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Bill Gates is born
William Henry Gates III is born to William Henry Gates II and Mary Gates in Seattle, Washington. His parents had law in mind as a career for him but that didn’t work out. -
Gates enters Harvard
Gates enters Harvard in the fall of 1973 with pre-law as his major, but later changes. He took much mathematics and computer science courses which he was more interested in. -
Bill Gates' letter
Microsoft’s BASIC was a great success but their pre-market copy was spread through the community so Bill Gates sends MITS a letter saying that MITS could not continue to produce, distribute, and maintain high-quality software without payment. The letter was not very useful and Bill Gates strongly believed that software developers deserve to get payed. -
Corbis
Bill Gates starts Corbis, a company that sells and distributes photography and film footage. He started the company because he believed that “people would someday decorate their homes with a revolving display of digital artwork using digital frames.” -
Rich Bill Gates
According to Forbes list of wealthiest people he becomes the richest man on Earth.
