Bill Gates

Have you ever imagined a computer the size of your school? Early machines filled whole rooms, but Bill Gates had a bold idea: make powerful computers tiny enough to sit on every desk! It all started with a spark of curiosity inside a young boy.

Bill Gates was born in 1955 and loved solving puzzles with computers. As a teenager, he taught himself programming and even wrote his first software game. He spent hours writing code and dreaming up ways to help people learn and create. In 1975, at age 20, he co-founded Microsoft with his friend Paul Allen, aiming to make easy-to-use software for everyone.

Microsoft built MS-DOS and later Windows, which showed friendly pictures and bright icons on the screen you could click with a mouse. Before Windows, computers used only text commands that felt like secret codes. Windows brought computers to life for kids, artists, and scientists. By the 1990s, billions of people used Windows PCs for school, work, art projects, and games, making computers pop up everywhere.

After making billions, Bill turned his focus to helping the world. He and his wife, Melinda, created the Gates Foundation, funding vaccines that save millions of lives, schools that teach children everywhere, and clean water projects in many countries. His foundation uses data and science to solve big health and education puzzles. Bill’s journey shows that big dreams and kindness can make our world smarter and healthier.