bill gates was born on october 28,1955.he grew up in seattle, washington. bill gates was named william henry after his father and grandfather. he was a very clever boy. his favourite subjects at school were science and maths. when people asked him what he wanted to be in the future, he always said,“a scientist.” when he was 13 years old, bill started to play with computers. at that time, computers were very large machines. once he was interested in a very old computer. he and some of his friends spent lots of time doing unusual things with it. in the end, they worked out a software program with the old machine. bill sold it for 4200 dollars when he was only 17. in 1973, bill went to harvard university. at harvard. he developed the basic language for the first microcomputer. in his third year, he left harvard to work for company called microsoft. bill began this company in 1975 with his friend paul allen. they thought that the computer would be a very important tool in every office and in every home, so they began developing software for personal computers. they improved the software to make it easier for people to use computers. in 1988, bill wrote a book called business@ the speed of thought. in the book he told people how computer technology could solve business problems in new ways. it was one on the bestsellers of the new york times list. bill married melinda french on january 1, 1994. they have two children: a daughter and a son. bill enjoys playing golf and bridge. 比尔 盖茨 比尔.盖茨 1955年10月28日生于华盛顿州首府西雅图.比尔.盖茨 继其父亲和祖父后叫威兼.享利.他是个机灵的孩子，在学校里喜欢科学和数学这两门课程，每当有人问他将来想做什么时，他都说：“我要当个科学家.” 比尔13岁时开始玩电脑，那时候，电脑还是种很大的机器.一次，他对一台旧计算机萌发了兴趣，于是他同几个伙伴花费了大量时间用它来制作一些非同寻常的东西.最后，他们用这台旧式计算机设计出了一套电脑软件程序.比尔以4200美元的价格将其售出，当时，他仅17岁. 1973年，比尔进入哈佛大学，在哈佛他开发设计出了首套微型计算机基本语言系统.第三年，他离开了哈佛去创建他的公司，名叫微软公司.1975年，比尔和他的朋友保罗.艾伦共同开始了创业历程.他们认为电脑将来会成为日常办公和日常家庭生活中的重要工具.于是，他们开始开发个人电脑软件，他们利用软件使人们对电脑的操作更为简便. 1999年，比尔 写了一本叫《 》的书，在书中，他向人们介绍电脑技术是如何用新方法解决商业难题的.这本书雄居纽约畅销书排行榜. 1994年1月1日，比尔和法国人马德兰举行婚礼，他们如今有两个孩子，一男一女，比尔酷爱阅读，在业余时间他还喜欢打高尔夫和玩桥牌.。
