William Henry

Gates III
Co-Founder, Microsoft
Corporation

Background
Introduction Bill Gates was born in Seattle,
Washington on October 28, 1955.
He is the son of William H. Gates
William Henry Gates III or most
Sr. and Mary Maxwell Gates. He
commonly known as Bill Gates, is
and Allen started Microsoft in
an American business magnate,
Albuquerque, New Mexico and
software developer, investor,
later became the largest
author, and philanthropist. He is
corporation in the world. His
a co-founder of Microsoft, along
competitors portrayed him as
with his late childhood friend Paul
driven,duplicitous, and determined
Allen. He and his ex-wife also
to profit from virtually every
started a foundation called Bill
electronic transaction in the world.
and Melinda Gates Foundation
His supporters, on the other hand,
with the purpose of providing
celebrated his uncanny business
funds for global health and
acumen, his flexibility, and his
development programs
boundless appetite for finding
new ways to make computers and

Talents
electronics more useful through
software.

Bill Gates has actually never

finished his studies and risked it
all by making Microsoft. However,
it didn't stop him to dream big
and achieve what most people
can't do in their lifetimes. With his
outstanding decision-making skills
and the programming skills to
complement it, he brought success
to Microsoft together with his
friend. Bill Gates and Paul Allen
 Achievements
1. Established Microsoft.
2. Co-developed the programming
language BASIC for Altair.
3. Made the PC DOS operatong
system with IBM.
4. Named as the world's youngest
self-made billionaire at 31 in 1987.
5. Introduced Windows 95, which
changed the expectations for
personal computers.
6. Became the richest man in the
world at the age of 39 in 1995. As
well as in the years 1996, 1998-2007,
2009, and 2014-2017.
7. Co-founded Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation.
8. Won the Presidential Medal of
Freedom in 2016.
9. Received the National Medal of
Technology and Innovation.
Microsoft
Leadership Style
In his early years of business with
Microsoft, Bill Gates adopted the
autocratic leadership style in which
he would ensure that noone would
dictate his decisions in running the
company. He decided that it would
be better if he lead the employees
of his company in an autocratic
style of leadership because he
wants to be sure that the company
grew to what he envisioned it to be.
Conclusion
We can never deny how influential
Bill Gates is in the current business
world. The pile of things he built-up
over the years are recorded as his
greatest legacies in his life after
his contributions in various fields.
And as a leader, he just did and
implemented what he thinks will
benefit the most of his company.
Because it always depends on the
people you work with, maybe he
just wants to guide them himself in
order to reach his goal.