The story of Bill Gates
Co-founder of Microsoft; co-founder of the Giving Pledge.
28 Oct 1955 –
Bill Gates. Co-founder of Microsoft; co-founder of the Giving Pledge. Citizen of the United States. Educated at Lakeside School. Born in Seattle.
Family. Mary Maxwell Gates, mother: board member of the United Way of America; influenced the IBM–Microsoft operating-system deal, according to The Seattle Times. William H. Gates Sr., father: member of the United Way of America (1989).
1973–1975
Bill Gates, educated at Harvard University. Left in 1975 without a degree (honorary degree 2007).
1975
Bill Gates founded Microsoft. Co-founder.
2010
Bill Gates signed the Giving Pledge.
Jun 2010: Bill Gates founded the Giving Pledge. Co-founder.
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