Bill Gates biography

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Quick Facts

• NAME: Bill Gates
• OCCUPATION: Entrepreneur
• BIRTH DATE: October 28, 1955 (Age: 57)
• EDUCATION: Lakeside School, Harvard College
• PLACE OF BIRTH: Seattle, Washington
• Full Name: William Henry Gates III
• ZODIAC SIGN: Scorpio

Best Known For

Entrepreneur Bill Gates founded the world's largest software business, Microsoft, with Paul Allen and became one of the richest men in the world.

Biography for Bill Gates

Biography for Bill Gates Bill Gates is one of the most influential people in the world. He is cofounder of one of the most recognized brands in the computer industry with nearly every desk top computer using at least one software program from Microsoft. According to the Forbes magazine, Bill Gates is the richest man in the world and has held the number one position for many years. Gates was born and grew up in Seattle, Washington USA. His father, William H. Gates II was a Seattle attorney and his mother, Mary Maxwell Gates was a school teacher and chairperson of the United Way charity. Gates and his two sisters had a comfortable upbringing, with Gates being able to attend the exclusive secondary "Lakeside School". Bill Gates started studying at Harvard University in 1973 where he spent time with Paul Allen. Gates and Allen worked on a version of the programming language BASIC, that was the basis for the MITS Altair (the first microcomputer available). He did not go on to graduate from Harvard University as he left in his junior year to start what was to become the largest computer software company in the world; Microsoft Corporation.