Gates logs out of Microsoft to give away billions

SENSING the start of a personal computer revolution, Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard University in 1975 to start Micro-Soft and pursue a vision of a computer on every desk and in every home.

Three decades later, Gates has stepped down from what is now the world’s largest software company — which he renamed Microsoft — to work full-time at the charitable organisation — the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation — built by his vast fortune.

Gates leave as one of the world’s richest men with an estimated $58 billion (€36.8bn) fortune.