Bill Gates is known as the richest person and chairman of Microsoft. He was born in 1955 in the US and dropped out of Harvard to focus on building his software empire. He co-founded Microsoft in 1975 and helped make it a partner with IBM. Gates had the vision and risk-taking ability to treat software as a business. Though Microsoft faced antitrust issues, Gates established a philanthropic foundation with his wife. The document outlines Gates' leadership qualities including being a fast learner, risk-taker, visionary, and adapting to changes like the internet. It also discusses his skills in strategic planning, communication, teamwork and motivation.

1. In simple words, the action of
leading a group of people or an
organization is known as
leadership
LEADERSHIP

2. BILL GATES
LEADERSHIP

4. What comes to your mind?
 The Richest Person
 Chairman of Microsoft

5. EARLY LIFE
 Born on October 28,1955
in Washington, America
 EDUCATION- In1967,Bill
Gates had a normal
schooling at the Lakeside
private school.
 In 1973,he entered
Harvard University but
dropped out in 1975 for the
sake of building up the
Software empire.

6. LEADERS
HIP
QUALITIES
LEADERSHIP QUALITIES OF BILL GATES

7. AGILITY & ABILITY(FAST
LEARNER)
Developed the
first software at
the age of 13.

8. FOUNDING &
PARTNERSHIP
 Founded
MICROSOFT on
April 4,1975
 MICROSOFT
became a business
partner with
IBM(International
Business Machine)
FOUNDED MICROSOFT IBM PARTNERSHIP

9. RISK BEARER
 Gates signed an agreement to write software
in BASIC and other languages for IBM PC

10. VISION-MAKER
 He had a VISION-Gates learned to treat
software as a business

11. MASTER MIND
 Before IBM PC was launched , Microsoft
acquired the 86-OS from Seattle computers

12. LONG-TERM
APPROACH
 Gates was quick to understand the new
market conditions and the impact of the
Internet on Microsoft

13. GREAT
CONVINCER
 Gates explained his perspective at the Internet
World Conference. He convinced , ‘The
Internet phenomenon is unbelievable . it’s the
most fascinating thing to happen in the world’

14. INTELLIGENT &
AGGRESSIVE
 Microsoft joined the Explorer browser with its
Windows operating system . This was an
aggressive move by Gates to counter the
business benefit of becoming a market leader

15. INNOVATOR
 Microsoft adapted to the existing products and
developed new products mainly on the internet
. It brings into effective action in productivity
software as well as authoring tools

16. ACCEPTED
CRITICISM
 Microsoft was found guilty of anti-competitive
practices and ‘predatory monopoly’ in 2000

17. PHILANTHROPIST
 Bill Gates and Melinda Gates have opened a
foundation to promote the welfare of needy
people

18. BILL GATES’TRAITS &
POWERS
 INTELLIGENT
 SKILLFULL AND COMPETENT
 DETERMINANT
 HIGH IN INTEGRITY
POWERS
 LEGITIMATE
 REWARD
 COERCIVE
 EXPERT
 REFERENT

19. WHAT MAKES BILL GATES A
GREAT LEADER?
 Bill Gates leadership style is a
mixture of:-
 1)AUTOCRATIC
 2)TASK-ORIENTED
 3)DELEGATED
 4)TRANSACTIONAL /
TRANSFORMATIONAL

20. SKILLS
Strategic Planning Skill
Communication Skill
Teamwork Skill
Motivation Skill

21.  WORK TOWARDS YOUR PASSION
 HAVE A GREAT VISION
 HAVE A STRONG TEAM
 TAKE A LONG TERM APPROACH-
 FAILURES ARE LEARNING
LESSONS-
 HELP OTHERS
GATE’S SECRET TO
SUCCESS

22. CONCLUSION

23. THANK
YOU
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