“We've really achieved the ideal of what I wanted Microsoft to become.” -Bill Gates, June 2008
William Gates III was born in Seattle, Washington, US, on October 28, 1955. His father, William Henry Gates (II) Jr., was a lawyer whereas his mother, Mary Gates, was a teacher. At an early age, Gates showcased a great deal of intellect. At primary school, he was especially fond of Math and Science. Ever since his childhood, he appreciated reading business magazines. Acknowledging his ardor to learn, his parents enrolled him in Lakeside Preparatory School at the age of 12. Here Gates saw a computer for the first time in his life.
Gates, together with his friend, Paul Allen, had the habit to spend hours in front of the computer. Sometimes he used up his entire day in the computer room scanning computer books and magazines and developing computer programs. Gates was so preoccupied with the computer that he frequently neglected his classes and never prepared his homework on time.
In late 1968, Gates and Allen, together with two other schoolmates, organized a group called the 'Lakeside Programmers Group'. Gates and Allen had visions of working out practical problems with the usage of computers. They establish an opportunity in 1971 when Information Sciences Inc. inscribed them to develop a program to administer their payroll system.
Gates and Allen shortly received many opportunities to demonstrate their computer skills. In 1972, they started out their own company called 'Traf-O-Data.' They developed a portable computer that admitted them to do analysis and arrange reports. This earned them an amount of $20,000.
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...d one of the 100 people who influenced the 20th century, as well as one of top 100 influential people of 2004, 2005 and 2006. Considering so many hold Gates in the highest standing, it is not surprising that in many published definitions of an entrepreneur, you will find the name Bill Gates followed closely.
Gates has also given over half of his life earnings to charity and other public minded organizations. This has helped him achieve not only the status of one of the world’s greatest entrepreneurs, but also a man who ultimately cares about the future of society, which is reflected in new product developments and technologies, all of which are designed to make our lives simpler. His accomplishments teach us that we have hard work and persistence can get us to success. Bill Gates has been is an inspirational leader and through his work he has inspired many people.
In his writing called Unleashing the power of creativity. He talks about how he has always been an innovator and has always thought about building a better future. He said “ when my friend Paul Allen and I started Microsoft 30 years ago, we had vision of a computer on every desk and in every home which probably sounded a little too optimistic at the time when most computers were the size of refrigerators.” Bill Gates always had big dreams every since 7th grade when what he wanted was so far out of the norm. This shows grit because he never gave up 30 years when he had this big idea and now look today computers are everywhere because of
Being his life’s most world renowned accomplishment, Microsoft was the beginning factor in Bill Gate’s cultural impact, paving the way for greater technological advances an...
Bill Gates, the younger of the two was 15, born in Washington to two relatively successful parents Bill H. Gates Sr. and Mary Maxell Gates. His father was a prominent lawyer and his mother served on the board of directors at two major companies. At an early age Bill showed signs of great leadership qualities and later proved these true, he excelled in school and always brought a competitive fire to everything which usually was mistaken for anger and stubbornness.Bill was considered a genius; He made a 1590 on his SAT, devised an algorithm for pancake sorting for unsolved problems that was published and applied to modern formulas, and later Bill enrolled in Harvard. Bill graduated in 1973 and was off to Harvard. While at Harvard, Gates majored in law, with plans in following his dad’s ...
Steven Paul Jobs, Born on the twenty-fourth of February in nineteen fifty-five. Steve Jobs had attended Homestead High School in Cupertino, California, Hewlett-Packard Company, at the time was conducting after school lectures for high school student. Jobs was soon working for Hewlett-Packard and it was there as a summer employee that he got to meet Steve Wozniak.
2014 was a year of big events, from record breaking events in the Sochi Winter Olympics to the Ebola virus outbreak, 2014 had its ups and downs. Surrounded by these groundbreaking events, Time Magazine compiled the 100 most influential people of the year. Although Time did an impeccable job of composing this list, one man was left off. This man funded the prevention of around 13.6 million deaths, was owner of a foundation that funded over 3.6 billion in scholarships, and donated billions to over 25 charitable foundations. This man, co-founder of Microsoft Windows, and one of the richest men in the world, William Henry “Bill” Gates definitely influenced the world greatly in 2014.
