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Eleanor Pringle

Bill Gates says he was a 'misfit' as a kid who clashed with his parents and almost got kicked out of college

Philanthropist and former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates (Credit: Sean Gallup - Getty Images)

In 2024, Bill Gates can count Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett and Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg among his friends. However, in his formative years, the Microsoft co-founder struggled to fit in with peers, as well as clashed with his parents before ultimately dropping out of Harvard University.

Gates, now 68, also revealed he almost got kicked out of college and will share more of the "tougher parts" of his early life in a new memoir that will be released next year.

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