Born on Oct. 28, 1955, Gates grew up in Seattle with his two sisters. Their father, William H. Gates II, is a Seattle attorney. Their late mother, Mary Gates, was a schoolteacher, University of Washington regent, and chairwoman of United Way International. Gates attended public elementary school and the private Lakeside School. There, he discovered his interest in software and began programming computers at age 13. In 1973, Gates entered Harvard University as a freshman, where he lived down …
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…his philanthropy is education, world public health, non-profit civic and arts organizations, and Puget Sound capital campaigns. <Tab/>He is admirable because he is a very generous person and has donated much money for charity. His interests are in computers and computer software. Bill Gates values are education, health care, and technology. He as affected our lives by furthering technology. His future plans and goals are to improve computers even more.