While it doesn't really matter how in the end, after all he has the money and neither of us do, [1] however what got him to be "Bill Gates" was that his mother

While it doesn't really matter how in the end, after all he has the money and neither of us do, [1] however what got him to be "Bill Gates" was that his mother was on the board of the Red Cross with the Chairman of IBM [2] which opened that door for him. Remove that and he would still have done well no doubt but he wouldn't have become anywhere near as well known as he is. [1] That said in all honesty in no way would I want to ever be that public or that rich personally. [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Maxwell_Gates http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Maxwell_Gates