At 18, Bill Gates turned down multiple tech job offers—all before creating Microsoft: ‘That was kind of an ego boost'
Bill Gates turned down “incredibly flattering” employment offers from the likes of Honeywell and General Electric before his ...
Bill Gates says Microsoft might not have taken off if he hadn’t dropped out of Harvard—or spent his nights sneaking out to code until 2 a.m. at 13
Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates used to sneak out of the house at just 13 to write and test out computer codes. His rebellion ...
At age 13, Bill Gates snuck out to write code until 2 a.m.—that ‘lucky break' helped him create Microsoft
Bill Gates’ teenage rebellious streak included sneaking out of his home to write computer code without his parents’ knowledge ...
Bill Gates makes BIG move, sells Microsoft and buys McDonald’s
The foundation’s 13F filing for 2024’s fourth quarter with the American Securities and Exchange Commission revealed the ...
Bill Gates says Steve Ballmer was the business partner he badly needed — so he gave up 4% of Microsoft to recruit him
Steve Ballmer mirrored Bill Gates' energy, boosted his social life, and became the round-the-clock business partner he needed ...
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Bill Gates reveals Steve Jobs told him to take acid to make Microsoft's products cooler
Microsoft founder Bill Gates has revealed in an interview that Apple founder Steve Jobs told him to take acid to make ...
Microsoft's Bill Gates: Steve Jobs was a genius in this area
That's where I found Microsoft (MSFT) co-founder Bill Gates to be in a recent chat about his onetime rival, the late Apple ...
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Bill Gates reflects on his youth, beginnings of Microsoft, in new memoir
In his new memoir, "Source Code," billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates opens up about his adolescence and early adult life.
Bill Gates regretted leaving Harvard: I spent Microsoft's first year trying to get a friend to ‘take charge,' so I could return
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates struggled intensely with the “stay or go” decision that ultimately made him a billionaire.
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Bill Gates on Microsoft at 50, and what’s next for AI and innovation
Bill Gates with a printout of the Altair BASIC source code from 1975, one of Microsoft’s earliest software artifacts. Click to enlarge. (Gates Notes / Ian Allen) [Editor’s Note: Microsoft ...
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Bill Gates says Steve Ballmer was the business partner he badly needed — so he gave up 4% of Microsoft to recruit him
Bill Gates found a kindred spirit ... Gates, the billionaire philanthropist who cofounded Microsoft, met Ballmer in a graduate economics class in the fall of 1976, when the pair were ...