Bill Gates was born in 1955 in Seattle, Washington. He scored 1590 out of 1600 on his SATs and dropped out of Harvard to start his career in computers. Gates co-founded Microsoft with Paul Allen and became a billionaire by age 31. He now works for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the world's largest philanthropic organization, which has donated $28 billion to charity across the world.

1. Business Person Research
Bill Gates
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2. Basic History
• Bill Gates was born on October 28th, 1955, in
the town of Seattle, Washington.
• In high-school he scored a 1590 out of 1600
on his college SAT test.
• When he was 31 he became a billionaire.
• He makes 250 dollars every second, and 7.8
billion dollars a year.

3. Schools Attended
• In 1973 Bill Gates became a student in
Harvard University. He didn’t complete
college, he dropped out to start his career in
computers.

4. Prior Work Experiences
• As young teenagers Paul Allen and Bill Gates
ran a small company that sold a computer to
Seattle that could count city traffic.
• Bill worked with Paul at Honeywell and later
when Allen wrote the software for them.

5. Where they work now
• Bill Gates worked as a co-founder of Microsoft
with Paul Allen.
• He now works for the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation, which is the worlds best funded
philanthropic organization.

6. Info. About the Company
• Microsoft produces computers and other
electronics.
• The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation battles
many diseases including Malaria.
• The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is a
philanthropic organization, which is a charity.

7. Information about their position
• The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has
given $28 billion dollars to charity.
• They are the second most generous
philanthropists in the United States as of
2007.

8. What have they done since being at
this position?
• They have been donating to charity across the
entire world.
• It was started after Bill Gates stepped down
from president at Microsoft.

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