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Bill Gates: Beginnings to billionaire

chicagotribune.com — Photo history of the man behind Microsoft. Check out some great geek shots.

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  • ohnoerino, on 06/27/2008, -2/+38I love the glasses evolution.
    • dan360man, on 06/27/2008, -0/+5Elton John's glasses have evolved similarly. Well, not really.
    • Ravenlark, on 06/27/2008, -3/+3Pfft... Evolution is just a THEORY! Y'know, kind of like gravity.
  • ColonelTribune, on 06/27/2008, -4/+14He looks SO young in the first photo.
  • MattFid, on 06/27/2008, -2/+10Who you have invested in those guys? I wish I had. Though I would have been 2.
  • dougvfr750, on 06/27/2008, -1/+9Heh, Paul Allen looks the same as today...... a dork
    • ColonelTribune, on 06/27/2008, -0/+4Well, I would assume he's a slightly better-dressed dork these days.
  • Xoti, on 06/27/2008, -2/+5Bro......
  • sockpuppets, on 06/27/2008, -1/+22Where's the arrest photo? The teen beat?

    http://z.about.com/d/crime/1/0/P/8/gatesbill.jpg
    http://uploads.neowin.net/forum/post-59416-1105987 ...

    • delmauriow, on 06/29/2008, -0/+0Wow, they had Blue Screens of Death back then too!!!!! :-)
  • destron, on 06/27/2008, -1/+10At least they omitted the photo of him laying on the table with the computer acting like a fashion model... it burns my eyes every time I see it.
  • dreicher, on 06/27/2008, -3/+4Table Tennis. You're doing it wrong.
  • Ravenlark, on 06/27/2008, -2/+4What the hell?! They missed the pie moment!
  • AndrewDB, on 06/27/2008, -2/+5This was up on the front page just two-three days ago..
  • OBKenobi, on 06/27/2008, -13/+5A true portrait of evil.
  • radikul, on 06/27/2008, -2/+6next up: Steve Jobs photos
    • luke374, on 06/27/2008, -0/+7The evolution of the black turtleneck.
    • iloveliberals, on 06/27/2008, -0/+1Good point...I haven't seen that the MS stock has been much affected by Bill's departure, maybe because it has been so gradual. I wonder how AAPL will fare when Steve announces. I'm not an Apple fan, but credit where it's due, Jobs is a big factor in their success.
  • D14BL0, on 06/27/2008, -0/+12I, too, remember the over-sized glasses shortage of '98. Tough times.
  • mofo269, on 06/27/2008, -0/+5I'm getting old! I remember him from all of the photos except the 1st one.
  • sirloxelroy, on 06/27/2008, -1/+6Deja Vu, Wasn't this on yesterday?
  • nastronomical, on 06/27/2008, -1/+9This is why we are the Greatest and Most promising nation on Earth. Let a man and a plan try and succeed, do not weigh him down with the weight of others who do not try.
  • Kenzan, on 06/27/2008, -5/+7Bill who?
  • Kbiscu1t, on 06/27/2008, -1/+7Young Billy looks a lot like young Tony Hawk.
    • hughesj919, on 06/27/2008, -1/+3Except Tony Hawk is cool.
      • r00tus3r, on 06/27/2008, -2/+2But who has done more for the good of the world? "cool"? what are we, teenagers?
  • GIScope, on 06/27/2008, -0/+6the function of his glasses' size is a semi-sinusoidal one. it converges from pure nerdiness to classy nerdiness. The optimum being the picture with U2 lead singer
  • Pillage, on 06/27/2008, -0/+5He must have been knee-deep in poontang
  • mass922, on 06/27/2008, -0/+4He looks like a Mac user in picture 10.
  • diggdong, on 06/27/2008, -1/+5I don't have a poop fetish or anything but every time I see Billy's face I see someone who has the runs.
  • PresidentSoup, on 06/27/2008, -0/+4Why are there two ping pong balls?
  • SpockGuy, on 06/27/2008, -1/+3Is it just me or does he strangely resemble Tony Hawk?
  • powwow366, on 06/27/2008, -1/+4How many times have I seen this now?
  • alapoet, on 06/27/2008, -1/+8If this bunch of hippies founded Microsoft, imagine how wild the original Apple crew looked!
  • austenw, on 06/27/2008, -0/+7Say what you will about Microsoft, but you really have to show respect for what Bill Gates has accomplished in his career.
  • Borgcube636, on 06/27/2008, -0/+9Nothing beats Bill's sex pose he did for a magazine once http://uploads.neowin.net/forum/post-59416-1105987 ...
    • ohnoerino, on 06/27/2008, -0/+6That is amazing...thanks for sharing (now my eyes are burning)
    • Darkwave, on 06/27/2008, -0/+1Kinda looks like Tobey Maguire there...
    • Omano, on 06/28/2008, -0/+1i want to have his children after that one (and im a dude)
  • zosoIV, on 06/27/2008, -1/+5His glasses got smaller.
  • Ansem, on 06/27/2008, -1/+6Damn the 70's fashion. ***** hippies!
  • deaftly, on 06/27/2008, -2/+4WTF is it Thursday again???
  • mp3dog, on 06/27/2008, -2/+4(last photo)
    Any man who holds a microphone with his fingertips, looks like a total fag
  • oishiitoriniku, on 06/27/2008, -1/+4I'm watching Pirates of Silicon Valley this weekend....
  • nationalist, on 06/27/2008, -2/+2dugg down for 8yr gap
  • trumpcard, on 06/27/2008, -3/+4C'mon diggers hippie style is outdated.
  • leerayIG88, on 06/27/2008, -0/+4out of this world mann...
  • plutoposteric, on 06/27/2008, -0/+6Only 3 years difference between Paul Allen and Bill Gates. In that first photo there looks like there is 30.
  • ronaldmonster, on 06/27/2008, -0/+3WTF is up with that shirt he whore in Indonesia?
    • kinship, on 06/28/2008, -0/+2Its a batik, traditional indonesian shirt lol, though he sure got one that looks like a disease
  • Callik, on 06/27/2008, -0/+2I could've done without the smug face of Bono staring at me
  • JEAH, on 06/27/2008, -0/+3No joke, ie crash while looking at the pics. it brought a tear to my eye.
  • nikeboy32, on 06/28/2008, -0/+2Ahaha, those pics are great. The evolution is classic.
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