Skinny‚ shy and awkward‚ teenaged Bill Gates seemed an unlikely successor to his overachieving parents. His father‚ powerfully built and 6’6’’ tall‚ was a prominent Seattle attorney‚ and his gregarious mother served on charitable boards and ran the United Way. While he showed enormous talent for math and logic‚ young Bill‚ a middle child‚ was no one’s idea of a natural leader‚ let alone a future billionaire who would reinvent American business. Born in 1955‚ Gates attended public elementary school
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Profile of Bill Gates Profiles of Global Leaders July 14‚ 2010 Abstract This paper will outline a profile of Microsoft founder Bill Gates. I will provide background information about his upbringing‚ his early exposure to computers‚ and his founding of Microsoft. I will then detail his unique leadership skills which have allowed him to take his company from a small upstart to a global icon. Childhood William (Bill) Henry Gates III was born in 1955 in Seattle‚ Washington to a middle class
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William Henry Gates III‚ founder‚ chairman and CEO of Redmond‚ Washington-based Microsoft Corp. Although he arouses as much animosity as admiration for his hardball tactics (there’s even a book about his mortal enemies: Gary Rivlin’s The Plot to Get Bill Gates‚ Times Books)‚ everyone‚ friend or foe recognizes Gates as the rightful Usher-in-Chief of the Information Age. It all started when‚ at age 25‚ Gates persuaded IBM to let him keep the rights to the DOS operating system they had him develop for
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Republic of the Philippines HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Quezon City‚ Metro Manila Fifteenth Congress Second Regular Session House Bill No. __________ ________________________________________________________________________ Introduced by AN ACT TO STRENGTHEN THE RIGHT OF CITIZENS TO INFORMATION HELD BY THE GOVERNMENT. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled: SECTION. 1. Short Title. – This Act shall be known as the “Freedom of Information
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I. All Absolute Laws supersede the Constitution of the United States as well as the Bill of Rights. It is the ultimate governing principle that must be followed at all times. Keep my head low‚ stay quiet. Day after day that’s what I’m told to do. Every day it is repeated to me that I’m less than human‚ that I’m a threat. But is that true? Or is it right on the mark? I’ve seen the “humans” walking around. Even with their extravagances and superior attitudes‚ they really don’t seem that different.
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Bill Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19‚ 1946‚ in the small town of Hope‚ Arkansas. He was named after his father‚ William Jefferson Blythe II‚ who had been killed in a car accident just three months before his son’s birth. Needing a way to support herself and her new child‚ Bill Clinton’s mother‚ Virginia Cassidy Blythe‚ moved to New Orleans‚ Louisiana‚ to study nursing. Bill Clinton stayed with his mother’s parents in Hope. There his grandparents‚ Eldrigde and Edith Cassidy
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From humble beginnings to being a household name‚ Bill Cosby has influenced millions of people. He has proven to be a successful comedian‚ product representative‚ television producer‚ storyteller‚ author‚ and film and television star (Merrit). Throughout his career‚ he has changed the way African Americans are viewed. He has used his fame and popularity to address sensitive issues in society. He has imbedded values‚ morals‚ and teachings into his books and comedy routines. He has been extremely
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Case Report Bill Miller and Value Trust February 9th‚ 2015 Bill Miller and Value Trust is a well-known mutual fund company that has outperformed the S&P 500 from 1991 until 2005 and this is the longest streak of mutual fund success in history. The mutual fund was the managed by William H. “Bill” Miller III who by concept was a contrarian‚ which means that his investments were focused on low price‚ high value funds. The “measure “of the industry are based on indexes and every fund is compared to
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The Impeachment of President Bill Clinton The impeachment of President Clinton is something that will be remembered forever. Along with the fact that a presidential impeachment has only happened one other time since the Civil War‚ the publicity that came with the Clinton trial was extensive (Miller 2004). While the Republican and Democratic members of the House of Representatives had vastly different views on impeaching President Clinton‚ the fact that only five Democratic Representatives voted to
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number of philanthropic endeavors‚ donating large amounts of money to various charitable organizations and scientific research programs through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation‚ founded in 2000. Contents [hide] * 1 Early life * 2 Microsoft o 2.1 BASIC o 2.2 IBM partnership o 2.3 Windows o 2.4 Bill Gates ’ role * 3 Personal life o 3.1 Wealth and investments o 3.2 Philanthropy * 4 Publicity o 4.1 Awards
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