoft, and Gates was appointed president and chairman of the board. Allen was named executive vice-president.
- Gates's stake at that time was $234 million of Microsoft's $520 million. Over time, the company's stock increased in value and split numerous times.
- In 1989, Microsoft introduced Microsoft Office which bundled office productivity applications such as Microsoft Word and Excel into one system that was compatible with all Microsoft products.