Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: Gates akaberekerwa muSeattle, Washington, musi waOctober 28, 1955. Ndiye mwanakomana waWilliam H. Gates Sr. (b. 1925) naMary Maxwell Gates (1929<unk>1994). Madzitateguru ake anosanganisira Chirungu, chiGerman, chiIrish, uye chiScotland-chiIrish. Baba vake vaiva gweta rakakurumbira, uye amai vake vaishanda mubhodhi revatungamiriri veFirst Interstate BancSystem neUnited Way. Sekuru vaamai vaGates vaiva J. W. Maxwell, purezidhendi webhangi renyika. Gates ane hanzvadzi yakura, Kristi (Kristianne), uye hanzvadzi duku, Libby. Ndiye wechina wezita rake mumhuri yake, asi anozivikanwa saWilliam Gates III kana kuti "Trey" nokuti baba vake vaiva ne"II" suffix. Mhuri yacho yaigara munharaunda yeSand Point yeSeattle mumusha wakamboparadzwa nedutu risingawanzoitiki apo Gates aiva nemakore manomwe. Paakanga achiri muduku, Gates akacherechedza kuti vabereki vake vaida kuti aite basa rezvemitemo. Gates paakanga achiri muduku, mhuri yake yaigara ichienda kuchechi yeCongregational Christian Churches, boka rePurotesitendi Reformed. Mhuri yacho yaikurudzira makwikwi; mumwe mushanyi akashuma kuti "zvakanga zvisina basa kuti aiva mwoyo kana kuti pickleball kana kuti kushambira kuenda kuchiteshi chengarava... nguva dzose pakanga pane mubayiro wokukunda uye nguva dzose pakanga pane chirango chokurasikirwa".Pamakore 13, akanyoresa muLakeside School, chikoro chepachivande chinogadzirira uye akanyora purogiramu yake yokutanga yepurogiramu. Apo Gates akanga ari mugiredhi rechisere, Mothers 'Club pachikoro yakashandisa mari kubva kuLakeside School's rummage sale kutenga Teletype Model 33 ASR terminal uye nguva yekombiyuta pane General Electric (GE) kombiyuta yevadzidzi vechikoro. Gates akatanga kufarira kuronga chirongwa cheGE muBASIC, uye akaregererwa kubva kumakirasi emathematics kuti aite zvaaifarira. Akanyora purogiramu yake yokutanga yekombiyuta pamushini uyu: kushandiswa kwe tic-tac-toe iyo yaibvumira vashandisi kutamba mitambo vachipesana nekombiyuta. Gates aifadzwa nemuchina wacho uye kuti waizogara uchishandisa kodhi yepurogiramu zvakakwana sei. Paakarangarira shure panguva iyoyo, akati, "Muchina wacho waingova nechimwe chinhu chakanaka". Pashure peKirabhu yaAmai...  Mubvunzo: Nei Gates asina kuenda kukirasi yake yemasvomhu?
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