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10 things you might not know about Bill Gates

Posted by / September 21, 2012
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Microsoft founder Bill Gates has been holding the top spot of Forbes’ richest people in America list for almost two decades now, but that doesn’t mean we know everything about the tech guru turned philanthropist.

Kelly Schwarze at GeekSugar decided to dig into trivia vault to find a few choice gems of information about this interesting man to impress your geeky friends or just feel a little closer to the man attempting to embrace the world.

History Buff

Bill says that some of the first things he’d save in a fire are documents he’s collected from famous historical icons — Isaac Newton, Abraham Lincoln, and da Vinci’s Codex Leicester notebook, which he bought in 1994 for over $30 million.

Middle Man

Bill is the middle child of two sisters.

(Sorry, Bill.)

Smart Start

He scored 1590 out of 1600 on his SATs.

Full story at Geek Sugar.

The king of tech.

Photo credit: World Economic Forum via Wikimedia Commons

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