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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Dillon Brown Professor Hershenberg 3 December 2012 Government DC Bill Gates Bill Gates is an extraordinary man in the world of technology‚ as everybody knows from making the groundbreaking software “Microsoft”‚ to working to make better and more powerful computers for today’s world. However‚ the impact has had effects far more than just the technological world. With his charity work and strong beliefs‚ he has shown to be a well known advocate for making the world a better place. So this is
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<center><b>New Learning "A Life Worth Knowing About"</b></center> <br> <br>William Henry Gates‚ also known as "Bill"‚ has established himself as the richest man in the world. He is the youngest self made billionaire‚ and perhaps the best businessman in the world. As you read along‚ you will learn what Bill Gates’ accomplishments were‚ what his beliefs were‚ and why this topic is so important. Bill Gates is important because not only did he change the computer technology in America‚ he also became
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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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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 We read books for a number of reasons but usually because we want to or we have to. When you pick up a book it falls into one of three types‚ dependent on whether it is a want to or a have to type of book. First there’s the kind of book you pick up and like the look of but then the first chapter is so bad that you have to put it down because you are either too confused by the plot or you discover it has been written in some obscure untranslatable language. The second type is where
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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 When one thinks of computer software‚ one must think of Microsoft. In fact if you use a computer‚ chances are that you will have some type of program on there that is developed by Microsoft. The CEO‚ chairman‚ cofounder‚ and owner of 147 billion shares of Microsoft is Bill Gates. William Henry Gates III was born in the midst of a scenic Seattle on Thursday‚ October 28‚ 1995 to his parents Mary and William Henry Gates Jr. His childhood was uneventful and was well raised. He went
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Bill gates was born in Seattle washington. He was son of a lawyer. While growing up Bill had been told he would become a Lawyer like his dad but he didn’t know exactly what he wanted to do in life. At the age of 13 He enrolled into a prep school and began to get a stronger education. During this time there was a small increase in technology not so much computers but other innovations that were coming out to help small businesses and companies. Some of the board members had bought the very first Teleprinter
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Hobbies of Gates 3. School age a. Primary school b. Transfer to Seattle’s Lakeside School c. Meeting with Paul Allen d. First success 4. University years and life before Microsoft a. Harvard life b. Co-working with Paul Allen c. Creating of Micro-Soft 5. Beginning of Microsoft a. Microsoft went to public b. Paul Allen got cancer 6. Bill Gates retired as CEO of Microsoft a. Being the richest man in the world 7. Creating of Bill & Melinda Gates foundation
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