Bill Gates

Bill Gates

Bill Gates is the Chairman of Microsoft and from 1995 to 2005 was considered the richest man in the World with a net worth of around $85 Billion as of 2014.
 
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Historical Timeline for Bill Gates :

Date Event
21 Jan 1953 Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft Corporation, is born
28 Oct 1955 Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft Corporation, is born
1 May 1964 First BASIC program runs
4 Apr 1975 Bill Gates and Paul Allen found Microsoft
22 Jul 1975 MITS licenses Altair BASIC from Bill Gates and Paul Allen
1 Jan 1979 Microsoft moves from Albuquerque, New Mexico to Bellevue, Washington
6 Nov 1980 Microsoft signs contract with IBM to create MS-DOS
25 Jun 1981 Microsoft officially incorporates to become Microsoft, Inc.
10 Nov 1983 Microsoft announces Windows
26 Feb 1986 Microsoft moves to Redmond
1988 The NeXT (68030 CPU) computer is introduced after two years of research
24 Aug 1995 Microsoft releases Windows 95
7 Dec 1995 Bill Gates outlines Microsoft's commitment to supporting and enhancing the Internet
22 Jun 2000 Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer outline Microsoft's .NET strategy
15 Jan 2002 Bill Gates outlines Microsoft's commitment to Trustworthy Computing
7 Nov 2002 Microsoft and partners launch Tablet PC
25 Jun 2006 Microsoft announces Bill Gates transition
4 Feb 2014 Bill Gates returns to Microsoft as Technology Adviser
30 May 2023 Experts warn that AI could lead to human extinction

 

 

 

  
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