Bill Gates: An American Cultural Icon

In order to understand why Bill Gates is an American cultural icon, one needs to have a description of his background, critical analysis, and impact and importance on technology in America and in the world in our everyday lives.

Bill Gates was born as William Henry Gates the II on October 29, 1955 in Seattle, Washington to father William H. Gates and mother Mary Gates. Bill Gates’ father was a successful attorney in Seattle so he grew up in a nice upper middle-class household with his two sisters Kristi Gates and Libby Gates one old and one younger.

Gates attended a public elementary school in which he excelled in. He always made good grades and never struggled in any subjects. He was also a very good reader and would spend many hours just

At first Microsoft has a rocky start but, it later began to expand and specialize. Microsoft had soon hit the one million dollar profit mark and all they needed was a computer creative company to set it off. Microsoft started partnering with IBM (a computer hardware company) and they developed a role that defined technology. Bill Gates and IBM had one thing in common and it was that they wanted everyone in America to have at least one computer per household and that was their goal. They were marketing tons of money at this point. The partnership between him and Paul Allen soon ended because Allen was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s disease. Their partnership played a huge role in technology everywhere. At the age of 23 Gates found himself at the head of Microsoft. Microsoft is famous for their computer operating system and good business deals. A few years later in 1983, Microsoft formally announced Microsoft windows, which was a next generation operating system. On January 1, 1994, Gates married Melinda French Gates and they have three children and by 1995, The Microsoft system had become enormous in popularity throughout the years Microsoft Windows CEO Bill Gates was the World’s richest