Microsoft was formed by a Harvard College dropout called Bill Gates. Bill Gates was born as William Henry Gates III on October 28, 1955. He was born to a family that was successful in business, living comfortably in Seattle, Washington.
In his elementary school, Bill Gates quickly shot to the head of the class, outscoring his peers in most subjects, but especially math and science. His parents soon enrolled him in Lakeside Prep School, where the learning was more advanced and was just right for Gates. This move to Lakeside was historic because in the spring of 1968, he was introduced to computers.
At that time computers were still too large and expensive for the school to purchase one of its own. Over the next ten months the school made agreements with many corporations who allowed the students to use their computers. Bill Gates, his buddy Paul Allen, and a handful of other kids quickly took to computing. In fact, they began to cut classes to stay in the computer room and write......
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