Friday 22 November 2013

Bill Gates little unknown secrets

Entrepreneur Bill Gates founded the world's largest software business, Microsoft, with Paul Allen, and subsequently became one of the richest men in the world.

Unknown facts about him
  1. Gates is a college dropout, he scored an almost 95% in his SAT
  2.  Few people know that Gates is actually a Harvard university dropout. Gates who scored 1590 on his SAT test out of 1600 got admission in Harvard university in the year 1973, after completing his high school.
  3. According to some reports, Bill Gates sold his first computer program at the age of 17, a time-tabling system for his high school for $4,200.
  4. At Harvard University, Gates and his high school friend Paul Allen worked on a version of the programming language BASIC for the first microcomputer -- MITS Altair. Two years later in 1975, he decided to opt out of college to start Microsoft, what eventually went on to become the world's largest software company. 
  5. Bill Gates married long-time girl friend Melinda French in Hawaii on January 1st, 1994.
  6. Gates was arrested in New Mexico for allegedly jumping a red light and also driving without a licence.
  7. Gates had reportedly once told his university teachers that he aims to become a millionaire by the age of 30. However, he went on to become a billionaire by the age of 31.  
Though he is a school drop-out,here are his wise quote for success.



"Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose." - Bill Gates

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