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... ” – Bill Gates
Technology today plays a major role in our daily lives. ... Well, one person that definitely has had a huge impact on the technology of the twentieth century would be Bill Gates. But who is Bill Gates?
Born on October 28, 1955, William Henry Gates III and his two sisters, Kristi and Libby, grew up in Seattle, Washington. Bill was a skinny, shy, and awkward kid, but had inherited the ambition, intelligence, and competitive spirit from his overachieving parents. ... Gates II, was a prominent Seattle attorney, and his outgoing mother, Mary, a former schoolteacher, was a very active member of the community and a board member of United Way International.
In elementary school, Gates was immediately recognized for his talents in nearly all subjects, especially math and science. ... This decision had a major impact on Bill Gates life, and it possibly even affected the world, for Bill was first introduced to computers at the Lakeside School. ... Bill and his friends Paul Allen, Ric Weiland, and Ken Evans were immediately engrossed by the computer. ...
Soon Bill and his friends were actually hired by the computer company, called Computer Center Corporation (C-Cubed), to find bugs and discover weaknesses in the system, which kept causing the computers to crash. ... Gates has been quoted saying that this was the period when he got into computers fulltime. ... After developing the payroll program, Gates and Allens next project involved starting another company entirely on their own, called Traf-O-Data. ... The Traf-O-Data company lasted until Gates went to college.
In the fall of 1973, Gates left for Harvard University. ... Allen even moved to Boston to be closer to Gates, so they could continue working on projects.
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