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Bill Gates

Gates co-founded Microsoft with Paul Allen and led its growth as a software company.

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Gates co-founded Microsoft with Paul Allen and led its growth as a software company.

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Commercial software distribution is part of computing history alongside inventions in algorithms and circuitry. Company leadership should be distinguished from authorship of each product.

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  1. Gates co-founded Microsoft with Paul Allen and led its growth as a software company.

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Sources

  1. Bill Gates — Computer History Museum

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