William (Bill) Gates was born on October 28, 1955 into a family with a rich history in business, politics, and community service. His great-grandfather had been a state legislator and mayor, his grandfather was the vice president of a national bank, and his father was a prominent lawyer. Early on in life, it was clear that Bill Gates had inherited the intelligence, and competitive spirit that had helped his progenitors rise to the top in their chosen …showed first 75 words of 1294 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1294 total…one. If the Altair simulation he designed or any of Gates's code was faulty, the demonstration would most likely have ended in failure. This was not the case, and the program worked perfectly the first time. MITS arranged a deal with Gates and Allen to buy the rights to their BASIC Gates was convinced that the software market had been born. Within a year, Bill Gates had dropped out of Harvard and Microsoft was formed.