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1. ENTREPRENEUR
PPT
Presented By
Wilson Sandova
CSE
(Final Year)

2. Bill Gates
Founder Of Microsoft

3. Entrepreneur Bill Gates
founded the world's
largest software business,
Microsoft, with Paul Allen,
and subsequently became
one of the richest men in
the world
INTRODUCTION

4. Early Life
• Born October 28, 1955 to William H. Gates II &
Mary Gates.
• Grew up in Seattle, WA.
• 2 sisters- Kristi (older) and Libby (younger).
• Father was a Seattle attorney
• Mother was a schoolteacher, University of
Washington regent, & chairman of United Way
International.
• His real name is William H. Gates III.

5. School Days
• Enrolled into Lakeside Prep at age 13.
• Wrote his first computer program in 8th grade.
• Graduated from Lakeside and registered at
Harvard College in the fall of 1973.
• SAT score: 1590 out of 1600.

6. College Life
• Lived down the hall from Steve
Ballmer his freshman year at
Harvard. Steve is now Microsoft’s
chief executive officer.
• His sophomore year, he
developed a solution to one of a
series of unsolved problems that
was later published in a paper
with Harvard scientists.
• Solution held record as the fastest
version in over thirty years.

7. Moving On
• Gates, and long-time friend Paul Allen,
began Microsoft in 1975.
• Left Harvard his junior year to devote his
life to Microsoft.
• Had a passion for computers and creating
software.
• Believed that the computer would soon be
a valuable tool in every home.
• Created software for personal computers.

8. Now
• Chairman of Microsoft Corp.
• Has brought the company to continually
advance and improve software technology.
• He has made it easier, more cost-effective and
more enjoyable to use computers.
• Microsoft is now the worldwide leader in
software, services, and solutions that help
people and businesses reach full potential.

9. About Microsoft
• Currently employs over 78,000 people in 105
countries and regions.
• Had revenues of $52.12 billion for the year ending in
June 2007.
• Gates has been responsible for the company’s
strategies until 2006.
• He has vigorously broadened the company’s range of
products.

10. About Foundation
• Gates and his wife, Melinda, created a foundation
called the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
• It has over $28.8 billion to support charitable
initiatives in the areas of global health and
education.
• He has written two books, The Road Ahead (1995)
and Business @ the Speed of Thought (1999).

11. Thank You