Bill Gates

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Bill Gates
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Family and Childhood

• Born 10/28/55 in Seattle, Washington
• William H.Gates III
• Two sisters
• Libby and Kristianne

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Family and Childhood II

• Father William H. Gates II
• Mother Mary Gates
• He was always reading when young
• Nickname trey
• Grandma called trey for III

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Family Facts

• Dad served in world war II
• studied law at U of Wash.
• Met his wife there
• Libby Gates younger sister
• Kristianne Gates older sister
• Bill Gates was middle child

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Family Facts II

• Mary Gates died in 1994
• Bill Gates got married in 1994
• Son Rory born in 1999
• Jennifer born in 1996
• Lives in 40,000 square foot home
• By Lake Washington

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Schooling

• Went to public school when young
• Too smart for public
• Went to private school
• Interested in computers at Lakeside

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Schooling II

• Took courses at U of Washington in H.S
• Went to Harvard
• Dropped out junior year
• Started microsoft

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Friends

• Kent Evans from Lakeside was killed
• Paul Allen diagnosed with Hodgkins disease
• In 1982
• Left Microsoft
• Never returned
• Even though cured

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Friends II

• Steve Ballmer went to Harvard with Gates
• Chief executive officer of Microsoft
• Best man at wedding
• Donated 10 million to Harvard
• For computer science
• Gates donated 15 million

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Microsoft

• First office in Albuquerque, NM
• Moved to Seattle 1978
• Major deals with IBM, Apple, Tandy
• Led to Microsofts dominance in software industry
• Monopoly of computer industry

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Microsoft II

• Competitors thought monopoly was unfair
• Investigated many times
• By DOJ (department of justice), and Federal trade
  commission
• Didnt like Microsoft being ahead
• Came to an agreement in 2001
• Operate under certain restrictions

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Microsoft III

• Big deal with IBM in 1980
• Microsoft provided all computer software
• For IBM
• Big profit increase
• From 4 million-16 million

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Interesting Facts about wealth

• Youngest American billionaire
• Age of 31
• Wealth today is 56 billion
• Could give everyone in U.S 193.50
• lives in same city, grew up in

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