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[–] skullfuku 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

The "William S. Gates Foundation" was established in 1955 on the day of his brith, endowment was 1 mio dollars. His father was an extremely wealthy attorney. The IBM deal was arranged by his mother who had charity- and PR contacts. Virtually all the software was written by other people while Billy was playing poker with his rich buddies at havard.