Bill Gates vs. Steve Ballmer

When Gates was a kid, he spent so much time reading that his parents finally forbade him from bringing books to the dinner table. Gates took a break from classes his senior year in high school to do programming with his friend Paul Allen at a power plant in North Bonneville, Washington.

Ballmer and Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates were classmates at Harvard. Ballmer created a website called USAFacts.org for people to look up and understand where the government is spending money.