BILL GATES..!!

Some fun Facts about “THE BILL GATES”

1) Bill Gates is a BORN Genius.
Born on October 28, 1955 to lawyer father and teacher mother in Seattle, Bill Gates got initiated into the computing world right in his childhood.

At the age of 13, while studying at private Lakeside School, Gates discovered his interest in software and started writing his own computer programs.
According to some reports, Bill Gates sold his first computer program at the age of 17, a time-tabling system for his high school for $4,200.


2) Bill Gates is a Hacker
Interestingly, Gates and three other high school students were banned from computer usage by Seattle-based CCC (Computer Center Corporation) after they were caught exploiting its operating system bugs to steal computer time.


3) Extremely Intelligent
According to reports, Bill Gates scored 1590 on his SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test). The top score for the test then was 1600. He then got enrolled at Harvard College in 1973. Prior to the mid-1990s, SAT score of 1590 corresponded roughly to an IQ of 170


4) He is a college dropout
Few people know that Gates is actually a Harvard university dropout. Gates who scored 1590 on his SAT test out of 1600 got admission in Harvard University in the year 1973, after completing his high school.
At Harvard University, Gates and his high school friend Paul Allen worked on a version of the programming language BASIC for the first microcomputer — MITS Altair. Two years later in 1975, he decided to opt out of college to start Microsoft, what eventually went on to become the world’s largest software company.
5) Bill Gates Graduated in 2007, He is my Batch Mate
However, in 2007 Bill Gates finally got a degree from Harvard, when the university conferred him with an honorary degree. At Harvard, Gates met Steve Ballmer who joined Microsoft in 1980. CEO Ballmer was Microsoft’s 24th employee.
In 1975, Gates started Microsoft with friend Paul Allen from a rented accommodation in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In 1977, Gates and Allen officially registered a partnership, and Micro-soft became Microsoft.


6) Turning Point of Microsoft
The biggest breakthrough came in 1980 when Microsoft won a contract from IBM to provide operating system MS-DOS for IBM’s new personal computers.
Gates had reportedly once told his university teachers that he aims to become a millionaire by the age 30. And he missed the target by just one year. Gates became a billionaire by the age of 31.


7) Growth of Microsoft
In 1986, the year Microsoft went public with the IPO price of $21/share, Gates became a billionaire. Microsoft stock went public at $21 per share, rising to $28 per share by the end of the first trading day. Initial public offering raised roughly $61 million.
In 1992, Forbes declared Gates to be the richest man in America, worth $6.3 bn. In 1995, Gates became richest man in the world, a crown he continues to hold (he has lost the no.1 slot only once in 2008).


8) Bill gates was convicted.
The founder of world’s biggest software company has also been caught on the wrong side of the law. In 1977, Gates was arrested in New Mexico for allegedly jumping a red light and also driving without a license. (The photo on the left is a mug shot of Gates in police custody).


9) Got married on New Year’s Day
Bill Gates married long-time girlfriend Melinda French in Hawaii on January 1st, 1994. They have three children. Gates is an avid reader, and enjoys playing golf and bridge. In wealthiest list for 17 years in a row Software King Bill Gates has figured in the Forbes 400 list of the wealthiest people in the world for 17 years in a row, from 1993 to 2009. For a brief period in 1999, his net worth went past $100 billion, and new term “cent billionaire” was coined.

In 2008, Gates was dethroned as the richest man by America’s investment Moghul by Warren Buffett whose fortune swelled to an estimated $62 billion, up $10 billion from a year ago. The same year Gates was at no. 3 with fortune of $58 billion. At no. 2 was the Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim, with an estimated net worth of $60 billion.

However, the year 2009 returned Gates his numero uno spot in the Forbes’ The World’s billionaires list. With a net worth of $40 billion, Gates regained his position as the world’s wealthiest from investor Warren Buffett. However, the deepening economic crisis eroded Gates fortune too. Gates lost approximately $18 billion in 2008.


10) Rich People Cannot Predict
If you thought all that Bill Gates ever said was profound, you need to read some of his way off the mark predictions. In 2004, Gates predicted that the problem of spam e-mail messages will be gone within two years. And it’s anyone’s guess how true the prediction has turned out to be.
Similarly, in 1981 Gates reportedly said that nobody would ever need more than 640 kilobytes of memory on their personal computer. Here too Gates went way off the mark, with most PCs today offering at least 2GB of memory.

The tech czar had also said that Microsoft “will never make a 32-bit operating system.” However, in 1992, Microsoft released beta of its first 32 bit Windows NT. NT was the first full 32-bit version of Windows.


11) His Mansion is Heaven
Bill Gates lives in 66,000 square feet situated on the edge of lake Washington. The address is 1835 73rd Ave NE, Medina, WA 98039.
The house is famous for its design and the technology it incorporates. Gates reportedly purchased several pieces of land and houses and built this house adjoining all those. Much of the house is built underground into the hill, so the house looks smaller than it actually is.

The house built in the Pacific lodge style has many marvels including the 17-by-60-foot swimming pool has an underwater music system and a floor painted in a fossil motif. Swimmers can dive under a glass wall and emerge outdoors by a terrace.

Then there’s ornate, paneled library with a domed reading room with oculus (light well), fireplace, and two secret pivoting bookcases, one containing a bar.

HATS OFF to his Achievements.