1968 - Enrolled in Lakeside Prep School and wrote first software program
1972 - Gates formed a venture called Traf-O-Data with childhood friend Paul Allen
1973 - Graduated from Lakeside School
1975 - Launched Microsoft with Paul Allen as co-owners
1980 - IBM approached Microsoft about writing a BASIC interpreter
1985 - Microsoft launched its first retail of Microsoft Windows
1986 - Struck a deal to develop a seperate operating system with IBM
1994 - Marries Malinda Gates
2006 - Gates announced that he would transition out of his role at Microsoft to dedicate more time to philanthropy. He divided his responsibilities between two successors when he placed Ray Ozzie in charge of management and Craig Mundie in charge of long-term product strategy.
2013 - Became the highest earning billionaire according to Bloomberg Billionaire Index
2019 - Networth value of 105.5 billion
"Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose."
-- Bill Gates
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