Bill Gates The story of how the best

Bill Gates The story of how the best gaming console was ever made.

Typical Information • Born on October 28 th, 1955 in Seattle, Washington. • He is American, but his roots are a mixture of English, German, and Scots-Irish. • He is 5’ 10”. • He is 140 lbs (63. 5 kg) • His eye and hair color are light brown.

Early years • Bill (or William) began to show his interest in computers at the age of 13 at Seattle's Lakeside School. • Bill had a very close relationship with his mother, Mary. • Bill was very invested in reading as a child, spending many hours going through informational texts such as the encyclopedia. • What got Bill into Seattle's Lakeside School was the concern of his parents. He seemed uninterested in school, and his parents feared he was turning into a loner. So they decided to send him to Seattle's Lakeside School, where he was introduced to computer software engineering.

Home Life • Bill lived with two sisters, Kristianne and Libby. • Bill’s mother was an outgoing student at the University of Washington, and as most high achieving mothers do, wanted the three of her children to be the same. They strived for excellence. • Bill showed competitiveness at young ages by the way he coordinated his family games, and excelled at board games, especially Monopoly.

Beginning of Microsoft • Microsoft started in 1975. • The name “Micro-soft” also came from the mix of the terms Micro-Computer, and software. • After less than a year, the hyphen was dropped, and the business was forever then known as Microsoft. • Microsoft wrote software in different formats for other computer companies and, at the end of 1978, Gates moved the company's operations to Bellevue, Washington.

Microsoft’s Rise and Present Status • Bill had to change Microsoftware to support the IBM PC (International Business Machines Corporation Personal Computer). He did so with the fee of $50, 000.