William Henry "Bill" Gates III (born October 28‚ 1955)[4] 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[5] and was the wealthiest overall from 1995 to 2009‚ excluding 2008‚ when he was ranked third.[6] During his career at Microsoft‚ Gates held the positions of CEO and chief software architect‚ and remains
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officer of the Microsoft Corporation‚ and a multibillionaire: Bill Gates. CAREER Gates‚ William Henry‚ III (1955- ) was born in Seattle‚ Washington. Gates grew up in a very competitive family. His father‚ William H. Gates II‚ was an attorney. His mother‚ Mary‚ was a University of Washington regent and director of First Interstate Bank. His parents placed him in Lakeside‚ an academic
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Bill Gates Speech at Harvard President Bok‚ former President Rudenstine‚ incoming President Faust‚ members of the Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers‚ members of the faculty‚ parents‚ and especially‚ the graduates: I’ve been waiting more than 30 years to say this: "Dad‚ I always told you I’d come back and get my degree." I want to thank Harvard for this honour. I’ll be changing my job next year ... and it will be nice to finally have a college degree on my resume. I applaud the graduates
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embargo. But Venter‚ by speaking to a reporter at a biotechnology conference in France on Feb. 9‚ had effectively broken the embargo. Not for the first time in the increasingly bitter rivalry over the genome project‚ Venter’s version of the story would hit the headlines before his rivals’. "We simply do not have enough genes for this idea of biological determinism to be right‚" Venter told the Observer. "The wonderful diversity of the human species is not hard-wired in our genetic code. Our environments
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kid’s bedroom. Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about eleven (11) things they did not and will not learn in school. Rule 1 : Life is not fair - get used to it! Rule 2 : The world doesn’t care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself. Rule 3 : You will NOT make $60‚000 a year right out of high school. You won’t be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both. Rule 4 : If you think your teacher
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Falling behind in school is what successful students do. They try their best‚ but fail every single time. Obviously‚ it takes a huge amount of effort as well as‚ dedication to do so. It is also a great way to spice up one’s grade point average‚ which will be around a 2.0. Therefore‚ the students would only need to worry about the few fourteen credits they’ll need to complete in order to graduate from high school; if they need more time they are welcome to become a super senior and still graduate
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What Makes You Happy? One of the most popular psychological studies is the study of happiness. Thousands of renowned intellectuals have been thoroughly studying this subject for decades. Also known as Hedonists‚ these people that study the pursuit of happiness have thought of some very valid points. Happiness ranges from comparing the potential happiness between two completely different organisms and specifically finding the solution to happiness for one certain person. The topic that will
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only if they let it. It is hard to overcome a painful childhood. It is hard to rise above the sorrow. It is extremely difficult to become successful after such a childhood‚ but it is possible if one has enough emotional strength and determination to make their life better (Kendall-Tackett). So‚ how does it feel to be unable to depend on anyone? Jeannette Walls knows. She grew up being relocated from town to town‚ with no sense of security or belonging. Her father was an alcoholic‚ and her mother
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Marie Widmeier 9/23/3013 Professor Paige Constantino Life Is What You Make It The sound of music often serves as the backdrop of almost everything in life‚ where certain songs resonate bittersweet memories. As I express my feelings through music‚ it is evident that some songs hold much more meaning. We can all believe in a song to express our feelings‚ and that’s how I experienced and processed many of life’s changes. Some were sad and others were happy; in the end‚ I found that all I have
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What Makes You Beautiful In the article “Marketing New Inventions” by Robert Rodriguez he states the various amounts of competition when it comes to different‚ or even the same‚ kind of products. Even when that product takes a rise‚ someone will always be watching you to make sure that whatever product they decide to invent‚ that it over powers yours or any other invention in their range. The article also states that in order to survive the marketing world an entrepreneur must be market savvy‚ develop
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