Bill Gates was born in 1955 in Seattle, Washington. He showed an early aptitude for computers, writing his first program in 8th grade. He enrolled at Harvard in 1973 and scored 1590/1600 on the SAT. In 1975, Gates contacted MITS about developing a BASIC interpreter for their platform. They formed a partnership called "Micro-Soft" which became the dominant provider of operating software. In 1985, Microsoft released the first version of Windows, capturing the majority of the operating system market share. Gates is also a renowned philanthropist, founding the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2000, which aims to enhance global healthcare and reduce poverty.

2. Child Hood
• His name is Henry "Bill" Gates .
• He was born on October 28, 1955
in Seattle Washington .
• He is the son of William H. Gates .

3. School Days
 Enrolled into Lakeside School
 Wrote his first computer program in 8th grade .
 Enrolled at Harvard College in the autumn of 1973.
 He scored 1590 out of 1600 on the SAT

4. Evolution of
After reading the January 1975 issue of Popular Electronics that demonstrated
the Micro computer , 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. 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. resulted in a deal with MITS to distribute the
interpreter as Altair BASIC. They named their partnership "Micro-Soft“ and on
November 26, 1976, the trade name "Microsoft" was registered with the Office
of the Secretary of the State of New Mexico.

5. IBM Partnership
 In early 1980’s Microsoft sold operating system to
many companies and not IBM .
 IBM approached Microsoft in 1980 .
 Microsoft worked hard and became the dominant
provider of operating software

6. Next what ???
 Microsoft released 1st version of
on November 1985
 Windows replaced text interfaces with graphical
interfaces .
 Capture the majority of operating system market
share .

8. Leadership Qualities
Hard
Work
Vision
Risk
bearer
Agility
and
Ability
Delegation
Task-
oriented

9. Philanthropist
 is the largest private foundation in the world,
founded by Bill and Melinda Gates.
 It was launched in 2000 and is said to be the largest
transparently operated private foundation in the
world.

10.  The primary aims of the foundation are, globally, to
enhance healthcare and reduce extreme poverty, and
in America, to expand educational opportunities and
access to information technology.
 It had an endowment of US$ 42.3 billion as of 24
November 2014

11. “ If you are born poor its not your
mistake , but if u die poor its
your mistake .”
- Bill Gates