Bill Gates Wrote His First Computer Program at Age 13. It Was a Game of Tic-Tac-Toe

From Pranks To Programming: Bill Gates Opens Up About His School Days

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates opened up about his childhood days in an Ask Me Anything session on Instagram.

Source Code: Bill Gates' journey from 'snotty brat' to world's richest man

"Bill Gates is the John McEnroe of the tech world," said Steven Poole in The Guardian. "Once a snotty brat whom everyone loved to hate", he is now a "beloved elder statesman" – a dedicated philanthropist who was doing "effective altruism" long before it was fashionable.In this, the first of a planned trilogy of memoirs, the 69-year-old recounts the first two decades of his life, from his early years in a "pleasant suburb of Seattle" to the found…

Bill Gates looks to his Seattle past, pushes Trump for a better future

In his new memoir, "Source Code," Gates explores his childhood in Seattle, deep friendships and his early path in coding, computers and technology.

Bill Gates Wrote His First Computer Program at Age 13. It Was a Game of Tic-Tac-Toe

Entrepreneur Bill Gates cofounded the world’s largest software business, Microsoft, in 1975. Read about his age, net worth, children, ex-wife, house, and more.

Excerpt From "Source Code: My Beginnings" By Bill Gates

Knopf We may receive an affiliate commission for purchases made through the links in this article. In his latest autobiography, “Source Code: My Beginnings” (set to release on February 4 through Knopf), Bill Gates, the renowned computer innovator and philanthropist, reflects on his early life and the journey that brought him into the emerging field of computing. Below is a fascinating excerpt detailing his encounter with BASIC in the eighth grad…