Introduction A. My paper is about the contributions Bill Gates has made to the computer industry. B. Bill Gates is one of the best-known entrepreneurs of the personal computer revelation. He is a computer programmer and a philanthropist. He is one of the wealthiest men in the world‚ becoming a billionaire before the age of 32. C. This paper gives the purpose of being informative to my audience about the life and accomplishments of Bill Gates. D. Bill Gates has a great influence over me because he came
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Bill Gates By: Cami Tucker From a functionalist perspective Bill Gates served as a purpose in life developing Microsoft to help out people with their businesses and person life. A functionalist would believe that society would depend on Microsoft and that is why it would have needed to be created. I believe highly that Bill Gates was mostly a functionalist. From a conflict perspective Bill Gates would have looked at the pros and cons of his software. In this situation the pros outweighed the
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Bill Gates: Leader and Role Model William Cook COLL/148 August 14‚ 2011 Barbara Goldberg Bill Gates is an effective leader and leadership role model and he is my choice for a role a model. Bill Gates has demonstrated and employed good leadership skills to be a successful business man. He has also demonstrated why he is a good role model for those who want to become leaders themselves. I believe that I share many of the leadership traits with Bill Gates and that those traits will help me in
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is William Henry Gates III‚ better known as Bill Gates‚ founder of the company Microsoft. Without his major contributions to computers‚ technology would most likely not be the way it is today. Also‚ without his foundation‚ the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation‚ there would be numerous negative changes in the world. William Henry Gates III was born on October 28th‚ 1955 in Seattle‚ Washington with his two sisters‚ Kristi and Libby. He was the second child of William Henry Gates II‚ a Seattle Attorney
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Bill Gates HISTORY William Henry "Bill" Gates III was born in 1955 in Seattle. He grew up in an upper middle-class family with two sisters: Kristianne‚ who is older‚ and Libby‚ who is younger. His father was a prominent lawyer and mother served on the board of directors of national bank. He was excellent in all subjects at school. At Lakeside School which he attended‚ a Seattle computer company offered to provide computer time for the students. That ’s where his interest in computers
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Bill Gates‚ the co-founder and one-time CEO of Microsoft Corporation‚ is a man that I have admired from the moment I first heard about him. Bill along with his long time friend Paul Allen founded Micro-soft in 1975. Guided by a belief that the personal computer would be a valuable tool on every office desktop and in every home‚ they began developing software for personal computers. In America today‚ 2 out of every 3 homes have a computer. Gates’ foresight and vision regarding personal computing
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Bill Gates Anthony Chavez I think bill gates is an important person because he made a big difference in home technology. Bill gates is the richest man in the world and why? Because he studied as hard as he could and went to college. When he was thirteen he wrote his first software program. Which let him and his friends play tic tac toe. When bill gates was going to Harvard college his friend Paul Allen showed him the newest electronic hardware system in a popular electronics
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confident. A great example in my opinion would be Bill Gates. Of course being the wealthiest man in the world is a great benefit‚ but the adversity he faced was enormous. A person such as him had to be certain that what he wanted to do would be tremendously successful. He was certain enough that he dropped out of Harvard University. He was certain enough that he took his life savings as well as his parents’ life savings to chase a dream that he thought would certainly be achieved. Having doubt within
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Bill Gates: An Amazing Philanthropist In his article‚ ‘What should a Billionaire give?’ writer Peter Singer talked about unequal distribution of wealth between the rich and the poor. He talked about the values of life between rich and poor people. Since all men are created equal‚ the rich should always help the poor to balance the huge difference of wealth between the two classes. To most wealthy people‚ it’s always about making more money. Some wealthy people‚ on the other hand‚ actually give away
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he did not penalize a man more harshly if he was black‚ rather he judged them based on skill and wit. In addition‚ he did not hesitate to admonish Col. Shaw‚ when he did something unjustified. He was not afraid to share his opinion about what he thought Shaw was doing wrong‚ and while it seemed wrong of him to do so‚ it had a positive outcome. Had he not confronted Shaw
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