Source Code: My Beginnings

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Discover the early life of one of today’s most impactful business leaders and philanthropists. “A refreshingly honest memoir of the Microsoft founder’s youth…Reading this book is like transforming a familiar black-and-white sketch into a vibrant, detailed painting.” —GeekWire Everyone’s wired differently, and Bill Gates’ distinct perspective led to well-known successes: the young man who left Harvard to create a software company that revolutionized the world; the billionaire who later focused on philanthropy tackling climate change, global health, and education. Source Code isn’t about Microsoft, the Gates Foundation, or tech’s future. It’s a personal account of Bill Gates’ upbringing, early interests, and the influences that shaped him—from his principled grandmother and driven parents to his first close friendships and the loss of his best friend; from feeling out of place to discovering coding during a technological awakening; from late-night computer sessions to igniting a global revolution from his dorm room. This is Bill Gates’ story, told with insight and warmth—a compelling look at an American life.