Entrepreneur Bill Gates, born on October 28, 1955, in
Seattle, Washington, began to show an interest in computer programming
at the age of 13. Through technological innovation, keen business
strategy, and aggressive competitive tactics, he and his partner Paul Allen built the world's largest software business, Microsoft. In the process, Bill Gates became one of the richest men in the world.
Born William Henry Gates III, on October 28, 1955, in
Seattle, Washington. Gates began to show an interest in computer
programming at the age of 13 at the Lakeside School. He pursued his
passion through college. Striking out on his own with his friend and
business partner Paul Allen,
Gates found himself at the right place at the right time. Through
technological innovation, keen business strategy, and aggressive
competitive tactics he built the world's largest software business,
Microsoft. In the process he became one of the richest men in the world.
Bill
Gates grew up in an upper middle-class family with two sisters:
Kristianne, who is older, and Libby, who is younger. Their father,
William H. Gates, Sr., was a promising, if somewhat shy, law student
when he met his future wife, Mary Maxwell. She was an athletic, outgoing
student at the University of Washington, actively involved in student
affairs and leadership. The Gates family atmosphere was warm and close,
and all three children were encouraged to be competitive and strive for
excellence. Bill showed early signs of competitiveness when he
coordinated family athletic games at their summer house on Puget Sound.
He also relished in playing board games (Risk was his favorite) and
excelled in Monopoly.
Bill had a very close relationship with his
mother, Mary, who after a brief career as a teacher devoted her time to
helping raise the children and working on civic affairs and with
charities. She also served on several corporate boards, among them First
Interstate Bank in Seattle (founded by her grandfather), the United
Way, and International Business Machines (IBM). She would often take
Bill along on her volunteer work in schools and community organizations.
Bill
was a voracious reader as a child, spending many hours pouring over
reference books such as the encyclopedia. Around the age of 11 or 12,
Bill's parents began to have concerns about his behavior. He was doing
well in school, but he seemed bored and withdrawn at times. His parents
worried he might become a loner. Though they were strong believers in
public education, when Bill turned 13 they enrolled him in Seattle's
Lakeside School, an exclusive preparatory school. He blossomed in nearly
all his subjects, excelling in math and science, but also doing very
well in drama and English.
While at Lakeside School, a Seattle
computer company offered to provide computer time for the students. The
Mother's Club used proceeds from the school's rummage sale to purchase a
teletype terminal for students to use. Bill Gates became entranced with
what a computer could do and spent much of his free time working on the
terminal.
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