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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 |
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Re: 10 Facts About Bill Gates by braine(m): 10:45pm On Nov 23, 2013 |
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Re: 10 Facts About Bill Gates by Nobody: 11:36pm On Nov 23, 2013 |
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