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Facts About Bill Gates You Can't Believe. by ferdvict2(m): 10:21am On Jul 15, 2015 |
Bill Gates – a business magnate, dutiful philanthropist, software pioneer, and the world’s richest man. Let’s take a look at 50 of the most interesting things you probably didn’t know about Microsoft’s co-founder. 1. Bill Gates was born William Henry Gates III, the fourth in his family to be given the name. Because his father had the suffix “II”, Bill was called by the nickname of “Trey.” 2. Gates attended the exclusive Lakeside School, one of handful schools in the US with a computer terminal at the time. Gates interest in the computer programming was such that he was excused from Math classes to pursue it. 3. Gates first computer program ever was a tic-tac-toe game. 4. Gates hacked his school program to schedule students in classes, changing the code so that he was placed in classes with “disproportionate number of interesting girls.” 5. At 17, Gates sold his first computer program, a timetable system for his high school for which he pocketed a $4,200. 6. Gates graduated from Lakeside School with a score of 1590 out of 1600, and then went to Harvard in 1973 where he met Steve Balmer. 7. As sophomore at Harvard, Gates wrote a pancake sorting algorithm which for over 30 years held the record as the fastest solution to the problem presented in a combinatorics class by Henry Lewis. 8. At Harvard he told professors that he would become a millionaire before he was 30. By 31 he was a billionaire. 9. In 1975, Gates dropped out of Harvard and joined his childhood friend Paul Allen to form a company which they named “Micro- Soft.” The hyphen fell off within a year. 10. Interestingly enough, Microsoft wasn't Bill and Paul Allen first venture. They had come together earlier to create Traf-O-Data, a company that made traffic counters built on the Intel 8008 processor. 11. In 1977 he was arrested in New Mexico for driving without license. 12. During the first five years of the company, Gates reviewed every single line of code the company shipped. 13. In the industry, Gates developed a reputation as a fierce competitor as well as not being reachable the phone or returning phone calls. 14. In an interview, Gates conceded that Control-Alt-Delete key combination to log into a PC was a mistake. 15. He paid $30.1 million at an auction in 1994 for the Codex Leichester, a collection of writing by Leonardo Da Vinci. 16. Committed in giving back most of his fortune through charity work, Gates has reportedly reserved only about $10 million for each of his children. 17. When asked why he was active on Twitter and not on Facebook, Bill Gates, who is a friend of Mark Zuckerberg, said: “The friend requests got out of hand…” 18. To show how much he appreciated his collection of Da Vinci manuscripts, Gates said that if he would have to choose between his legacy and rescuing the writings from a burning home, he would invariably opt for the latter. 19. A money machine in the most authentic sense of the word would show that Gates makes in average about $250 per second, $15,000 per minute, and almost $20 million every day. 20. His net worth briefly surpassed $101 billion 1999, causing the media to call “centibilionaire.” 21. His wealth rival that of 40 countries put together, and not 140 countries like some people has been led to believe. 22. From 1995 through 2008, Gates was the richest man on earth, before being dethroned momentarily by Warren Buffet. In 2013, he recouped the top position after seeing his fortune increased by US$15.8 billion to US$78.5 billion. 23. Thirty-two years after dropping out of Harvard University in 2007, Gates returned to his school to receive an honorary degree, thus vindicating a promise he had made to his father to one day get his degree. 24. Towards the end of his life, Steve Jobs reportedly kept a letter from Bill Gates near his bed. 25. Through his foundation, Gates has donated over $28 billion, the largest volume of capital ever mainlined to charity. 26. Out of spite, Steve Jobs is said to have left Bill Gates waiting for an hour at the NeXT offices before meeting him. 27. In recognition to his charitable contributions around the globe, in 2005, Gates was knighted by Queen Elizabeth of England with the KBE Order. Source:boomsbeat.com/articles/71/20140109/50-things-you-didnt-know-about-bill-gates.htm |
Re: Facts About Bill Gates You Can't Believe. by Irises(m): 10:21am On Jul 15, 2015 |
hmm |
Re: Facts About Bill Gates You Can't Believe. by holuwamurewa(m): 10:27am On Jul 15, 2015 |
Ahn wey lalasticlala |
Re: Facts About Bill Gates You Can't Believe. by NeduLuiZ(m): 10:33am On Jul 15, 2015 |
Clean wealth. Not some government assisted criminals who claim to be rich without any charitable act to their names |
Re: Facts About Bill Gates You Can't Believe. by Oche211(m): 2:23pm On Jul 15, 2015 |
Some jobless youths will spend all their days online attacking others as a result of ethnic, religious and tribal sentiments. I'll surely surpass bill gate's achievement. Expect me. #Hearmystory |
Re: Facts About Bill Gates You Can't Believe. by joywendy(f): 4:37pm On Jul 15, 2015 |
Nice one! But why this section? |
Re: Facts About Bill Gates You Can't Believe. by joywendy(f): 4:57pm On Jul 15, 2015 |
Oche211: But let's not forget that bill was born with a silver spoon meAning he had more oppurtunies at his disposal,he used the oppurtunities he had to the mAxmium The case of the average nigerian youth and their unemployment is has a result of many things poverty,poor educational background,unmanaged population growth,lack of electricity,etc. So it is quite unfair to compare this people with Mr Microsoft who didn't go through the above mentioned. Though I agree that some of our jobless youth display some madness online instead of finding out ways to improve themselves and impact the society. I really don't blame them, it is what the society has turned them to. Note: am not saying they can't rise above all that and become great,my point is we shouldn't compare Bill to the youths we have here. Its two different things entirely. |
Re: Facts About Bill Gates You Can't Believe. by Nuges11(m): 12:25am On Jul 16, 2015 |
Whenever I read things like this I begin to wonder, how do people get so rich? I know where I want to be, but am I really doing enough to get there in good time? And then fear starts to creep in, real fear. Anyway, I've learnt to tell myself: bright light in sight despite the slight fright, just gotta fight tight to make the flight to the right height. It will be well. 2 Likes |
Re: Facts About Bill Gates You Can't Believe. by greysmith: 3:32pm On Jul 16, 2015 |
Cc: Ishilove
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