10 Amazing Facts About Bill Gates

William Henry Gates III is an American business magnate, software developer, and philanthropist. He is best known as the co-founder of Microsoft Corporation.

One of the richest people in the worlds, Bill Gates, is also one of, if not the most, charitable person. As a homage to him, we at StaxonDigital made a list of 10 Amazing Facts About Bill Gates and his life. Enjoy!

1 – Bill Gates aimed to become a millionaire by the age of 30.

At a young age, he wanted to become established as a millionaire by the age of 30. At the time people thought that it was a bit too far fetched but Bill became a billionaire by the age of 31! Talk about aiming high huh?

2 – The United States Of Bill Gates.

If Bill Gates would be a country it would probably be called The United States Of Bill Gates, Bill Gates net worth is bigger than GDP of 130 Countries.

3 – Bill Gates was once arrested!

Bill Gates was arrested in New Mexico in 1977 for jumping a red light and driving without a licence. Bellow you can see his mug shot

4 – His predictions do NOT always come true.

In 2004, Gates predicted that the problem of spam email would be gone within two years. But as we all sadly know, we still get a ton of spam e-mails on a daily basis… We wish this prediction would’ve come true.

5 – Dr. Gates!

Not a doctor per se but Bill Gates has saved over 100 million lives with vaccines and better healthcare. People stills try to stain his reputation with accusations with no basis, but we know better than that.

6 – Bill Gates Donations

Bill and Melinda Gates had donated around $36 billion to the foundation. Since its founding, the foundation has endowed and supported a broad range of social, health, and education developments, including the establishment of the Gates Cambridge Scholarships at Cambridge University.

7 – His Biggest Mistake

During a 2019 event, Bill Gates admitted that losing the mobile OS space to Android was his biggest mistake.

8 – Bill the Book Worm

When Bill Gates was a kid, he spent so much time reading that his parents finally forbade him from bringing books to the dinner table. Talk about dedication, oof.

9 – Bill Gates VS Steve Jobs

When Steve Jobs accused Bill Gates of stealing from Apple, Gates said, “I think it’s more like we both had this rich neighbour named Xerox and I broke into his house to steal the TV set and found out that you had already stolen it.”

10 – The Worst Case Scenaria

Bill Gates and other investors have secured a ‘doomsday seed vault’ to preserve a wide variety of plant seeds in the remote Arctic Svalbard archipelago.

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