How are Bill Gates and IBM connected?

One route through 2 sourced connections

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How are Bill Gates and IBM connected? Here is one route, through 2 sourced connections.

1975

Step 1 of 2.

Bill Gates founded Microsoft. Co-founder.

Nov 1980

Step 2 of 2.

IBM awarded a contract to Microsoft. Operating system for the IBM PC.

That is one route from Bill Gates to IBM. Another runs through Mary Maxwell Gates and the IBM–Microsoft operating-system deal, in part according to The Seattle Times. The explorer shows every route and lets you filter by lens, time and perspective.

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