Bill Gates went to Lakeside School here in Seattle and grew up in a nice house along the shoreline in Sand Point (a rich neighborhood of Seattle). He is hardly

Bill Gates went to Lakeside School here in Seattle and grew up in a nice house along the shoreline in Sand Point (a rich neighborhood of Seattle). He is hardly self made, and comes from an upper crust Seattle family that could afford the finest education and residences in Seattle. Had Bill Gates gone to Seattle Public Schools at the time, its doubtful that he would have gained similar contacts or become notable at such an early age.