William Henry "Bill" Gates III (born October 28‚ 1955) is an American business magnate‚ investor‚ philanthropist‚ and author. Gates is the former CEO and current chairman of Microsoft‚ the software company he founded with Paul Allen. He is consistently ranked among the world’s wealthiest people and was the wealthiest overall from 1995 to 2009‚ excluding 2008‚ when he was ranked third‚ in 2011 he was the wealthiest American and the second wealthiest person. During his career at Microsoft‚ Gates held the
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scale. Bill Gates‚ an American entrepreneur‚ found success from being the co-founder of Microsoft and designing and developing software for the Personal Computer (How to be a Billionaire). William Henry Gates III was born on October 28‚ 1955‚ in Seattle‚ Washington. He was the second child and only son of William Henry Gates Jr. and Mary Maxwell Gates. His father‚ being a Seattle attorney and his mother being a schoolteacher helped him achieve his brilliant state. In middle school‚ Gates developed
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betterment. Bill Gates‚ is one of those people‚ a hero and a philanthropist‚ who contributed his life to advance the world technologically as well as by other means to today’s era. Bill Gates is a Renaissance man‚ a person who is skilled in multiple fields or has a broad base of knowledge. Renaissance
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Bill Gates‚ through his career of success‚ made a strong imprint on American society. As an adolescent‚ he attended in Lakeside School. At this establishment‚ Gates had the opportunity to interact with computers‚ blossoming his love for them. He quickly went from using them to experimenting with programming‚ developing recreational games such as tic-tac-toe. However‚ while attending Harvard‚ Gates took his skill to a new level when he‚ along with Paul Allen‚ formed a BASIC Program that would run
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Bill Gates Computer Genius Imagine the world without electronics. Our world would not be the same world as we know it today. Thanks to Bill Gates we have all of these modern day luxuries. Bill Gates changed the world with his company Microsoft. He introduced the world to software that anyone could use. He was the richest man in the world‚ and used his wealth to make a change that would impact the world. Gates left a legacy as the computer genius that everyone wished to be. The early years of
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William Henry Gates the third was born on October 28th‚ 1955‚ Seattle Washington. His parents were William H. Gates‚ Sr. and Mary Maxwell Gates. Gates is an investor‚ computer programmer‚ and inventor. Gates dropped out of college and co-founded a company in 1976‚ called Microsoft with his good friend Paul Allen. This company later became the largest PC software company on earth. Gates had many positions during his career at Microsoft. He was CEO‚ chairman‚ and chief software architect. Microsoft
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“Today‚ perhaps no figure has come to symbolize undiluted goodness‚ piety‚ and compassion more than the small‚ elderly Albanian nun Agnes Bojaxhiu—known to millions as Mother Teresa” (Fosl‚ 1999‚ p. 115). Mother Teresa is among the most fascinating and extremely respected women of the twentieth century. She was a woman who saved lives and changed them through the absolute force of her faith and determination. Mother Teresa was devoted to be loved in action on earth. Mother Teresa was born Agnes
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later sell it for millions? Do you know anyone who has done this? I do. His name is Bill Gates. Who is Bill Gates? Through his programming skills‚ competitive business practices‚ and ability to spot innovative products‚ Bill Gates has been the richest person in the world for the last 12 years. Bill Gates’ success would not be possible without his programming genius. Back when computers were a luxury‚ Bill Gates was already discovering the mysteries of programming on his high school’s only computer
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2. Who should or should not serve on a corporation’s board of directors? What about Environmentalists or union leaders? Anyone can serve on a board of directors as long as they are deemed suitable. There are no hard and fast rules outlining who should and should not serve on a board. If the company or corporation is one of a public nature nature then the shareholders are made to vote for the members of the board. A board of directors is usually made up of a mixture of both insiders (management
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Comparisons of Bill Gates and Steve Jobs I think the decisions of both Bill Gates and Steve Jobs were unethical and wrong. To start with‚ they were both dropouts of college. Bill Gates was a drop out of Harvard University and Steve Jobs dropped out of Berkley University. Steve Jobs was adopted where as Bill Gates had his original family. Steve Jobs was a very odd man‚ to say the least. He was a hippie in the early days of his life. He did drugs such as acid. Bill Gates was a very plain boring
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