
born 1955
Bill Gates
The Washington kid who put a computer on almost every desk.
The Story
Bill loved computers from the time he was thirteen, back when they were as big as refrigerators.
With his friend Paul Allen he started a tiny company called Microsoft.
They wrote the software that made computers easy for regular people to use.
Soon there was a computer in schools, homes, and offices everywhere.
Later he and his family started giving away most of their money to fight sickness around the world.