As Microsoft Turns 50, Bill Gates Gives A Rewind Of His Early Days

Washington:

As tech elephantine Microsoft celebrates its 50 Anniversary, co-founder Bill Gates shared a bunch of his aged photographs during nan early days of nan company.

Gates, who besides served arsenic its CEO until 2000, shared a bid of uncommon throwback pictures, which he reminded are from his "awkward photograph shoots" days.

The billionaire shared a reel connected his charismatic Instagram relationship that opens to show him sitting connected a couch, capturing a selfie. It besides has a matter that reads, "Unfortunately, I'll ne'er consciousness cool again because this was maine successful nan early Microsoft days."

"Happy 50th birthday, @microsoft. Thanks for nan memories-and awkward photograph shoots," Gates wrote successful his saccharine connection for nan company.

The video shows Bill Gates from his younger days.

About Bill Gates

Born William Henry Gates III successful 1955 successful Seattle, he began penning package programs while a 13-year-old schoolboy.

Gates dropped retired of Harvard successful his inferior twelvemonth to commencement Microsoft pinch Allen.

The puerility friends created MS-DOS operating system, since renamed Windows, which went connected to predominate agency work.

Gates built a estimation arsenic a formidable and sometimes ruthless leader.

Critics reason he unfairly wielded Microsoft's clout successful nan market, and nan US pressed a winning antitrust lawsuit against nan institution successful nan precocious 1990s.

In 2000, Gates ceded nan CEO occupation to Ballmer, whom he befriended while nan 2 were students astatine Harvard.

Gates chose to give himself to a charitable instauration he established pinch his then-wife, Melinda.

He resigned from Microsoft's committee of board successful 2020 -- soon aft nan patient acknowledged nan beingness of an "intimate" narration pinch an worker successful nan past.

All astir Microsoft

Created successful 1975 by puerility friends Bill Gates and Paul Allen, Microsoft coming is 1 of nan 5 Big Tech titans.

It was shaped by Bill Gates, Paul Allen, Steve Ballmer and Satya Nadella complete nan people of nan past half-century.

On its 50th anniversary, Microsoft has launched caller pages connected its website to item its travel complete nan past 5 decades. The pages item nan company's growth, milestones, and innovations. It besides offers a imagination for nan adjacent 50 years, during which, Microsoft plans to proceed turning its invention into enduring worth for its users, nan institution said.