BILL GATES

*28. October, 1955

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ABOUT HE: Own name William Henry Gates III.

Is currently the second richest man (60 billion USD) Co-founder of Microsoft Corporation and

now is "chief software architect."

BIOGRAPHY: Bill Gates is a son of William H. Gates and

Mary Maxwell Gates

After completing the sixth grade of primary school he joined at an exclusive private high school Lakeside School. In this school he had the opportunity to first work with a computer and started to learn programming.

When Gates got seventeen, he got 4200 $ for his program to create school timetables.

After high school Bill Gates joined at Harvard University

In 1975 he and Allen founded the company Micro-Soft

In 1994, he married with Melinda French. They have three children.

Together with his wife they founded the charity Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

ATTRACTIONS: In 1994, Gates bought Leicester code, a

collection of works of Leonardo da Vinci.

According to Forbes magazine, Gates devoted sponsorship for the election campaign of George W. Bush.

Bill Gates was involved in World Cup mix of couples in the bridge (card game).

AUTHOR:

RESOURCES:

Jaroslav Vozár

www.sk.wikipedia.org