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How Bill Gates knew he was different

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Bill Gates is known largely for his philanthropic work, especially on global health issues.

He was the boy wonder the Harvard dropout who became a billionaire in his 30s by focusing not on building computers, but on selling the software than ran them.

Had he been growing up today , he says he likely would have been diagnosed as autistic.

"Source Code: My Beginnings" by Bill Gates ( Knopf ), available February 4 via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.org - Gates Notes : The website of Bill Gates Story produced by John Goodwin .

Gates: "I've been unbelievably lucky, and led a very interesting life and not stopping!".

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English

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