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Bill Gates Wrote His First Computer Program at Age 13. It Was a Game of Tic-Tac-Toe

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Entrepreneur Bill Gates cofounded the world’s largest software business, Microsoft, in 1975. Read about his age, net worth, children, ex-wife, house, and more.

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From Pranks To Programming: Bill Gates Opens Up About His School Days

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates opened up about his childhood days in an Ask Me Anything session on Instagram.

9 days ago·New Delhi, India

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The Week

Source Code: Bill Gates' journey from 'snotty brat' to world's richest man

"Bill Gates is the John McEnroe of the tech world," said Steven Poole in The Guardian. "Once a snotty brat whom everyone loved to hate", he is now a "beloved elder statesman" – a dedicated philanthropist who was doing "effective altruism" long before it was fashionable.In this, the first of a planned trilogy of memoirs, the 69-year-old recounts the first two decades of his life, from his early years in a "pleasant suburb of Seattle" to the found…

10 days ago·Washington, United States

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The Seattle Times

Bill Gates looks to his Seattle past, pushes Trump for a better future

In his new memoir, "Source Code," Gates explores his childhood in Seattle, deep friendships and his early path in coding, computers and technology.

10 days ago·Seattle, United States

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Biography

Bill Gates Wrote His First Computer Program at Age 13. It Was a Game of Tic-Tac-Toe

Entrepreneur Bill Gates cofounded the world’s largest software business, Microsoft, in 1975. Read about his age, net worth, children, ex-wife, house, and more.

11 days ago

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Digital Market News

Excerpt From "Source Code: My Beginnings" By Bill Gates

Knopf We may receive an affiliate commission for purchases made through the links in this article. In his latest autobiography, “Source Code: My Beginnings” (set to release on February 4 through Knopf), Bill Gates, the renowned computer innovator and philanthropist, reflects on his early life and the journey that brought him into the emerging field of computing. Below is a fascinating excerpt detailing his encounter with BASIC in the eighth grad…

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