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Bill Gates: Creator of Microsoft By: Sarah Grice and Emilisse Ortiz Bill Gates
 * Early Life **
 * William H. Gates III (Bill Gates)
 * Was born on October 28, 1955 in Seattle, Washington.
 * His father is William H. Gates II. He works as an attorney in Seattle.
 * His late mother was Mary Maxwell Gates. She worked as a schoolteacher, was Chairman of United Way International, and a University of Washington regent.
 * He grew up in Seattle in an upper middle-class family with two sisters. Kristianne, who is 2 years older than him, and Libby, who is younger.
 * Gates became interested in software at age 13 when he started programming computers at his private Lakeside School.

**College Years**
 * Gates studied at Harvard University in 1973, but dropped out during his junior year to devote all of his time to developing Microsoft.
 * At Harvard, he lived down the hall from Paul Allen, a childhood friend with whom he later started Microsoft.
 * Gates created Microsoft in 1975, when he was only 20 years old.
 * Gates and Allen worked on a program language BASIC, which was the basics for the MITS Altair which was the first Microsoft computer available.[[image:8thgrade2011stnineweeks/Harvard.jpg width="194" height="204" align="right"]]

Bill Gates and his friend, Paul Allen.

**Microsoft**
 * Bill Gates created Microsoft in 1975.
 * It took about 8 weeks to program.
 * His view of Microsoft: "advance and improve software technology, and to make it easier, more cost effective and enjoyable" (Bill Gates) to own and use computers.
 * Gate retired from being CEO of Microsoft in 2008.
 * Microsoft was licensed to IBM.
 * He was involved in a lawsuit between Apple and Microsoft.
 * Microsoft made it easier to use technology. It has helped us adapt to technology and actually like it. [[image:8thgrade2011stnineweeks/microsoft.jpg width="185" height="129" align="right"]]

** Private Life **
 * Gates married Melinda French Gates on January 1st, 1994.
 * He has three kids: Jennifer Katherine Gates (1996), Rory John Gates (1999), and Phoebe Adele Gates (2002).
 * In his free time, Gates likes to read, play golf, tennis, and play bridge.
 * Gates now lives in Medina, Washington with his family in a mansion overlooking Lake Washington.



**S ide Projects **


 * In January of 2010, he created "The Gates Notes," a website where he talks about his company and his views on current events.
 * Him and his wife founded "Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation," an organization that does education work and is devoted to promoting global health. They began the organization with an investment of $28 million, and it is one of the world's largest charitable foundations.
 * In 1995, "The Road Ahead" was published, and it was #1 on "New York Times" bestseller list for 7 weeks.
 * In 1999, he wrote "Business @ the Speed of Thought," which explains how computers can solve business problems.
 * Gates always donates a percentage of his book profits to non-profit organizations that support the use of technology in education.
 * In 1989, he founded Corbis, one of the world's largest resources of visual information and based it in Seattle, Washington.
 * Gates is a member of the board of directors of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.
 * In 2005 Gates received an honorary knighthood award from the queen of England.

** Bibliography **


 * "Bill Gates - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation." //The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation//. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Oct. 2011. [].

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 * "Bill Gates Biography Bill Gates Biography - Facts, Birthday, Life Story - Biography.com." //Bio Famous Biographies & TV Shows - Biography.com// . 2011 A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 16 Oct. 2011. <[]>

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 * "Bill Gates Biography." //Woopidoo Business Success - Motivational Business Quotes//. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Oct. 2011. [].

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 * "Bill Gates - Forbes." //Information for the World's Business Leaders - Forbes.com//. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Oct. 2011. [].

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 * "Bill Gates." //Microsoft Corporation//. N.p., 3 Aug. 2011. Web. 16 Oct. 2011. <[]>.
 * This website provide a fully detailed biography of Bill Gates. It was used as a source for this project because it is directly from the Microsoft website, and most likely written by Gates himself. It was updated on August 3, 2011 so the information is accurate and reliable. The purpose of this website was to give the basic information of Bill Gates. It was a biography of his life. It had a lot of information on Bill Gates. It gave links to Bill Gates foundations. It confirms with the other biography sites we used. We used the site to give more information on Bill Gates Life. Also since it is from the Microsoft website it must be pretty accurate. **


 * "Bill Gates Net Worth: $56Billion: 2011 - Wealth InsideStory." //Bill Gates Quotes :Wealth quotations - Master of Business, Online celebrities News,Reference, Society//. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Oct. 2011. [|< http://www.billgatesmicrosoft.com/networth.htm] >

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