was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen (who resigned from his position on the Microsoft Board of Directors in 2000). The three Xbox consoles (Xbox‚ Xbox 360‚ Xbox One) were made under Gates’ steps. Bill Gates is an American investor‚ computer programmer‚ inventor‚ and philanthropist. Gates is one of the best-known entrepreneurs of the personal computer revolution. He is consistently ranked in the Forbes list of the world’s wealthiest people. During his career at Microsoft‚ Gates held the positions
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References: Andrzej‚ Huczynski A.‚ and Buchanan A. David. Organizational Behaviour. 6th. Harlow‚ Essex: Pearson Education Limited‚ 2007. Aswathappa‚ K. Organisational Behaviour. Mumbai: Global Media‚ 2009. Bill Gates. The Biography Channel. n.d. http://www.biography.com/people/bill-gates-9307520 (accessed March 7‚ 2013). Carpenter‚ et al. Flat World Knowledge. March 2009. http://www.web-books.com/eLibrary/NC/B0/B58/085MB58.html (accessed March 9‚ 2013). David‚ Weidner. Successful CEOs Don ’t Have
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Anshuman Bakshi Mr. Smith Honors Sophomore English‚ 4 February 6‚ 2013 Homeless and Hopeless Why do we work so hard? Why do we go through school and college just to get stuck at work all day? The answer is poverty. Poverty is the fear and scourge of all—the hidden evil that forces us to embrace our inner motivation. Unfortunately for the destiny of humanity‚ the majority of people selfishly work only for themselves‚ but throughout history there have always existed the unique and selfless people
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charity. 2. Bill Gates (USA) - $56 billion‚ Microsoft Sensing the start of a personal computer revolution‚ Gates‚ 55‚ dropped out of Harvard University in 1975 to start Microsoft and pursue a vision of a computer on every desk and in every home. Microsoft went public in 1986 and by the next year‚ the soaring stock made Gates‚ at age 31‚ the youngest self-made billionaire. In 2008 he stepped down from what is now the world’s largest software firm to work at The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
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millions. Bill Gates‚ founder of Microsoft began to donate money after learning about a disease that kills half a million children each year. This disease is called rotavirus. He was astonished that more money and attention wasn’t being given to stopping this disease. It also shocked him to know that some people‚ according to their actions‚ don’t consider all human lives to be of equal value. This is when Bill and Melinda Gates stepped in. During the World Health Assembly‚ Bill Gates made a speech
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Bill Gates: Personal Life Born on October 28‚ 1955 in Seattle‚ Washington‚ William H. Gates III was the second child and only son of his parents‚ William Henry Gates Jr. and Mary Maxwell. His father is a prominent Seattle attorney‚ and his late mother was a school teacher‚ regent at the University of Washington and chairperson of the United Way International. Kristi‚ his older sister‚ later became his tax accountant and Libby‚ his younger sister‚ lives in Seattle raising her two children. (Bill
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Hello‚ I hear so many good things and am so fascinated with what you can do with the Internet. Finding all this information so quickly must make your life very easy. But please tell me: how do you assess the value of all this information you find on the Internet? How can you be sure that it is reliable and credible? Also‚ I have heard the term “digital divide.” What exactly does it mean‚ and how do you think this divide could be bridged? Thank you for helping me to understand these issues
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The Early Years William Henry Gates III was born in 1955 into a family with a history of being extremely powerful and wealthy. Bill grew up the son of a successful Seattle-area attorney‚ and was curious about everything. This is apparently not the story of a poor kid making good. Gates was the middle child and only son‚ with a sister one year older‚ and another sister nine years younger (Lowe‚ p. 1). Bill’s parents met while still in college. Bill Sr.‚ Gate’s father was a partner in a prominent
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Summary: Microsoft has a blinding reputation and presentation with the public and its users. They investment in the communities‚ the youth and globally. Not only the company invests but the employees contribute. As Always Bill Gates take it to the top with the William and Melinda Gates Foundation. Microsoft’s efforts and dedication is admirable. Its support of start-up software companies‚ creates a unique composition of company characteristics‚ that somewhat contradict their actions within the competitive
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WRC 1013 22 September 2013 Compare/Contrast: Steve Jobs & Bill Gates Steve Jobs (born in Green Bay‚ Wisconsin on the 24th of February 1955) is best known as the co-founder & CEO of Apple Computer and somewhat less so for his leadership of Pixar which is a computer animation studio. On the other hand‚ Bill Gates (born in Seattle‚ Washington on the 28th of October 1955) is known for the creation of the Windows operating system‚ as well as being the co-founder and current Chairman and Chief Software
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