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Bill Gates
Founder of Microsoft
True name: William Henry Gates III
Born on Oct 28, 1955 in Seattle, Washington
Son of William H. Gates II and Mary Gates
Has two sisters: Kirsti and Libby
Family
Did his schooling in Lakeside School
Fascinated by computer from early age
At 13, wrote his first computer program of Tic Tac Toe
School
In 1973, entered Harvard University
In junior year, dropped out of college
Saw a lot of potential in computers
College Life
With childhood friend Paul Allen, started developing BASIC program for Altair 8800
Sold a computer to Seattle city that could count city traffic
First Job
Founded Microsoft on April 4, 1975 with Paul Allen
Guided by the belief that computer would be a valuable tool in future
In 1980, developed MS-DOS for IBM
Microsoft
During 82-85, developed Windows 1.0 First GUI based OS from Microsoft Followed by Windows 2.0 and 3.0
Windows
Game changing Windows 95 Even better Windows 98 Windows XP: The most successful OS Vista Windows 7 & 8
Rise Of Windows
One of the most recognized brands Leading Tech Company in the world The most popular OS Over 70% of computers run on Windows Microsoft revenue: $74.30 Billion
Today
Made computers personal The man who changed computing One of most powerful people One of most influenced people of 20th
century Richest man on earth. For last 19 years.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19652594
The Great Man
Genius Visionary Atheist Entrepreneur Generous Philanthropist
Virtues
A visionary business person Earns about $250 every second Taken over many companies: hotmail,
skype, ubisoft and many more
A Businessman
Many charity foundations William H. Gates Foundation with an initial
stock gift of $94 Million Donated $86 M in 2006 for Polio eradication $287M to various HIV/AIDS research Collaboration with UN, World Bank, UNICEF
to provide cheap medicines
Giving Back
Life’s not fair, get used to it. If you are born poor, it’s not your fault. But
if you die poor, it is.
Quotes
The geek who changed the world.
THANKING YOU