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Bill Gates

William Henry Gates, III was born October 28, 1955 in

Seattle, Washington. He was the middle child of three born

to William and Mary Gates. ATrey, as he was called

because of the III, was sent to a private school by his

father, a lawyer, and mother, a former teacher now on

several prestigious boards (Moritz, 238). At age 13, Bill

had completely taught himself programming after taking

computer studies class. After scoring a perfect 800 on the

mathematics half of the SAT, he graduated from Lakeside

school and enrolled at Harvard University as a prelaw

major. As a student, Gates was a wonder. He received an

A in an economics class without attending and cramming

the night before the final exam. In June 1975, Bill Gates

dropped out of Harvard to pursue a career in computers

full time.



Later that year after dropping out of Harvard he moved to

New Mexico. There he and Allen Kay established

Microsoft to produce their Basic for the MITS. Eighteen

months later they were a......


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