With a fortune of US $ 81 billion, Bill Gates is still at the top of the list of richest people in the United States (USA) Forbes version. According to Forbes records, the founder of Microsoft was already 21 times consecutively crowned as the richest man in the US.
Gates is special. This genius man has become one of the most valuable assets in human civilization after he and Paul Allen started the computer revolution in the 1980s. Innovation in the field of computing, especially software, has changed the way of life of the world community to the modern era as it is today.
The toil of Gates brings sweet fruit. As the richest man, he has everything that most people covet. It has a private jet, a super luxurious mansion, and a variety of other exorbitant valuable materials.
Not only have fun, in this era Gates perfect his life by becoming a philanthropist. Devote the rest of life in the field of humanity, and slowly retreat from the hustle and bustle of the world technology industry. He tecatat donate millions of dollars to humanity under the umbrella of his foundation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
The success and wisdom of Bill Gates was not easily achieved. Here is a glimpse of the life story of Microsoft's big boss, Bill Gates.
Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955 in Seatlle, Washington. Her parents are a lawyer and teacher. In his neighborhood he is known to be quite active and brilliant. As a teenager, he was eager to gobble up various information. Gates is said to have managed to read the entire series 'World Book Encyclopedia' as a teenager.
Parents send Gates to high school at Lakeside School, which is known to be quite tight. Here he meets his death duet, Paul Allen. At Lakeside they both built an interest in computers and tried experiments.
After graduating from Lakeside School in 1973, Gates attended Harvard. Although he initially enrolled in law majors, but Gates immediately changed the choice of majors to mathematics and computer science.
Harvard is where Gates meets Steve Ballmer, the second CEO of Microsoft after Bill Gates. They had lived together at the Currier House dormitory, they often met in economy class. Both are still strong friends up to now.
Two years later Gates dropped out of Harvard to build Microsoft with Paul Allen. Strangely, though never graduated from Harvard, but in 2007 Gates was awarded an honorary doctorate by Harvard.
In 1979, Gates and Allen became more serious with Microsoft. They both moved Microsoft offices from hometown, Seattle, to Redmond, Washington.
The first generation Microsoft Windows was released in 1985 and made available to the public in 1986. Since then, Gates became a millionaire at the age of 31 years.
Gates met his wife, Mellinda, in 1987. Mellinda was one of Microsoft's first employees who served as executive interactive content. Both were married in 1994.
In 1998, Microsoft was dragged to court by demands of monopolizing the software market. Public reaction diverse at that time, there are pro and there is also a cons with Gates.
Bill and Mellinda now have 3 children. They live in a sophisticated mansion in the elite area of Medina, Washington.
