REPORT‚ BILL GATES 1. Mini Biography Bill Gates is known for his company Microsoft‚ his participation in the computer revolution‚ and for being the youngest self-made billionaire in history. In 1986‚ he launched Microsoft Windows‚ a program that is one of the most used operating systems in the world. Many of today’s adult‚ and perhaps in particular today’s young adults‚ remember the exciting introduction of personal computers using Microsoft software. Childhood William (Bill) H. Gates was
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Bill Gates: Before Microsoft From his first business venture through his multi-billion dollar deals‚ Bill Gates has always been a ferocious and keen businessman. Bill Gates first started tinkering with computers when his high school‚ Lakeside Prep‚ wanted to acquaint its students with computers. In 1968 the school held a fund raiser to buy computer time on a DEC PDP-10 computer that was owned by General Electric. Lakeside was able to raise enough money for what they thought would be ample
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Bill Gates – Strategic Thinker & Leader? Executive Summary The purpose of this report is to explore the published work on strategic leadership in order to develop an inventory of qualities‚ skills and behaviours that define and explain the concept of strategic leadership. A full review of literature on this topic aims to shed light on this definition. Having discussed and defined this concept the report will then focus on Bill Gates‚ former CEO of the Microsoft Corporation‚ with the aim of
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[pic] Bill Gates Early life‚ Personal life and Education: Bill Gates is one of the most influential people in the world. He is cofounder of one of the most recognized brands in the computer industry with nearly every desk top computer using at least one software program from Microsoft. According to the Forbes magazine‚ Bill Gates is the richest man in the world and has held the number one position for many years. Gates was born and grew up in Seattle‚ Washington USA. His father‚ William H. Gates
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In this paper the chosen leader is Bill Gates. Bill Gates is an entrepreneur that co-founded Microsoft. Microsoft is the world’s largest software business. (Gates-web) Born in Seattle‚ Washington on October 28‚ 1955 Bill Gates showed interest in computer programming at the age of 13. Now Bill Gates is one of the richest men in the world. In this paper the traits and characteristics of Bill Gates will be discussed. This paper will also show how Bill Gates has impacted society through his practice
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Harvard Business School 9-392-019 Rev. July 8. 1993 Bill Gates and the Management of Microsoft Despite the fact that we’ve been successful financially‚ there’s an ongoing need to anticipate where this industry is going‚ and to be at the forefront of changing the products. And this is every bit as challenging as it’s ever been--and perhaps more so. Bill Gates‚ Microsoft Chairman and CEO‚ 1991 On June 30‚ 1991‚ Microsoft Corporation closed the books on another year of dazzling growth. Revenues for
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Des Dearlove Doing Business the Bill Gates Way 1. Explain what you think is interesting about Bill Gates and his career. William Henry Gates III was born on October 28‚ 1955 in Seattle‚ Washington. Bill Gates was born into a very intellectual and well educated family. Throughout the book‚ we receive an impression of him as a very curious person who always seeks for new knowledge. At the age of eight or nine‚ he began to read his family’s encyclopaedia and his interest in technology at a very
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family.[3][4] Gates is one of the best-known entrepreneurs of the personal computer revolution. He is widely respected for his foresight and ambition.[5][6] He is also frequently criticized as having built Microsoft through unfair or unlawful business practices. Since amassing his fortune‚ Gates has pursued a number of philanthropic endeavors‚ donating large amounts of money to various charitable organizations and scientific research programs through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation‚ founded
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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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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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