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Bill Gates. Founder of Microsoft. I define him as. An International B usiness magnate A technologist A philanthropist. Childhood. He was Born on October 28, 1955. To William H. Gates II & Mary Gates. Grew up in Seattle, WA. His real name is William H. Gates III. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
BILL GATES
Founder of Microsoft
I DEFINE HIM AS
An International Business magnate A technologist A philanthropist
CHILDHOOD
He was Born on October 28, 1955. To William H. Gates II & Mary Gates.
Grew up in Seattle, WA. His real name is William H. Gates III.
Father was a Seattle attorney (lawyer). Mother was a school teacher, University of Washington regent, & chairman of United Way
International.2 sisters- Kristi (older) and Libby (younger).
1973
Bill Gates graduated from Lakeside High School and enrolled in Harvard
University.
ACHEIVEMENTS IN SCHOOL LIFE1973
At 13 he enrolled in the Lakeside School, an exclusive preparatory school.
ACHEIVEMENTS IN SCHOOL LIFE1973
When he was in the eighth grade.
He wrote his first computer program.
An implementation of tic-tac-toe that allowed users to play games against the computer.
ACHEIVEMENTS IN SCHOOL LIFE1973
Gates took an interest in programming the GE system in BASIC.
He wrote his first computer program.
ACHEIVEMENTS IN SCHOOL LIFE1973
An implementation of tic-tac-toe that allowed users to play games against the computer.
He scored 1590 out of 1600 on the SAT
COLLEGE
He enrolled at Harvard College in the autumn of 1973.
Lived down the hall from Steve Ballmer his freshman year at Harvard.
Steve is now Microsoft’s chief executive officer (ceo).
COLLEGE
His sophomore year,Gates devised an algorithm for pancake sorting
As a solution to one of a series of unsolved problems presented in a combinatorics class by Harry Lewis, one of his professors.
Its successor is faster by only one percent.
COLLEGE Later his solution was later
was published in a paper with Harvard computer scientists Christos Papadimitriou
Gates did not have a definite study plan while a student at Harvard and spent a lot of time using the school's computers.
COLLEGE Gates did not have a definite study
plan while a student at Harvard and spent a lot of time using the school's computers.
He remained in contact with Paul Allen, joining him at Honeywell during the summer of 1974.
At age 17, Gates formed a venture with Allen, called Traf-O-Data, to make traffic counters based on the Intel 8008 processor
HISTORY OF MICROSOFT. The following year saw the release of the
MITS Altair 8800 based on the Intel 8080 CPU. Gates and long-time friend Allen saw this as the
opportunity to start their own computer software company.
January 1975 issue of Popular Electronics that demonstrated the Altair 8800,
Gates contacted Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS), the creators of the new microcomputer, to inform them that he and others were working on a BASIC interpreter for the platform.
HISTORY OF MICROSOFT. In reality, Gates and Allen did not have an Altair
and had not written code for it; they merely wanted to gauge MITS's interest.
MITS president Ed Roberts agreed to meet them for a demo, and over the course of a few weeks they developed an Altair emulator that ran on a minicomputer, and then the BASIC interpreter.
The demonstration, held at MITS's offices in Albuquerque, was a success and resulted in a deal with MITS to distribute the interpreter as Altair BASIC.
Paul Allen was hired into MITS,
1975Gates left Harvard
to work with Allen at MITS in Albuquerque in November 1975.
To devote his energies to Microsoft
HISTORY OF MICROSOFT.
They named their partnership "Micro-Soft" and had their first office located in Albuquerque.
Within a year, the hyphen was dropped.
On November 26, 1976, the trade name "Microsoft" was registered with the Office of the Secretary of the State of New Mexico.
HISTORY OF MICROSOFT. Gates had left Harvard to devote his life to
Microsoft.
Had a passion for computers and creating software.
He Believed that the computer would soon be a valuable tool in every home.
Created software for personal computers.
LATER
Chairman of Microsoft Corp.
Has brought the company to advancements and improved software technologies.
He has made it easier, more cost-effective and more enjoyable to use computers.
Microsoft is now the worldwide leader in software, services, and solutions that help people and businesses reach full potential.
JUNE 25TH , 1981MicroSoft® was incorporated withBill Gates as Chairman and CEO
1986Bill Gates becomes billionaire
at age 31, the youngest personever to do so.
1990Microsoft sales topped $1 billion
for the first time ever.
1992Bill Gates received National Medal of Technology from United states President Mr.George W. Bush.
JANUARY 1ST , 1994Bill gates married Melinda French
in Hawaii on New Years Day.
1994Bill becomes wealthiest individual in the
United States of America
JUNE 9TH , 1994Bill’s mother, Mary Gates, dies of breast cancer, during which the time Bill took a leave of absence
from MicroSoft®
1995Bill becomes the wealthiest private individual in the
world.
1995The Road Ahead book
of Gates was published
It held the No. 1 spot on the New York Times' bestseller list for seven weeks.
1995Bill gates was voted as an “most respectable CEO”
in Industry Week survey.
1999 Gates wrote Business @ the Speed of
Thought
This book has been published in 25 languages and is available in more than 60 countries.
1999
OTHER…* Currently employs over 78,000 people in
105 countries and regions.* Had revenues of $52.12 billion for the year
ending in June 2007.* Gates has been responsible for the
company’s strategies until 2006.* He has vigorously broadened the company’s
range of products.
ENDOWMENT OF $28.8 BILLION.
$3.6 billion to organizations working in global health
$2 billion to improve learning opportunities $477 million to community projects in the
Pacific Northwest $488 million to special projects and annual
giving campaigns.
Supports work in more than 100 countries.
OTHER… Gates and his wife, Melinda, created a foundation called the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation. It has over $28.8 billion to support charitable
initiatives in the areas of global health and education.
He has written two books, The Road Ahead (1995) and Business @ the Speed of Thought
(1999).
PHILANTHROPY IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO GATES
Set up in 2000 by Mr Gates and his wife
Melinda, the foundation has a $28.8 billion endowment and is dedicated to promoting greater equality in global health and learning.
2009Bill Gates is still the richest man in the
world with $ 40.0 billion
Bill gates was the world's richest billionaires as of February 13, 2009.
JUNE 27, 2008 Bill gates left Microsoft full-time work as chairman of
Microsoft
Bill gates left Microsoft full-time work as chairman of Microsoft
Bill Gates ($53 billion) is now the 2nd richest man in the world, behind Carlos Slim
Helu ($53.5 billion).
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