Bill H. Gates, born on Oct. 28, 1955, grew up in Seattle with his two sisters while their father was an attorney and their late mother a schoolteacher and chairwoman of United Way International. At age 13, he developed an interest in software and began programming computers. Bill has been involved in this industry since he was in school; he made money-selling software that he made to his school and city. His first company was called Traf-O-Data; they …showed first 75 words of 497 total…

…showed last 75 words of 497 total…With his money, you could cover the entire surface area of Manhattan, NY with dollar bills 4.99 times. A NASA Space Shuttle costs $1.7 Billion dollars and if Bill really wanted to, he could buy 16.69 of them. Say one day your walking down the street and find a penny, to Bill that is like finding $5,675.57. In addition, if somehow you happened to hit the $10 million dollar lottery, well for Bill Gates that would be like winning $5.68 Trillion.