Bill Gates is the current Chairman and former CEO of Microsoft‚ a software company. He is an entrepreneur and very important to the world of business. He has influenced business by his entrepreneurship with Microsoft‚ his passion‚ and his philanthropic work. His single most major achievement was being at the top of the business world as the richest man‚ from 1995 to 2009 because of his entrepreneur skills. Bill Gates from a young age had always been into computers since a young age. He attended
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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 is one of the most intelligent and one of the wealthiest people in the world. 80% of the world’s computers use his operating system and software. He was born on October 28‚ 1955 to William and Mary Maxwell Gates in Seattle‚ Washington. I chose this person because he has contributed much to the advancement of computers and to humanitarian efforts. He has given billions of dollars to the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation. At the age of 13 while attending Lakeside Preparatory School in Seattle
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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 one of his teachers would describe him as their smartest student they’ve ever had. Stories have even said that Gates would end up teaching the class instead of the
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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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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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school whenever they feel like they’re ready for the real world. These simple steps will help any high school student‚ become the valedictorian of their class‚ earn scholarships worth millions of dollars and be on their way to becoming the next Bill Gates. An amazing strategy used by successful students all around the world is cheating. Only the outstanding students take part in academic dishonesty‚ whether it is to finish an assignment or trying to pass a test. The best reliable sources every successful
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This should be posted in every school or 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
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William Jefferson Clinton also known as “Bill” our 42nd president was a very good president for the most part. He was not a good president just because there was a surplus in the economy at the end of his eight year term but he kept the peace during his term. Though I was not around for much of his term I think he did a pretty good job at what he did. Clinton got many people interested in voting for him when he started talking about a family man in office. The people wanted a better economy so that
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