Team+Microsoft

=Bill Gates=

William (Bill) Henry Gates was born in Seattle, Washington on October 28, 1955. He is the only boy and second child of a former school teacher Mary Maxwell and a successful Seattle attorney William Henry Gates Jr. His older sister Kirsti is now his tax accountant. Libby, his younger sister, lives in Seattle where she raises her children. Gates enjoyed normal things like camping, going on trips with his family and joining Cub Scouts.
 * Childhood **

He developed an early interest in science and computers and began studying them in the 7th grade. He went to Lakeside, a private school chosen by his parents. They did this in the hopes that he would try harder and have challenging work to expand his knowledge. He set up his first software company at age 15 with Paul Allen, a former classmate. Together they quickly realized the potential of a young computer industry.
 * How He Got to Know Computers **

After graduating from Lakeside, he enrolled at Harvard University in the fall of 1973. He later dropped out in 1975 to pursue his business ideas with Paul Allen.
 * Later Education **

After becoming very wealthy because of the success of Microsoft and other ideas from Microsoft industry, Bill Gates and his wife  Melinda Gates  started giving away to charities. Together, they have given away over $24 billion, which is the highest amount of money given by anyone.
 * Charity Work **


 * Inventions **


 * The MS DOS operating system which has brought him $200 million dollars a year.
 * Xbox
 * Xbox 360
 * Windows 95
 * Windows 98
 * Windows 2000
 * Windows ME
 * Windows XP Home Edition
 * Windows XP Professional
 * Windows Vista Home
 * Windows Vista Home Premium
 * Windows Vista Business
 * Windows Vista Business Premium
 * Windows Vista Ultimate
 * Windows Server
 * ALTAIR BASIC Interpreter


 * Sucess of Microsoft **

When Microsoft first joined the stock market in 1986, it was $21 per share. In 1987, the stock price hit $90.75 per share. Due to the fact that Bill Gates bought so many shares of this stock and that the price jumped so much, he became a multimillionaire.


 * Size of Company **
 * 10,001+ employees
 * Microsoft Office 365 will replace Office Live Small Business as the comprehensive Microsoft productivity service for small businesses
 * Microsoft Research has published more than 6,000 peer-reviewed publications

**Salary**

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 * Honors a Awards **
 * In 2005, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his contribution to the British economy.

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 * Works Cited **