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Enrolled in Harvard
Bill Gates was enrolled in Harvard after scoring 1590 out of 1600 on the SAT -
Created Micro-soft
While at Harvard, he met his future business partner, Steve Ballmer, whom he later appointed as CEO of Microsoft. -
Bill Gates writes an open letter to Hobbyists
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Micro-Soft opens its first International office in Japan
The company's first international office was founded on November 1, 1978, in Japan, titled "ASCII Microsoft" -
Microsoft moves headquarters to Bellevue Washington
Microsoft became independent of MITS in late 1976, and it continued to develop programming language software for various systems. -
Microsoft partners with IBM to wrtie the BASIC for the IBM PC
In 1980, IBM approached Microsoft to write the BASIC interpreter for its upcoming personal computer, the IBM PC. -
Microsoft becomes incorporated and Bill Gates becomes President
Gates oversaw Microsoft's company restructuring on June 25, 1981 -
Bill Gates founds Corbis
Corbis Corporation is an American company, based in Seattle, Washington, that sells and otherwise distributes photography and film footage -
Bill Gates marries Melinda French
Gates married Melinda French from Dallas, Texas on January 1, 1994. They have three children -
Bill Gates net worth reaches 94.8 Billion