Windows
Microsoft releases the Windows operating system
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Bill Gates Biography and Timeline
Follow Bill Gates through 2 dated historical records for United States of America.
Bill Gates, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
2Distinct records
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1983–1995Years on this page
1983
1995
Richest Man In The World
Forbes Mag announces Bill Gates is the richest man in world ($12.9B)
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.