CHARACTERISTICS

1. INTELLIGENCE
Application of knowledge
Nature of gates
first game
strange hold

2. VISIONARY
vision
belief
mission
future

3. PASSION
At age of 13
He believed in himself.
4. INNOVATION
Contd.
Under Gates' leadership
In 1977 , 1978 & 1979.
Evolved
5. RISK BEARER
risk as a boy
incorporated own firm
billion invested

6. CONTINOUS LEARNER
innovation
mantra
real genius

7. ACCEPTING THE CRITICISMS

heed the lessons of failure
critics
focusing
 In 1995, Gates wrote the book
The Road Ahead.
 In 1999, Gates wrote Business @
the Speed of Thought, a book that
 
shows how computer technology
   
can solve business problems in
fundamentally new ways.
 Gates has donated the proceeds
of both books to non-profit
organizations that support the
use of technology in education
and skills development.
Other Businesses that Bill Gates Has Invested
in.
• Gates also founded Corbis, which is
developing one of the world's largest
resources of visual information.
• In addition, Gates has invested with
Craig McCaw in Teledesic, which is
working on a plan to provide a
worldwide two-way broadband
telecommunications service.
What the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
has Contributed

• $2.5 billion to organizations

working in global health
• More than $1.4 billion to
improve learning
opportunities,such as Internet
Access and training for public
libraries in low-income
communities in the United
States and Canada
• More than $260 million to
community projects in the
Pacific Northwest
• More than $381 million to
special projects and annual
giving campaigns.
 Gates Hobbies and Home

• Gates likes to read

• He enjoys playing golf
and bridge.
• He lives on the shores
of Lake Washington
• His house cost $97
million and is 66,000
square feet