William Henry Gates III By andvel2 Oct 28, 1955 EARLY LIFEBorn William Henry Gates III in Seattle, WashingtonOctober 28, 1955 Period: Oct 28, 1955 to Apr 13, 2012 Bill Gates Time Span Jan 16, 1968 Began showing interest at 13 at Seattle’s Lakeside School, an exclusive prep school Jun 16, 1969 Seattle computer company offered computer time at the school and bill created a program of Jan 1, 1971 Met Paul Allen and instantly became fast friends through senior year and kept in touch throughout his career Apr 16, 1971 Gates enrolled to Harvard to become a lawyer