Bill Gates was born in 1955 in Washington State. He grew up in a rich family.His parents sent him to a private school. There he met his business partner, Paul Allen.When they were in the eighth grade, they were writing programs for business computers.In 1973, Gates was accepted at Harvard University. His parents were happy.Two years later, Gates dropped out of Harvard to work on a computer program with his friend Allen.In 1975, they created a company called Microsoft to sell their products.A few years latter Microsoft became a giant company.By 1990, Gates was the youngest billionaire of the United States at the age of 34.By 1997, he was the richest man in the United States.He achieved his success with a lot of hard work. He was the " King of Software".