10 curious facts about Bill Gates that will reveal new sides of the famous billionaire

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Bill Gates Is Changing Lives Once Again
Bill Gates Is Changing Lives Once Again


Bill Gates is one of the most known personalities of the tech world. The man who founded the Microsoft empire and revolutionized personal computing is a billionaire that dedicates much of his resources to help the world. While everyone knows his face, there are many interesting facts that people ignore, but that will reveal a new side of the most important people on the planet.

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1) The private school he attended as a child was one of the only schools in the US with a computer.

2) He reportedly hacked into his prep school computer to create a class scheduling program and make sure he would end up in classes with mostly female students.

3) He scored 1590 (out of 1600) on the SATs.

4) He dropped out of Harvard after two years to work on the company that he later called "Micro-Soft"

5) Harvard gave him a honorary degree 32 years after he dropped out.

6) He did not achieved his dream to become a millionaire at age 30. He became one at age 31.

7) Gates doesn't believe that kids should inherit major fortunes so he is going to give his son and daughters only $10 million each of his $81.1 billion net worth.

8) He used to fly coach until 1997, though now he owns his own plane.

9) One of his greatest regrets is not knowing any foreign languages.

10) He was arrested in 1977 for driving without a license and running a red light.

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