So what do billionaires spend their money on? Paul Allen may not be a household name. but he is one of the world’s richest and most influential men‚ with a wealth of interests and a gift for ideas. Paul Allen is the computer genius who‚ with Bill Gates‚ launched Microsoft‚ the world’s largest producer of software‚ in 1975. Since then‚ he has built up a fortune estimated at the turn of the century to be worth over $30 billion. Allen was Vice-President in charge of research and product development
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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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Paul Allen co-founded the Microsoft Corporation with Bill Gates (1955- ) ‚ adapting existing programming languages such as BASIC‚ which was originally written for mainframe computers‚ into software suitable for personal computers. Such innovations enabled the software industry to become established and expand as a viable business‚ strengthening the American economy and creating new groups of computer entrepreneurs and users. As personal computers became more affordable and accessible during the 1980s
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managing rather than owning the hotel assets‚ Marriott is able to increase its ROA thereby increasing potential profitability and its financial position in the market. Marriott also improves its efficiency as the general partner under long-term management contract because it can decrease useless expenses and guarantee a part of the partnership’s debt. The second financial strategy is investing in projects that increase shareholder value. Marriott uses the discounted cash-flow techniques to evaluate
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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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University | | |(dropped out) | |Occupation |Co-founder and Chairman of Microsoft | | |Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | | |CEO of Cascade Investment | | |Chairman of Corbis | |Years active |1975–present
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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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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 8. Impact on the world a. Segments of Foundation b. Working with WHO c. Reinvent the toilet Bill Gates Some
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Paul Revere was an American Patriot who lived in the 18th and 19th century. He is the subject of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s “A Midnight Ride” one of the most famous American poems. He was known as a son of liberty and was a key person in America’s fight for liberty. Revere was a messenger‚ a silversmith‚ a dentist‚ even a writer‚ but through all of his professions‚ duties and responsibilities Paul Revere remained loyal‚ brave and committed to his country Paul Revere was
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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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