Bill Gates Impact On Society
The charity work of Bill Gates is significant because his work changes the life of hundreds of thousands people in the United States. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Bill and his wife Melinda gates started the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation that help with medical and educational causes (“Bill Gates”). Bill Gates are among the top Philanthropist in the world (Strouse). The Bill and Melinda Gates foundation became the largest in the world with assets of 21.8 Billion Dollars (Strouse). Bill Gates surpasses Andrew Carnegie donation of 350 million dollars(today worth 3 billion dollars)(Strouse). Bill Gates also surpassed John D. Rockefeller donations of 540 million dollars(worth 6 billion today)(Strouse). John D. Rockefeller donated less than
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Perhaps the biggest awards he received was the presidential medal of freedom granted to him by President Obama. This is the highest U.S award that a citizen could receive. In order for a citizen to receive this prestigious medal that person needed to make a significant impact in the U.S. Bill gates was also named time's person of the year in 2005 (“Bill Gates”). Not many people are named time’s person of the year. For Time’s magazine to name him person of the year he would have needed to make and significant impact in the country. Bill Gates received all of his awards through his immense charity …show more content…
Before Bill Gates made the personal computer more accessible to the public. The computers were big, heavy and cost a lot. The screens were not like the modern day screens. The screens was a black background with green letters. Because of Bill Gates the way we think of the personal computers has changed for ever.
Today, the modern day personal computers are more accessible to the majority of people, is bigger, cheaper and has a multi-color screen. With the computers Bill Gates developed, you are able to send emails to anyone in the world, have the world wide web at your fingertips and have access tons of education services. With the computers that Microsoft and Bill Gates developed millions of students and teachers have access to cutting edge technology to learn from.
Bill Gates also created a operating system that is now virtually used all over the world and impacts the lives of
Perhaps the biggest awards he received was the presidential medal of freedom granted to him by President Obama. This is the highest U.S award that a citizen could receive. In order for a citizen to receive this prestigious medal that person needed to make a significant impact in the U.S. Bill gates was also named time's person of the year in 2005 (“Bill Gates”). Not many people are named time’s person of the year. For Time’s magazine to name him person of the year he would have needed to make and significant impact in the country. Bill Gates received all of his awards through his immense charity …show more content…
Before Bill Gates made the personal computer more accessible to the public. The computers were big, heavy and cost a lot. The screens were not like the modern day screens. The screens was a black background with green letters. Because of Bill Gates the way we think of the personal computers has changed for ever.
Today, the modern day personal computers are more accessible to the majority of people, is bigger, cheaper and has a multi-color screen. With the computers Bill Gates developed, you are able to send emails to anyone in the world, have the world wide web at your fingertips and have access tons of education services. With the computers that Microsoft and Bill Gates developed millions of students and teachers have access to cutting edge technology to learn from.
Bill Gates also created a operating system that is now virtually used all over the world and impacts the lives of