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Richard Brodie Biography

Richard Brodie is one of the most popular and richest Computer Programmer who was born on November 10, 1959 in Washington, Washington, United States.

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Computer programmer most famous for being the creator of Microsoft Word. After leaving Microsoft in 1994, he became a professional poker player as well as an author, releasing books like 1993’s Getting Past OK and 1995’s Virus of the Mind.

He began working as the technical assistant to Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates in 1983.

Brodie was born in Newton, Massachusetts, the older son of Mary Ann Brodie and Richard Brodie, a child psychologist.

He graduated from Newton South High School and entered Harvard College in the fall of 1977 concentrating in applied mathematics with an emphasis on computer science. Brodie left Harvard after his sophomore year and moved to Palo Alto, CA to work for Xerox Corporation’s Advanced Systems Division (ASD), where he met Charles Simonyi and helped develop