Bill Gates Biography
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Updated: 16 Aug 2017
Entrepreneur and businessman Bill Gates and his partner Paul Allen founded and built the world's largest software business, Microsoft, through technological innovation, keen business strategy and aggressive business tactics. In the process, Gates became one of the richest men in the world.
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March 13, 1986
Microsoft stock goes publick at $21
per share, rising to $28 per share by the
end of the first trading day.IPO raises $61 million.1988
Microsoft passes
Lotus as the top
software vendor.1990
Revenue tops
$1 billion for
the first time;
Windows 3.0 launched.1993
The number of licensed Windows
users totals more 25 milion, making
Windows the most popular graphical
operating system in the world.1995
Bill Gates
authors his first book,
The Road Ahead, detailing how new
technologies will govern the future.Aug, 24, 1995
Microsoft announces
the availability of Windows 95.June 1996
Bill Gates details strategy
for products and services that
integrate desktops, LANs, client/server applications,
legacy systems and the Internet.October 1997
The Department of Justice files a motion in federal district
court alleging that Microsoft had violated a 1994 consent decree, and asks the court to stop Microsoft
from tying the use of Windows to Internet Explorer.Jan 13, 2000
Gates becomes
chairman and cheif
software architect;
Ballmer moves to CEO.Nov.1,2002
U.S Judge
Colleen
Kollar-Kotelly
approves government`s
antitrust settiement.Oct.21,2003
Microsoft launches Microsoft Office
System, which eventually becomes
its unified communications platform.June 15, 2006
Gates announces he is retiring in
July 2008;names Ray Ozzie,
Craig Mundie as his replacements.April 2007
Ozzie announces
that the combination
of software and
services is Microsoft`s future.June 27, 2008
Gate`s final
day as full-time
employee at Microsoft.Junuary 1975
Working day and night.
Bill Gates and Paul Allen
create the first
version of Microsoft
Basic for the Altair 8800November 26 1976
The trade name "Microsoft" is registeredJuly 1 1977
The company ships
its second language,
Microsoft`s version
of Fortran, and begins
offening Basic on
a single-copy basis.Dec. 31 1978
Microsoft`s year-end
sales exceed $1 million
for first time.June 11,1980
Microsoft hires Steve Ballmer.Aug.12 1981 IBM introduces
its Personal Computer which uses Microsoft`s
16-bit operating system. MS-DOS 1.0 plus
Microsoft Basic and other Microsoft productsBill Gates
Born October 28, 1955Gates enters Harvard as a pre-law major2005
Queen Elizabeth II
bestows an honorary
knighthood on Gates
for his contributions
to the United Kingdom.Gates “graduates” from
Harvard; the university
awards him with an
honorary degree.Gates “graduates”
from Harvard;
the university
awards him with
an honorary degree.Nov 1 1978
Microsoft opens
first international
office in JapanBill Gates founds CorbisMicrosoft becomes
incorporated and
Bill Gates becomes
PresidentPeriods
Gates is enrolled
in the Lakeside
School
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