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To: RockyBalboa who wrote (46019)	11/1/1999 3:09:00 AM
From: BelowTheCrowd	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 122087

> How old was BG when he built MSFT? < Well, he was in his early 20s when he co-founded it with Paul Allen. But they were a 2-person company which didn't get big for many years. When the company came public in the 80s, he had already established a dominant position in several key areas of a rapidly growing industry, with good revenue and profit growth. For this, the market gave him a net worth of $300m. Any comparison to the jokers at TGLO is ridiculous. > or Marc Andreesen creating Netscape. < Marc's a smart guy. Built a great product. Jim Clark gets most of the credit for turning the product into a company. There are advantages to youth. But a youthful college project isn't worth billions... mg