One of these days, this kid could be sitting on a good bit of money if he keeps his Halo 3 disc in good condition, especially when it's not every day that Bill Gates personally distributes a copy of an XBOX 360 game, but then again it's not every day that Halo 3 gets released, either.

Microsoft founder and chairman Bill Gates carded the first guy in a retail line to buy Halo 3.

Himself. Personally.

As reported by Reuters, Gates was on hand at a midnight launch event at a Best Buy near Microsoft HQ in Redmond, Washington:

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Gates personally sold and autographed the first copy to Ritesh David, a 17-year-old who was stunned to find himself being served by the richest man in America.

Chaos Swordsman via gamepolitics.com »