Bill Gates

And so even during high school, together with a friend, Paul Allen, I got thousands of hours of time learning how to write software.

And so even during high school, together with a friend, Paul Allen, I got thousands of hours of time learning how to write software.

That's 1968. I'm up in Seattle, Washington at an excellent private school. And then Paul's reading and he sees that a computer's going to be done on a chip, the microprocessor made by people like Intel, and that those chips are going to get twice as good every year or two.

That's 1968. I'm up in Seattle, Washington at an excellent private school. And then Paul's reading and he sees that a computer's going to be done on a chip, the microprocessor made by people like Intel, and that those chips are going to get twice as good every year or two.

That's 1968. I'm up in Seattle, Washington at an excellent private school. And then Paul's reading and he sees that a computer's going to be done on a chip, the microprocessor made by people like Intel, and that those chips are going to get twice as good every year or two.

And so I say to Paul that that's exponential improvement, that then computers will be almost free and they'll need a lot of software. We should do that software. And he follows when I go back to Harvard because my parents wanted me to go to college. He follows me there to kind of bug me and say, well, this revolution is going to happen. Let's get going.

And so I say to Paul that that's exponential improvement, that then computers will be almost free and they'll need a lot of software. We should do that software. And he follows when I go back to Harvard because my parents wanted me to go to college. He follows me there to kind of bug me and say, well, this revolution is going to happen. Let's get going.

And so I say to Paul that that's exponential improvement, that then computers will be almost free and they'll need a lot of software. We should do that software. And he follows when I go back to Harvard because my parents wanted me to go to college. He follows me there to kind of bug me and say, well, this revolution is going to happen. Let's get going.

And finally, when the first personal computer comes out in late 1974, I drop out and Paul and I found the company.

And finally, when the first personal computer comes out in late 1974, I drop out and Paul and I found the company.

And finally, when the first personal computer comes out in late 1974, I drop out and Paul and I found the company.

Yeah, in fact, he shows up about four years into the company, and he's the other person who plays an unbelievable role. I did manage to catch him in the middle of business school, so I got him to drop out of business school.

Yeah, in fact, he shows up about four years into the company, and he's the other person who plays an unbelievable role. I did manage to catch him in the middle of business school, so I got him to drop out of business school.

Yeah, in fact, he shows up about four years into the company, and he's the other person who plays an unbelievable role. I did manage to catch him in the middle of business school, so I got him to drop out of business school.

Yeah, also very expensive. And so, you know, we only big companies and the government have them. And so we would have to sneak in at night to get access. And, you know, we kept saying to people, these things are going to be cheap, but they didn't, you know, they didn't agree. And so we got to be the very first people. And then you have people like Steve Jobs at Apple saying,

Yeah, also very expensive. And so, you know, we only big companies and the government have them. And so we would have to sneak in at night to get access. And, you know, we kept saying to people, these things are going to be cheap, but they didn't, you know, they didn't agree. And so we got to be the very first people. And then you have people like Steve Jobs at Apple saying,

Yeah, also very expensive. And so, you know, we only big companies and the government have them. And so we would have to sneak in at night to get access. And, you know, we kept saying to people, these things are going to be cheap, but they didn't, you know, they didn't agree. And so we got to be the very first people. And then you have people like Steve Jobs at Apple saying,

where they're doing the hardware, the Apple II, and we're doing the software. So the Apple computer came with our software. Oh, it did?

where they're doing the hardware, the Apple II, and we're doing the software. So the Apple computer came with our software. Oh, it did?

where they're doing the hardware, the Apple II, and we're doing the software. So the Apple computer came with our software. Oh, it did?