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Bill Gates: Tech Pioneer & Philanthropist

This document provides biographical information about Bill Gates. It notes that he was born in 1955 in Seattle, Washington and dropped out of Harvard University. In 1975, before graduating, Gates left Harvard to form Microsoft with his childhood friend Paul Allen. Gates helped develop software for the emerging personal computer market. Microsoft announced Windows, its next-generation operating system, in 1983. Gates is now the chairman of Microsoft and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which he established in 2000 to donate billions of dollars to charitable causes.

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Bill Gates: Tech Pioneer & Philanthropist

This document provides biographical information about Bill Gates. It notes that he was born in 1955 in Seattle, Washington and dropped out of Harvard University. In 1975, before graduating, Gates left Harvard to form Microsoft with his childhood friend Paul Allen. Gates helped develop software for the emerging personal computer market. Microsoft announced Windows, its next-generation operating system, in 1983. Gates is now the chairman of Microsoft and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which he established in 2000 to donate billions of dollars to charitable causes.

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NAME: MOHD NAZREEN BIN SAPIEE

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Name: William Henry Gates III
Date of Birth: October 28, 1955 (age 56)
Was Born In: Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Studied: Lakeside School in 1973 , Harvard University (dropped out)
Occupation: Chairman of Microsoft, Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation, CEO of Cascade Investment and Chairman of Corbis
Years active:1975present

Spouse: Melinda Gates (m. 1994present)
Children: 3
Parents: William H. Gates II, Sr. & Mary Maxwell Gates
Rank among the worlds wealthiest people 1995-2009 : present 2
nd

Carlos Slim
(Mexico)
Bill Gates
(United
States)
Warren Buffett
(United States)
Bernard Arnault
(France)
Larry Ellison
(United States)
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He had an early interest in software and began programming
computers at the age of thirteen
In 1973, Bill Gates became a student at Harvard University,
where he meet Steve Ballmer (now Microsoft's chief executive
officer).
While still a Harvard undergraduate, Bill Gates wrote a version of
the programming language BASIC for the MITS Altair
microcomputer.
In 1975, before graduation Gates left Harvard to form Microsoft
with his childhood friend Paul Allen. The pair planned to develop
software for the newly emerging personal computer market.
On November 10, 1983, at the Plaza Hotel in New York City,
Microsoft Corporation formally announced Microsoft Windows, a
next-generation operating system.
Steve Ballmer
BASIC (Beginner's All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code)- commonly
used computer programming languages, a simple computer language
considered an easy step for students to learn before more powerful
languages
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Bill Gates is a creator of OS Microsoft
Windows, Microsoft Office & Platform
for XBOX360
He also helped Steve Jobs create the
Mac Software.
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Donating $28 billion, its a large amounts of money
to various charitable organizations and scientific
research programs through the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation, established in 2000.
He created the platform that Xbox 360 uses which is
Microsoft and windows.
The Greatest Contribution of Bill Gates to the World
is providing broad economic opportunities to
everyone across the world using computers.
Education
Development
Healthcare
On 2/03/2005 Bill Gates knighted by Queen Elizabeth
II for his contribution to the British economy. His title
will be 'Knight Commander of the Order of the British
Empire.
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