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As a young man, Bill Gates had the idea to make a company. In 1975, he left Harvard University, and he started Microsoft with his friend Paul Allen. By 2007, Microsoft employed 78,000 people in 105 countries. Today about 90% of the world’s computers use Microsoft’s operating system. Gates’ idea grew into the world’s most powerful software company.
Gates also became the world’s richest man. In 2008, he was worth 58 billion dollars. Many people respected him. But so...