Bill Gates is an American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He co-founded Microsoft Corporation in 1975 and served as the company's chairman and CEO until 2000. Some key details:
- Gates was born in 1955 in Seattle, Washington and showed an early aptitude for computers, hacking into his school's computer system at age 13. He went on to co-found Microsoft with Paul Allen.
- Microsoft became the world's largest software company, making Gates the richest person in the world for several years. He has since given over $50 billion to his charity, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
- In addition to his business success with Microsoft, Gates has received numerous honors including the
5. William Henry Gates III
Born on October 28, 1955, in Seattle, Washington.
Upper-middle class family
His father was a lawyer (William H. Gates II) and mother was a teacher (Mary Gates).
Has two sisters: Kirsti & Libby
He hacked the one and only computer of their school when he was 13.
He scored 1590 out of 1600 on the College final exam. And he joined to the Harvard University.
6. This is the first game that Bill developed at age 13.
8. Married with Melinda on January 1, 1994.
Got 2 daughters and 1 son
July in 1995, at age 39 and with a fortune of
$12.9 billion, Gates became the world’s richest
person.
Founded Williams H. Gates Foundation in 1994.
He donated half of his fortune.
Still Bill Gates is one of the richest person in the
world.
Bill Gates & Melinda
10. Achievements
He is the founder of the world’s most
popular and highest profitable company
the Microsoft Corporation.
He purchased the Nokia’s smart phone
sector and renamed it Microsoft.
He is the founder of the World’s largest
private foundation the Bill & Melinda
Gates foundation.
Bill & Melinda gates foundation building
11. Success
National Medal of Technology and
Innovation in 1992.
In 2005, Bill Gates received an
honorary Knighthood from the
U.K.’s Queen Elizabeth II.
Lasker-Bloomberg Service Award in
2013.
Silver Buffalo award in 2010.
12. Unique Qualities of Bill Gates
Philanthropist
Good Reader
Integrity
Courage
Accept Failures and move on.
15. Microsoft
MITS = Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems
(The creator of the new microcomputer)
Paul Allen was hired into MITS.
Bill also joined with Paul Allen at MITS in November 1975.
Micro-Soft(first) , Then “Microsoft”
Gates never return to Harvard to complete his studies