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It will mean they (his children) have to find their own way. They will be given an unbelievable education... But they will have to pick a job they like and go to work,' said Bill Gates To say that Gates is socially awkward is putting it mildly. This is a man who built a multi-billion-dollar company yet seems totally unaware of the social niceties of life (pictured above: Caroline Graham with Bill) Bill Gates: 'I never took a day off in my twenties. Not one. And I'm still fanatical, but now I'm a little less fanatical' A police mugshot of Bill Gates after his arrest for driving without a licence in 1975 Gates at work in 1984. As the co-founder, with Paul Allen, of Microsoft, he grew a 1975 back-room start-up into a software behemoth worth, at its peak, $400 billion Bill and Melinda Gates in India earlier this year. Their foundation has assets worth $37.1 billion. 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