Leader I Admire:
Bill Gates
Nicholas Grannan
Biography
 Born on October 28th, 1955 in Seattle, Washington
 Began showing an interest in computer programming at the age of 13
 Bill Gates met Paul Allen at Lakeside School in Seattle
 Gates went to Harvard University and left after only a couple years
 Bill and Paul founded Microsoft on April 4, 1975
 Bill Gates appointed himself as head of Microsoft in 1979, which grossed
approximately $2.5 million when Bill Gates was 23
His Inventions
 Windows: computer software
 Traf-O-Data: a traffic measuring system
 Altair BASIC: computer language for easier machine use
 Xbox & Xbox 360 Kinect: a gaming console, and entertainment system
 Windows Surface: a touch screen laptop and tablet
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
 Founded in 2000, by Bill Gates and his wife Melinda
 Headquarter is located in Seattle, Washington
 They give financial services to the poor
 Help agricultural development
 Help with water, sanitation and hygiene
 Global Health Division to help fight diseases and send out medicine to people
in need around the world
Where does all his money go?
 Bill Gates is worth around $80.7 billion and counting
 Bill Gates has given over $28 billion through his charity the Bill and Melinda
Foundation
 Bill has also given around $8 billion to improve global health
 Bill Gates invests his money in Cascade Investments which half of Gate’s
fortune is held in assets
Why I admire him
 He turned his ideas into reality
 He was able to create his own path
 Made a product that revolutionized the world and changed the way we do
things
 He helps others through charity all around the world

Bill gates - Nicholas Grannan

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    Leader I Admire: BillGates Nicholas Grannan
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    Biography  Born onOctober 28th, 1955 in Seattle, Washington  Began showing an interest in computer programming at the age of 13  Bill Gates met Paul Allen at Lakeside School in Seattle  Gates went to Harvard University and left after only a couple years  Bill and Paul founded Microsoft on April 4, 1975  Bill Gates appointed himself as head of Microsoft in 1979, which grossed approximately $2.5 million when Bill Gates was 23
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    His Inventions  Windows:computer software  Traf-O-Data: a traffic measuring system  Altair BASIC: computer language for easier machine use  Xbox & Xbox 360 Kinect: a gaming console, and entertainment system  Windows Surface: a touch screen laptop and tablet
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    Bill and MelindaGates Foundation  Founded in 2000, by Bill Gates and his wife Melinda  Headquarter is located in Seattle, Washington  They give financial services to the poor  Help agricultural development  Help with water, sanitation and hygiene  Global Health Division to help fight diseases and send out medicine to people in need around the world
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    Where does allhis money go?  Bill Gates is worth around $80.7 billion and counting  Bill Gates has given over $28 billion through his charity the Bill and Melinda Foundation  Bill has also given around $8 billion to improve global health  Bill Gates invests his money in Cascade Investments which half of Gate’s fortune is held in assets
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    Why I admirehim  He turned his ideas into reality  He was able to create his own path  Made a product that revolutionized the world and changed the way we do things  He helps others through charity all around the world