Bill gates biography for 5th graders
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Bill gates biography for 5th graders
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William Henry Gates III (born October 28, ) is an American businessman, investor, philanthropist, and writer best known for co-founding the software giant Microsoft, along with his childhood friend Paul Allen.
He was a major entrepreneur of the microcomputer revolution of the s and s.
Early life
Bill Gates was born in Seattle, Washington on October 28, He is the son of William H. Gates Sr. (–) and Mary Maxwell Gates (–).
His father was a prominent lawyer, and his mother served on the board of directors for First Interstate BancSystem and the United Way of America.
Gates has an older sister Kristi (Kristianne) and a younger sister Libby.
The family lived in the Sand Point area of Seattle in a home that was damaged by a rare tornado when Gates was seven years old.
Gates was small for his age and was bullied as a child. When he was young, his family regularly attended a church of the Congregational Christian Churches, a Protestant Reformed denomination.