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Bill Gates

b. 1955 · American entrepreneur

American entrepreneur (b. 1955), co-founder of Microsoft.

Bill Gates — American entrepreneur (b. 1955), co-founder of Microsoft.

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Xerox PARC, 1970. The invention that fit, and the ones that walked out.
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