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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Back in the day‚ your average person would go through their daily working life with just your simple pen and paper. Little did those people know that on October 28th‚ 1955‚ a young boy born in Seattle named Bill Gates would change their life forever. When young Gates was growing up‚ he was already put off to a great head start. His family was very involved with business‚ politics‚ and community services which out Gates in a perfect environment for success. When he began school‚ every single
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On February 26th‚ Bill Gates gave a speech to governors‚ policy makers‚ and business leaders from across the nation to discuss the problems with education. During that speech‚ Bill Gates gave a keynote address where he called American public schools "obsolete." This statement made by one of the most powerful and influential men in the world could destroy the education systems of the United States let alone destroy the education systems of the world. Gates has spent almost a billion dollars influencing
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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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Favorite Leader Report My favorite leader is William Henry Gates III‚ or Bill Gates to most people. Bill Gates is a computer engineer and world-class entrepreneur. He founded Microsoft Corporation in 1975 with a high school friend named Paul Allen. The leadership role that he serves is chairman and chief software architect of Microsoft Corporation. Up until 1998‚ Gates was CEO of the company‚ but he relieved himself of those duties‚ and currently is only a software architect and serves on
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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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society sees it today. B. Any Idea can be great; implementation of that idea takes careful planning and a smooth technological framework to seamlessly pull it off. C. Choosing to eschew the established ways most seek out their lives‚ Bill Gates chose to cultivate his interests‚ even by getting in trouble with a corporation at a young age while capitalizing on an error in a system‚ and pivot these ideas into a multi-billion dollar enterprise. D. An active dedicated mind that
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Bill Clinton William Jefferson Clinton succeeded where no other Democrat since Franklin had. He was re-elected to a second term as President. Clinton also proved most of his critics wrong‚ surviving the personal scandals that came about. During his presidency‚ Clinton broke promises and failed in certain areas‚ but he still had support of the American people. Even after his affair with Monica Lewinsky‚ the people still wanted him in office. They liked what he was doing for the country and
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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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Bill Clinton’s Economic Policy One of President Bill Clinton’s biggest accomplishments during his presidential term is his policy to stimulate the American economy. In 1993‚ Clinton and his vice president Gore released the economic strategy for their term. Most believed it wouldn’t do much to spur our economy but in 1997 positive outcomes began to surface as the national deficit began to shrink. (Schaller‚ Anderson‚ and Schulzinger 514) Clinton faced a high unemployment rate‚ record deficits‚ and
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