What did Bill Gates do in Microsoft
Bill Gates had one of the most important roles in his company. Bill founded Microsoft on April 4th 1975. Microsoft's headquarters are in Redmond, Washington. Bill Gates made it with Paul Allen. In 1975 Paul and him started a microcomputer company called Microsoft. They hired former Harvard classmate Steve Ballmer to help run the company. In 1985 Microsoft launched Windows 1.0. Soon Microsoft was in many computers and PC's including IBM. After Bill retired he gave up his CEO position to Steve Ballmer who also retired and handed it down to Satya Nadella.