2. Born in Seattle, Washington and grew up with two sisters and mother & father Had an interest in computers from young age Attended Harvard University in 1973 but dropped out in 1975 to build his company Microsoft with his friend Paul Allen Under Microsoft, they began developing software for the relatively new invention, the Personal Computer (PC)

3. On November 10 th, 1983, he announced invention of the Windows Operating System, the platform on which the computer functions Made fortune of other types of software including Microsoft Office Suit which includes Word, Powerpoint & Excel Was CEO of the Microsoft company for a long time but retired in 2008

4. Invented software for the PC and created Microsoft one of the most well known software companies in the world Helped make the PC a household item and made them accessible to the average person Invented the Windows Operating System (OS), a piece of software that you use to create your own computer specially for your own needs Windows OS is the platform on which the computer functions Bill Gates brought the PC mainstream & into the homes of billions with almost every PC having at least one piece of Microsoft software

5. Information that used to be time consuming and difficult to receive is accessible to everyone at our finger tips With the increasing popularity of Microsoft & its products, supply & demand led to an affordable price for the average consumer Arguably, Microsoft signalled a change in era into the post modern revolution of technology

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