The Early LifeBill Gates was born on October 28, 1955. He and his two sisters grew up in Seattle. His father, William H. Gates II, is a Seattle lawyer. Mary Gates, her mother was a school teacher, regent of the University of Washington, and president of United Way International. Gates attended public school before going to Lakeside School, a private school north of Seattle. Bill was there where he began his programming career at the age of 13. She had a troubled childhood, but in an interview published in Playboy magazine, she acknowledged that at the age of one and a half she went to a psychiatrist. They got married on January 1, 1993 in a secret location in Hawaii, he didn't want hicies photos from reporters, so he rented all the hotels on the island in full. His wife's name is Melinda French, who had been working for several years at Microsoft, as a software marketing manager, where she continues to work today. They have a daughter named Jennifer Bellamy Gates, born April 26, 199. First steps in computing In 1968, Lakeside (school) immediately purchased an ASR -33 teleprinter from Bill and his friend Paul Allen became interested in the computer. The idea to develop the first programming language by reading them came from an article in Popular Electronics magazine about the Altair 8800 minicomputer. Gates and Paul called the language BASIC and believed they could make money by selling BASIC to other machines. Then Microsoft Partnership created it and started selling it. Over the next four years they created other programming languages ​​such as Cobol and Fortran. Subsequently, they were powerful enough to open a new division in their company and to win its first court battle against MITS inventor Altair over ownership of the rights. Career Highlights and Awards In April 1979...... middle of paper.. ....he at Microsoft and they have three children: Jennifer, Rory and Phoebe. Both Bill and Melinda have dedicated their efforts to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which has received significant funding to address global health problems, improve learning opportunities for low-income families, community projects, special projects and annual health campaigns. welfare. Gates retired on July 27, 2008 so that Microsoft could fully dedicate himself to his foundation, leaving it to Steve Ballmer. While the company maintains an impressive lead in software sales, it has faced major challenges with the emergence of more dynamic companies such as Google in Web search and Apple's positioning in several market sectors such as music and mobile telephony. Furthermore, the low acceptance of Windows Vista led the company to announce the arrival of a new product: Windows 7, in 2009 .