15 things you didn't know about billionaire Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates
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Most of us know a lot about him such as:
He dropped out of college.
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- He earned his incredible wealth (worth at least $79 billion today) by co-founding Microsoft with Paul Allen in 1975 when he was just 20 years old.
- Since 2008, he's dedicated his life to philanthropy, has given away more than $30 billion so far, and has vowed to give away most of his wealth.
- He's married to wife Melinda, co-chair of the Gates Foundation, and is a dedicated family man, raising three kids.
But there are lot of myths about him that aren't true, and some are things people would never have guessed.
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