As the co-founder and chairman of Microsoft‚ Bill Gates has played a prominent role in launching the Information Age. In his book titled Business @ The Speed Of Thought’‚ he stresses upon how the expanding technology is propelling the business world into a new exciting economic era. This book in particular‚ deals with what is known as a Digital Nervous System’ (DNS). A DNS‚ in short‚ is the corporate‚ digital equivalent of the human nervous system‚ providing a well-integrated flow of information
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William Henry "Bill" Gates III (born October 28‚ 1955) is an American business magnate‚ investor‚ philanthropist‚ and author. Gates is the former CEO and current chairman of Microsoft‚ the software company he founded with Paul Allen. He is consistently ranked among the world’s wealthiest people and was the wealthiest overall from 1995 to 2009‚ excluding 2008‚ when he was ranked third‚ in 2011 he was the wealthiest American and the second wealthiest person. During his career at Microsoft‚ Gates held the
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Bill Gates‚ through his career of success‚ made a strong imprint on American society. As an adolescent‚ he attended in Lakeside School. At this establishment‚ Gates had the opportunity to interact with computers‚ blossoming his love for them. He quickly went from using them to experimenting with programming‚ developing recreational games such as tic-tac-toe. However‚ while attending Harvard‚ Gates took his skill to a new level when he‚ along with Paul Allen‚ formed a BASIC Program that would run
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betterment. Bill Gates‚ is one of those people‚ a hero and a philanthropist‚ who contributed his life to advance the world technologically as well as by other means to today’s era. Bill Gates is a Renaissance man‚ a person who is skilled in multiple fields or has a broad base of knowledge. Renaissance
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traits and uses it as an accepted guide to classify personalities. Both Bill and Melinda Gates possessed various aspects of each category listed within the realm of the Big Five. Bill was able to dominate the PC world because he possessed characteristics from the Big Five. He has a strong need for surgency‚ which includes dominance‚ extraversion and high energy with determination (Lussier & Achua‚ pg. 37). From early on it appears Bills’ desire was not only dominate his field but be a leader. It is stated
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you think Bill and Melinda Gate’s personality traits are for each of the Big Five dimensions? Compare the two. Big Five Dimensions * Surgency: leadership & extraversion traits * Agreeableness: traits related to getting along with people * Adjustment: traits related to emotional stability * Conscientiousness: traits related to achievement * Openness to experience: being willing to change and try new things Comparing (Xem cái bảng trong slide) * Bill Gates * Melinda
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Summary of David Foster Wallace’s Commencement Address In 2005 David Foster Wallace delivered the Kenyon College commencement address that was not the typical commencement address you would normally hear at a graduation. He starts off his speech by telling a story having the idea that even the most “important realities are often the ones that are hardest to see and talk about.” He talks about living in the adult world that these soon to be graduates will enter and how it can be very dull at times
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Bill Gates was unconventional in his youth but later made a great contribution to society. His contributions not only impacted society‚ but were also impacted his unconventionality. Bill gates was born in Seattle‚ WA on October 28‚ 1955. Gates went to Harvard College in 1973 and study computer. When he was younger his mother made him go to a private school name lakeside school‚ his mother name is Mary Maxwell Gates‚ his father name is William H. Gates Sr. Gates only had two sister and their names
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Bill Gates Computer Genius Imagine the world without electronics. Our world would not be the same world as we know it today. Thanks to Bill Gates we have all of these modern day luxuries. Bill Gates changed the world with his company Microsoft. He introduced the world to software that anyone could use. He was the richest man in the world‚ and used his wealth to make a change that would impact the world. Gates left a legacy as the computer genius that everyone wished to be. The early years of
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William Henry Gates the third was born on October 28th‚ 1955‚ Seattle Washington. His parents were William H. Gates‚ Sr. and Mary Maxwell Gates. Gates is an investor‚ computer programmer‚ and inventor. Gates dropped out of college and co-founded a company in 1976‚ called Microsoft with his good friend Paul Allen. This company later became the largest PC software company on earth. Gates had many positions during his career at Microsoft. He was CEO‚ chairman‚ and chief software architect. Microsoft
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