In 1969, when Bill Gates was in high school, an event occurred that set in motion the course of his life. At a time when computers were electronic giants costing millions of dollars to operate, a company in Seattle offered Bill’s high school the use of its computer.
A young Bill Gates was obsessed with the possibilities that the computer had to offer and along with high school classmate Paul Allen started writing software code and in 1975 launched Microsoft. By 1978 sales crossed $1 million USD.
From 1978 to 1981 revenues quadrupled from $4 million to $16 million. Soon Bill Gates became the singular face of Microsoft and was heralded by Time Magazine as a unique type of businessman, one who understood technology as well as corporate strategy.
Microsoft Windows was his brainchild and ever since its unveiling in 1983, Microsoft went on to become the world’s largest software company and its name has become synonymous with personal computers.
Microsoft - a lost tiger without Bill Gates
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