Fun Facts about Bill Gates
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Bill Gates Fun Facts
A list of fun facts about one and only Bill Gates.
Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, was born in Seattle, Washington on October 28, 1955. At age seventeen, Gates had already written and sold his first computer program to his high school for $4,200. Gates scored an impressive 1590 out of 1600 on his SATs and subsequently attended Harvard. During the course of his time at Harvard he participated in writing Altair BASIC, which would go on to become the first Microsoft product. Gates became chairman of the board and President of Microsoft in 1981 after overseeing the restructure of the company. The first commercially available version of Microsoft Windows was launched on November 20, 1985. At age 31 he became a billionaire. The company also partnered with IBM to develop the first version of the operating system OS/2 however this partnership ended in 1991 and Microsoft began to focus on developing the Windows NT kernel. In January 2000, Gates decided to step down from his position as CEO at Microsoft while remaining chairman of the company and creating the position of chief software architect for himself. In June of 2006, Gates further decided to only work part-time at Microsoft and instead devote the bulk of his time to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Gates, holding more than eight percent of the company's common stock, is the largest individual shareholder of Microsoft. Outside of Microsoft he has co-authored several books. Bill Gates' incredible wealth is perhaps as notorious as his achievements in the field of computer science. He is one of the richest men in the world. He is purported to make $250 every second, which amounts to about $7.8 billion a year. It is said that if he were to drop a one thousand dollar bill, it wouldn't matter if he picked it up or not since he would make another thousand dollars in the approximately four seconds it would take him to pick it up.
Gates and his now wife, Melinda French, met in 1987 at a press event for Microsoft in Manhattan. She worked for the company at that time. They were married on January 1, 1994. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has given over $28 billion to charity, making the couple the second most generous philanthropists in the United States as of 2007. Some of the causes that the Gates support are global health and education.
Gates is one of the most famous entrepreneurs and he has helped to revolutionize personal computing. In fact, a 2002 survey revealed that teenagers in Hong Kong and China looked up to Bill Gates more than they did to Mao Tse-tungin, a Chinese Communist leader. Nevertheless, Bill Gates is not without his critics. He has been accused of anti-competitive business tactics and taken to court on those grounds. At least some of the cases have been decided against him. Gates, according to Time magazine, was among one of the one hundred most influential people of 2004 through 2006. The magazine has also named him one of the most influential people of the 20th century. Carnegie Mellon University is honoring Gates by building the Gates Building of Computer Science.
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thankyou so much helped me a lot easy to understand
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Thanks again
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thanks i just copied all that and got an A+
Thank you for reading the blog about me. None of the information is true. Comment me if you want to learn about me.
Sincerely,
William Henry "Bill"
Gates
i would like for bill gates to express us more about microsoft tecnonlogy for us to understand it better.
Bill Gates told his university teachers that he would become a millionare by age 30. he became a billionare by age 31 (like u said)
If Bill Gates donated 15 US dollars to EVERYONE in the world, he would still have 50 million dollers for pocket money
Thank you a lot I really needed that for my business homework, I can't even imagine being able to make that much money :L.
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Thanks! This helped alot with a school project
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dang this guy is freaking rich :]
In this age you are one person in the world that you are Billioner in this world.
Good job!
And you did a great job to find microsoft.
Tank you.
Kind Attn ; MR. William Gates
Dear Sir,
I am from India and I am working in a Private firm with very low salary., My husband is a welder who also working in private firm., we hv two childrens whose studying in std 9th & 5th., FYI, our income is not enough for our childrens education and our daily food.,
Now we are planning to build a house as we are living in a rented house., So, we are humbly request your help for this., it will be very kind of you. please let me know.,
Thanking you and awaiting your valued news, we remain
Very sincerely / JJ
EMAIL : juliet.josey941@gmail.com
thx this helps a lot
awsome facts it gives gud description
every time i read i feel like i will be billionaire
quite inspirational facts....
i herd bill likes sex
yea dident you know that! he loves it
WTF man?!?
i farted
Dear Mr. William Henry "Bill" Gates,
Sir, we have two sons who are very much interested in computer technology. Our eldest son will be studying in college next school year. Can you help us as a sponsor to study in a High Tech. Computer School that will bring him to realize his ambition?
Thank you Sir and God Bless you.
well in there yet
i hoply join microsoft in 2014 insha allah
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awesome facts
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what the hell in gpoin on
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u ppl r crazy and tmi for fart boy and from ian kristoff to mr boner but thanks anyways for the fact 1st day of schoool and already hw what is wrong with the world
great facts got an A+
IM A HACKER THANKS 4 DA FACTZZ
haha. I really only read the comments. they make me laugh. O^O
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i farted
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Why is it under amphibions and reptiles?
you are the greatest inventer of all time I wish I can be like you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am 9 years old Love,Yadira Talavera
I was looking for 3 important facts that made him rich
I have 9 cmnt 4rm u.every 1 cntct me by this nbr 00923465396696
Bill Gates , Im doing a report on you and i have to do 6 paragraphs and i dont have ANY information about you . Can you write back and tell me about you ? Thanks .
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hi, i live at 1123 n 345 st... my biggest fears are drowding and siders. i am always hom aloe from 6 to 8 30 every night.
pepe 2 years ago
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