Bill Gates Research Paper
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, he was already showing unusual interest in computers and even skipped his Math class to pursue his interest in programming.
He went on to Harvard College after scoring an SAT of 1590 out of 1600. However in Harvard, he did not spend much time studying but spent most of his time in front of the computers. Eventually he …show more content…
one of the 100 people who most influenced the 20th century by Times Magazine
2. 2005 Persons of the Year Times
3. CEO of the year by Chief Executive Officers magazine in 1994
4. Order of the Aztec Eagle for his philanthropic work
Bill Gates
Leadership Lessons
1. Years and years of hard work precede success
Many of us, having heard that Microsoft was started out of Gate’s garage, would be tempted to think that he was a kid with no prior knowledge and managed to start a multi-billion dollar business from those little experiments done there.
But the truth is that, a quick read into his history will make you realize that Gates’ has had tremendous experience with programming and coding prior to even starting Microsoft.
It was his vast experience in the area of programming and coding that allowed him to build the first software DOS that launched Microsoft into its global position.
So before we start believing that overnight successes are possible, remember that even the richest man in the world did it through many hours of hard work; and so you must too, if you want to see success in your life.
2. Go where your passion
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, he was already showing unusual interest in computers and even skipped his Math class to pursue his interest in programming.
He went on to Harvard College after scoring an SAT of 1590 out of 1600. However in Harvard, he did not spend much time studying but spent most of his time in front of the computers. Eventually he …show more content…
one of the 100 people who most influenced the 20th century by Times Magazine
2. 2005 Persons of the Year Times
3. CEO of the year by Chief Executive Officers magazine in 1994
4. Order of the Aztec Eagle for his philanthropic work
Bill Gates
Leadership Lessons
1. Years and years of hard work precede success
Many of us, having heard that Microsoft was started out of Gate’s garage, would be tempted to think that he was a kid with no prior knowledge and managed to start a multi-billion dollar business from those little experiments done there.
But the truth is that, a quick read into his history will make you realize that Gates’ has had tremendous experience with programming and coding prior to even starting Microsoft.
It was his vast experience in the area of programming and coding that allowed him to build the first software DOS that launched Microsoft into its global position.
So before we start believing that overnight successes are possible, remember that even the richest man in the world did it through many hours of hard work; and so you must too, if you want to see success in your life.
2. Go where your passion