Gates was receiving a salary of $15,000 (€11.700) when he was 18

Apr 4, 2013 13:25 GMT  ·  By

There was a time when Bill Gates, the man known for founding the software giant Microsoft, was also looking for a job, so he put together some personal details in a pretty basic resume.

A picture published by LivingComputer and revealing Gates’ first resume shows that he was receiving a $15,000 (€11,700) salary even though he was only 18.

Paul Allen, Gates’ partner who helped lay the foundation of the Redmond-based Windows maker, was 21 and had the same salary, while also trying to get a job basically “anywhere,” as his resume states.

Later on, both Gates and Allen created one of the largest tech companies in the entire world, with the former becoming the second richest man in the world, with a net worth of $67 billion (€52 billion).