P123 MTV3 p123 .To 24 Elo 1542:06 1/3 BILLIONAIRE GATES AT PINNACLE OF COMPUTER INDUSTRY BY MARTIN WOLK SEATTLE, AUG 24 (REUTER) - BILL GATES, THE INTENSELY COMPETITIVE BILLIONAIRE LEADER OF SOFTWARE GIANT MICROSOFT CORP., BEGAN HIS CAREER AS A TEENAGE COMPUTER NERD WHOSE FIRST PRODUCT WAS DEVELOPED IN THE HIGH SCHOOL COMPUTER LAB. GATES, 39, MAY STILL BE AN ADMITTEDLY "KIND OF NERDY LOOKING GUY," BUT AS HE LAUNCHES THE SOFTWARE GIANT'S WINDOWS 95 OPERATING SYSTEM HE STANDS AT THE PINNACLE OF THE COMPUTER INDUSTRY, THE RICHEST MAM IN THE WORLD WITH A STAKE IN MICROSOFT VALUED AT MORE THAN $13 BILLION. ... <122 124>