Unknown facts about him
- Gates is a college dropout, he scored an almost 95% in his SAT
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Bill Gates married long-time girl friend Melinda French in Hawaii on January 1st, 1994.
- Gates was arrested in New Mexico for allegedly jumping a red light and also driving without a licence.
- 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.
"Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose." - Bill Gates
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