Bill Gates Timeline by Big Boy Charlie https://padlet.com/bigboycharlie/541k454dwwo28pnh Bill Gates is a technologist, business leader, and philanthropist. He grew up in Seattle, Washington, with an amazing and supportive family who encouraged his interest in computers at an early age. He dropped out of college to start Microsoft with his childhood friend Paul Allen en-us 2021-02-18 18:09:46 UTC 2025-04-24 19:00:21 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f9d0.png Born on October 28, 1955 in Seattle, Washington bigboycharlie https://padlet.com/bigboycharlie/541k454dwwo28pnh/wish/1216432916 Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955 in Seattle, Washington.]]> 2021-02-18 18:16:08 UTC https://padlet.com/bigboycharlie/541k454dwwo28pnh/wish/1216432916 Bill Gates(Microsoft bigboycharlie https://padlet.com/bigboycharlie/541k454dwwo28pnh/wish/1216440587 In this Timeline you will learn about Bill gates a technologist. ]]> 2021-02-18 18:17:48 UTC https://padlet.com/bigboycharlie/541k454dwwo28pnh/wish/1216440587 1967 Goes to Lakeside School. He meets friend Paul Allen. bigboycharlie https://padlet.com/bigboycharlie/541k454dwwo28pnh/wish/1216465013 Bill Gates in 1967 goes to Lakeside School on the first day he meets his friend Paul Allen.]]> 2021-02-18 18:23:12 UTC https://padlet.com/bigboycharlie/541k454dwwo28pnh/wish/1216465013 1973 Enrolls at Harvard University bigboycharlie https://padlet.com/bigboycharlie/541k454dwwo28pnh/wish/1218862421 Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard two years into his college education to start Microsoft, the business that would make him a millionaire by age 26. Now, over 40 years later, Gates says there is still one thing he regrets about his Harvard years.]]> 2021-02-19 14:00:16 UTC https://padlet.com/bigboycharlie/541k454dwwo28pnh/wish/1218862421 1980 Microsoft signs important deal with IBM bigboycharlie https://padlet.com/bigboycharlie/541k454dwwo28pnh/wish/1219392547 In 1980, Microsoft formed a partnership with IBM to bundle Microsoft's operating system with IBM computers; with that deal, IBM paid Microsoft a royalty for every sale. In 1985, IBM requested Microsoft to develop a new operating system for their computers called OS/2.]]> 2021-02-19 16:19:04 UTC https://padlet.com/bigboycharlie/541k454dwwo28pnh/wish/1219392547 Paul Allen leaves Microsoft bigboycharlie https://padlet.com/bigboycharlie/541k454dwwo28pnh/wish/1219413408 Allen left Microsoft in 1982 after being diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma, though he remained on the board of directors as vice chairman.]]> 2021-02-19 16:24:20 UTC https://padlet.com/bigboycharlie/541k454dwwo28pnh/wish/1219413408 Bill Marries Melinda French, a Microsoft employee, on the island of Hawaii. bigboycharlie https://padlet.com/bigboycharlie/541k454dwwo28pnh/wish/1219427059 Melinda French was the top manager of the company so when Bill lost Allan he decided to find a wife so he decided to marry the top manager but in a secret.]]> 2021-02-19 16:27:33 UTC https://padlet.com/bigboycharlie/541k454dwwo28pnh/wish/1219427059 2007 Gets an honorary degree from Harvard bigboycharlie https://padlet.com/bigboycharlie/541k454dwwo28pnh/wish/1219438130 the university Gates dropped out of to pursue the dream of Microsoft, has bestowed an honorary degree upon the richest man on the planet.]]> 2021-02-19 16:30:02 UTC https://padlet.com/bigboycharlie/541k454dwwo28pnh/wish/1219438130 The End bigboycharlie https://padlet.com/bigboycharlie/541k454dwwo28pnh/wish/1219445060 2021-02-19 16:31:43 UTC https://padlet.com/bigboycharlie/541k454dwwo28pnh/wish/1219445060