Bill Gates

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The richest man

The Chairman of Microsoft

Charity person

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October 28 th , 1955

William Henry Gates III

born to William & Maxwell Gates

in Seattle, Washington

A businessman

A technologist

A philanthropist

1973

Bill Gates graduated from

Lakeside High School and enrolled in Harvard University,

where he majored in pre-law.

April 14 th , 1974

Bill Gates, along with school friend

Paul Allen, form MicroSoft ®

1975

Gates left Harvard

to devote his energies to Microsoft

Under Gates’

leadership,

Microsoft’s misson

has been

advanced

and improved

software techinology

June 25 th , 1981

MicroSoft ® was incorporated with

Bill Gates as Chairman and CEO

1986

Bill Gates becomes billionaire

at age 31, the youngest person

ever to do so.

1990

Microsoft sales topped $1 billion

for the first time ever.

1992

Bill receives National Medal of Technology from President George W. Bush

January 1 st , 1994

Bill marries Melinda French

in Hawaii on New Years Day.

1994

Bill becomes wealthiest individual in the

United States of America

June 9 th , 1994

Bill’s mother, Mary Gates, dies of breast cancer, during which the time Bill took a leave of absence from MicroSoft ®

1995

The Road Ahead book of Gates was published

It held the No. 1 spot on the New York Times' bestseller list for seven weeks.

Bill becomes the wealthiest private individual in the world.

1995

Bill is voted “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.

2007

He got

honorary

degree

in

Harvard

University

June 27, 2008

Bill gates left Microsoft full-time work as chairman of Microsoft

2009

Bill Gates is still the richest man in the world with $ 40.0 billion

List is the ranking of the world's richest billionaires as of February 13, 2009

A businessman

A technologist

A philanthropist

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.

Endowment of $28.8 billion.

$3.6 billion to organizations working in global health

$2 billion to impr o ve 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 .

Quotable Quotes

Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one.

I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the fact that I had a chance to read a lot.

If you can't make it good, at least make it look good.

Intellectual property has the shelf

life of a banana.

Life is not fair; get used to it.

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.

The Internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow.

Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

Life is not divided into terms. You don’t get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that on your own time.