Bill Gates

Everyone has heard of Bill Gates, one of the richest and most successful
people in the world. Microsoft, the business he started with a friend in 1975,
has become the worlds lar!est computer software company, and Gates was
the worlds youn!est billionaire at the a!e of "1.
#is full name is $illiam #enry Gates %%%, and he was born on &'
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(ctober,
1995, in )eattle, *)+. +t school, Bill soon showed that he was very
intelli!ent, and especially !ood at Maths and )cience. #is parents decided to
send him to ,a-eside, the private school where he first be!an to use
computers. 1".year.old Bill Gates and his schoolfriend /aul +llen were
soon spendin! all their time writin! pro!rams and learnin! about computers
instead of doin! their schoolwor-0
+fter finishin! school in 197", Bill went to #arvard, +mericas most
famous university. 1he ne2t year, he and /aul +llen wrote an operatin!
pro!ram for the +ltair, one of the worlds first microcomputers. 1he two
friends started Microsoft in 1975, and Gates left #arvard. Before lon!,
Microsoft was a ma3or business success. )ince then, the company has
continued to !row, producin! most of the worlds leadin! /4 software. (ne
reason for his success is that Gates has always been very ambitious and
hardwor-in!. 1his has not left him much time for a normal personal life, but
in 1995 he married Melinda 6rench, a Microsoft employee, and in 1995 he
wrote a best.sellin! boo-, The Road Ahead.
Bill has mi2ed feelin!s about spendin! so much time runnin! Microsoft.
71here are a lot of e2periences % havent had, but % do li-e my 3ob8, he says.
$hen he does find time to rela2, he li-es pu99les, !olf and readin! about
science. 6or such a rich person, his life is simple, and he spends little on
himself and his family. $hen it comes to helpin! others, thou!h, Gates is
very !enerous. #e has already !iven hu!e amounts of money to charity, and
says that he plans to !ive away almost all of his wealth when he retires.