Bill Gates and Microsoft
The 70s boasts one of the most world-changing inventions: Microsoft. Bill Gates and collaborator Paul Allen invented this widely used computer software. If you are a citizen of North America, you have most probably come in contact with a device or computer running a Microsoft program. This billion-dollar software company has made it possible for people all over the world to run programs that have changed the world of administration, business, education, gaming, video production, word processing, just to name a few. This software is still the most used computer software, and you cannot deny the impact this 70s invention has made on the world.