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10 Facts About Bill Gates by Emmy9ite(m): 9:46pm On Nov 23, 2013
10 INTERESTING FACTS YOU PROBABLY NEVER KNEW
ABOUT BILL GATES
1. His full name is William henry gates III, he
is the third person to answer the name in
his family, thus, the numeral III. Bill is just
an AKA.
2. He was born on October 28, 1955 in
Seattle, Washington. He is 58 years old.
His birthday was four weeks ago. Happy
birthday in arrears!
3. He became the richest man in the world
at the age 40 and maintained it for 12
years in a row! He was displaced by
Mexican telecommunication tycoon,
carlos Helu Slim.
4. His family encouraged much competition
when he was young; there was always a
prize for winning and there was always a
penalty for loosing. He has an elder and a
younger sister
5. He took an interest in computer when a
computer was donated to his high school.
He even missed maths class just to
pursue his interest in computer and
programming. Talk about passion!
6. Bill gates is very intelligent. As a teen, he
graduated from lakeside high school in
1973 and scored 1590 out of 1600! That’s
higher than Ben Carson.
7. Gates dropped out of Havard at 20 years
of age. He talked this decision with his
parents and they supported his decision
after seeing how much Gates wanted to
start a company.
8. In 2006, he decided to transit from active
work to full time philanthropy through his
foundation co-chaired by his wife
Melinda.
9. In 1999, his wealth briefly surpassed
$101 billion, causing the media to call him
a ‘centibillionaire’
10.Gates has several investments outside
Microsoft. He founded Corbis,a digital
imaging company and in 2004, he
became a director of Berkshire
Hathaway, the investment company
headed by his long time friend Warren
Buffet.
Source; www.siremmy9ite..com
Re: 10 Facts About Bill Gates by sylvar02(m): 10:19pm On Nov 23, 2013
Ok nice story
Re: 10 Facts About Bill Gates by braine(m): 10:45pm On Nov 23, 2013
Wow•
Re: 10 Facts About Bill Gates by Nobody: 11:36pm On Nov 23, 2013
I can't help it,I jst av 2 say wowww...dis man gave his best 2 wat meks his hrt beat! sumday....sumday real soon u'll read my story cos am nt gonna stop until I giv d world my bst...u'll c

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