William Henry Gates III was birthed in Seattle, Washington on October 28, 1955. His parents were William Henry Gates, Jr. and Mary Maxwell. Bill’s father was a prominent lawyer in Seattle, Washington, and his mother was a school teacher, University of Washington regent and the United Way International chairperson. Bill Gates’ upbringing was that of privilege and opportunity, wanting for nothing while growing up. Bill was innately curious and quite intelligent drawing him to computer technology early in life. While in the seventh grade, at age 13, he wrote his first computer program. This was when he met his best friend and later business partner, Paul Allen. Gates went on to form a group in high school of programmers that automated their school’s payroll system and then started a company called Traf-O-Data (Bill Gates, 2014) Traf-O-Data sold traffic counting systems to local city governments all before he finished high school (Bill Gates, 2014).
Throughout all of the work Bill Gates has done in his life, he is able to have the traits of a Renaissance man. Bill was one of the founders of Microsoft, a computer software company. This makes him
Becoming the richest man in the world, Bill Gates is one of the most influential men. Not only is Bill Gates one of the most influential figures in the world, but he is also one of the most influential figures in the business world. Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955, in Seattle, Washington. Gates was born into already well established family. “His father, William Henry Gates Jr., was a successful lawyer, and his mother, Mary Maxwell, was chairwoman of United Way International.”(Stevenson).
Bill Gates is one of the co-founders of one of the world's largest computer companies in the world, Microsoft. From founding this company through the free enterprise system, he became one of the richest men in the world. Through technological innovation, keen business strategy and aggressive business tactics, he built the world's largest software business.
Microsoft is a computing software company. Microsoft was made and founded on April 4th 1975 by two young men who were captivated by computers. Their names were Bill Gates and Paul Allen. The homebase was in Redmond, Washington. Microsoft became one of the most famous and successful companies in the world. “Microsoft was one of the pioneers responsible for bringing the personal computer into the lives of millions of people.” (Musolf). The company has had such a great impact that now the name “Microsoft” is now virtually synonymous with computer software.
Bill Gates is now helping people in developing countries get water and an education full time. He created what is called the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. “In 2008 he left the company to devote himself full-time to his charity the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation”(Harris 1). He has worked his whole life to get the success and money that he has today and instead of keeping it to himself he has given it back to society in many generous ways. He also is helping developing countries with their needs that aren't accessible to them.
Bill Gates has successfully changed two huge aspects of the world. His passions have affected billions of people, and he keeps going. Bill himself said this: "If I had set some sort of finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it by now?" (Bill … Quotes). Bill Gates has been, is, and will continue to be someone who works tirelessly to make
On October 28, 1955 William H. Gates III (nicknamed "trey") was born in Seattle. His father was a lawyer (William H. Gates II) and his mother was a schoolteacher. He also had two older sisters who were in high school when Bill was born. Bill attended a public elementary school before he moved to a private school in North Seattle named Lakeside. Lakeside's strong academics enabled Bill to actively get involved with computers (which were the love of his life next to baseball) and use his superior intellect. This was the beginning of a long and successful career in computers. Bill combined his intellect and visions of technology along with his active participation in may charities to make our world a better place.
Mirick, J. (1996). William H. Gates III: before Microsoft. Retrieved January 26, 2007, from http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~history/Gates.Mirick.html#computing.
William Henry Gates III was born on October 28th, 1955 in Seattle, Washington (Gates, 2016). This man grew up to be one of the richest men alive, and he is known as Bill Gates. In it says that he grew up in the upper middle class with two sisters, Kristianne and Libby, one older and one younger than him, respectively. His mother, Mary Maxwell, was a student at the University of Washington, and his father, William H. Gates Sr., was a law student. Bill Gates’ mother was involved with charities and civic affairs while she devoted her time raising her children after a brief career as a teacher. There was a bank in Seattle founded by her grandfather that she served on the corporate board, including the United Way and International Business