Before Bill Gates met Melinda Gates in 1987, the Microsoft co-founder had at least two other girlfriends, both of which left a lasting impression on his life.

With Bill Gates stepping down from his day-to-day role of running Microsoft, he's been receiving a great number of accolades about the role he played in history of the PC. Much of it is deserved.

Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen nearly 50 years ago. Here's a history of the company's leadership, products, layoffs, and more.

Bill Gates: a history at Microsoft. Gates has stepped down as chairman of Microsoft to take a more active role in the business. The Telegraph looks back over his time at Microsoft so far.

Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft in 1975. The software company quickly expanded and grew enormous wealth, making Gates a billionaire at 31 years old.

Microsoft's Bill Gates and Apple's Steve Jobs never quite saw eye-to-eye. They went from cautious allies to bitter rivals to something almost approaching friends — sometimes, they were all three ...

For the first time in Microsoft's history, founder Bill Gates is no longer its largest individual shareholder. In the past two days, Gates has sold nearly 8 million shares of Microsoft (MSFT ...