Bill Gates Leadership Who is He? Bill Gates is consistently the richest man in the world; and the co-founder of Microsoft‚ the creator of the commonly used Windows. He is best known for being the entrepreneur that revolutionized the computer industry. Recently he has been active in philanthropic work‚ having set up the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and giving over US$28 billion to their causes. A Quick History Gates began his interest in computers at a very young age. At eighth grade
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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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Stanford University (Stanford; officially Leland Stanford Junior University‚[11] colloquially the Farm) is a private research university in Stanford‚ California‚ adjacent to Palo Alto and between San Jose and San Francisco. Stanford’s undergraduate program is the most selective in America.[12][13][14][15][16] Due to its academic strength‚ wealth‚ and proximity to Silicon Valley it is often cited as one of the world’s most prestigious universities.[17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24] The university was
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Alan Greenspan Alan Greenspan‚ the chairman of the Federal Reserve‚ has always fascinated the financial community. Whatever he says can make or break the markets. He is a highly educated economist with many years of experience. People seek for his advice and obey his judgments. His proclamations are repeated and expounded upon. Greenspan is loved‚ feared‚ and never ever questioned. As a result of being a strong chairman of the Fed‚ he has made a difference the U.S. economy through his way of dealing
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Bill Gates Speech at Harvard President Bok‚ former President Rudenstine‚ incoming President Faust‚ members of the Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers‚ members of the faculty‚ parents‚ and especially‚ the graduates: I’ve been waiting more than 30 years to say this: "Dad‚ I always told you I’d come back and get my degree." I want to thank Harvard for this honour. I’ll be changing my job next year ... and it will be nice to finally have a college degree on my resume. I applaud the graduates
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The American Legacy Foundation is a rare example of a public charity being born with a silver spoon. Even before it began operating in 1999‚ the foundation was bequeathed more than $1 billion from the settlement of a massive lawsuit brought by the attorneys general of 46 states against the country’s major tobacco companies. That money is part of billions of dollars that the tobacco companies paid‚ basically as reparations‚ for the damage their products wreaked on the public. The foundation was conceived
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accept their silicon masters‚”Bill Gates. The world’s youngest billionaire is the hard working‚ intelligent Bill Gates. This man independently started his own computer company and built it up to a 230 billion dollar empire. Bill Gates changed the way the world uses computers by building his company‚ Microsoft‚ from the ground up‚ enforcing that computer software is illegal to steal‚ and by making personal computers available for everyone to have in their own home. Bill Gates started his computer company
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Bill Gates‚ a man of his time‚ has given numerous donations as well as creating foundations to benefits equaling to a Captain of Industry. However‚ Bill Gates is a Robber Baron in more areas compared to that of a Captain of Industry. The steps and actions in which it took Bill Gates to get where he is makes him a Robber Baron. Despite his more than gracious donations and foundation gains‚ Gates still took and held a reputation that was overbearing and aggressive (Biography). The business model Bill
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book The Road Ahead‚ Bill Gates relates to a non-technical audience the history‚ growth‚ and future of technology. He discusses how the trends‚ technologies‚ and issues of the Information Age are affecting society. Gates makes predictions and gives advice on how to adapt and succeed in the future of incredible change in computing and communicating. His book is written with two major concerns: the development and future of technology‚ and its influence on society. Bill Gates begins by explaining
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Background: Bill Gates and Oprah Winfrey..…………………………………………2. 4.1. Bill Gates…………………………………………………………………………….2. 4.2. Oprah Winfrey……………………………………………………………………....3. 4. Literature Review: Theories on leadership…………………………………………...4. 5.3. Traits Theories…………………………………………………………………......4. 5.4. Leadership Styles…………………………………………………………………..5. 5.5. Transactional versus Transformational Theories……………………………….6. 5. Critical Review of Leadership Qualities: Bill Gates and Oprah
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