Good bye, Bill Gates

Bill Gates in 1965. Bill Gates steps down on June 27, 2008 from the daily duties at Microsoft

Bill Gates (last row, central) in 1966 with his school football teammates

Bill Gates (R) in 1969 with his classmate Paul Allen

Bill Gates' business card during 1975-1979

Bill Gates in 1977 when he was arrested for driving with overspeed

It's the original 11 Microsoft employees at their office in Albuquerque, N.M., in 1978. Gates is sporting a toothy smile in the bottom left corner

Bill Gates in 1979

Bill Gates (L) in 1985

Bill Gates (R 1) in 1986

Bill Gates (C) in 1991

Bill Gates (R) in 1993

Bill Gates (L) in 1993

Bill Gates (R) in 1994 with his newly married wife Melinda French

Bill Gates in 1995 with children who won in a writing contest supported by Microsoft

Bill Gates visits China in 1995

Bill Gates (R) in 1996 with then U.S. president Bill Clinton

Bill Gates and his wife top Times "Person of the Year" in 2005

Bill Gates on cover of newsweek in 2008