


Their charity is called the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. This was so he could do more charity work with his wife, Melinda. In 2006, Gates announced he was going to quit his job at Microsoft. Retirement, philanthropy and charity work Gates then went on to develop the Windows operating system, which at first wasn't well-received but with time became the most used operating system in the world. Gates started Microsoft in 1975 with Paul Allen in the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico. He decided that computers could be made less expensive and easier to use. Bill Gates saw an opportunity to transform the personal computer, which was expensive and difficult to use. He was a freshman at Harvard University in 1973. College career and the Founding of Microsoft At the age of 13, Bill went to Lakeside High School. His mother Mary Maxwell Gates served on the board of directors for First Interstate BancSystem and the United Way. William Henry Gates III was born on Octoat Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, Washington, U.S. 3 Retirement, philanthropy and charity work.2 College career and the Founding of Microsoft.
