[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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The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation was established in 2000 by its namesake‚ Bill Gates‚ and his wife Melinda. The couple created the foundation “to help reduce inequities in the United States and around the world.”1 It is headquartered in Seattle‚ Washing and is co-chaired by Bill‚ Melinda and William Gates Sr. Since its founding the foundation has accrued an incredible $31.9 billion and has a net worth of almost $50 billion. With such spending power‚ the foundation has been able to make great
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Entrepreneurship: Bill Gates. Blerina Tare PAD 551 E Richard H. Beinecke March 9‚ 2010 William “Bill” Henry Gates III was born on October 28 1955 in Seattle‚ Washington. He is the richest man on Earth for 2009 according to Forbes magazine he has also been number one in “Forbes 400” list. He was a cofounder of Microsoft which is the most powerful software company in the world. Times magazine named Gates one of the 100 most influential people of the twentieth century. However Bill wants to share
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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: Man of Magnitude A man of magnitude is someone who has made an impact on society and has done something or created something for the greater good of the country or world. I think what best describes a great man‚ or woman is a quote from Bob Marley‚ ““The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires‚ but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.” This quote is close me because of the work my grandfather did with his business and providing work
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scale. Bill Gates‚ an American entrepreneur‚ found success from being the co-founder of Microsoft and designing and developing software for the Personal Computer (How to be a Billionaire). William Henry Gates III was born on October 28‚ 1955‚ in Seattle‚ Washington. He was the second child and only son of William Henry Gates Jr. and Mary Maxwell Gates. His father‚ being a Seattle attorney and his mother being a schoolteacher helped him achieve his brilliant state. In middle school‚ Gates developed
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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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Out of many successful business entrepreneurs I found Bill Gates‚ the richest men in America quite fascinating and the endeavors he has taken to effect the social change is simply marvellous. I was very curious to know about the life history of Bill Gates. This was also one of the main reason to choose this text. Simply from his childhood he was attracted towards computer and later he became the world’s largest software business Microsoft owner and in the process he came to be one of the richest
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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is a foundation that supports other organizations who share its guiding belief that every life has equal value. Located in Seattle‚ Washington‚ the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have an asset trust endowment of 36.2 billion dollars as of September 30‚ 2012. It supports grantees in all 50 states and 100 countries internationally in areas of global development‚ global health‚ United States program‚ and a smaller charitable support initiative sector. Bill Gates‚ Melinda
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