Bill Gates entered Harvard in the fall of 1973, only to drop out two years later to found Microsoft with childhood friend Paul Allen.

Now, William Henry "Bill" Gates III is an American business magnate, entrepreneur, philanthropist, investor, and programmer. In 1975, Gates and Paul Allen co-founded Microsoft, which is currently the world's largest PC software company.

Finally, on June 7, 2007, Bill Gates stood to accept an honorary Doctor of Laws degree during the 356th Commencement Exercises at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. As he told his father and others, he waited a long time but, he made it back to Harvard to get a degree.

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