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.





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