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Comment by rafcavallaro

Gates's maternal grandfather, a multimillionaire bank president, left him a million dollar trust fund; his mother was on the a United Way board with an IBM exec which is how he got the contract for DOS.

The GI Bill had little or nothing to do with Gates's success.

parent rafcavallaro 13 years ago

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