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Bill Gates Born
Bill Gates born in Seattle, America (1955) -
Bill Gates School
At the age of 12 he was sent to a private school -
First computer program
At the age of 13, he and his friend Allen wrote his first computer program. -
First commercial job
At the age of 16 they made their first business deal -
University
He came to study at Harvard -
Microsoft
At the age of 19, he created, together with his friend Microsoft, his first product, "BASIC". -
New offices
Bill and Paul opened new larger offices -
Big sales
Between Bill and Paul they sold over 60 million copies of a new program. -
Paul's departure
Paul decided to leave the company, but would return years later. -
The company grows
More than 1,200 employees and Microsoft went public -
Money
First computer company to earn more than 1 billion -
Bill Gates gets married
Bill Gates proposed to his manager Melinda -
Family
Bill got married and two years later had his first child. -
A new history
Bill wrote a book with two authors, "The Road Ahead" -
Bill Gates idea
To this day, Microsoft continues to maintain it and plans to maintain it for many more years.