Bill Gates

Richest Man Alive

Founder of Microsoft

Philanthropist

October 28, 1955 Till present

By 1) Mahendra Thakre 2) Chadasaniya Girish

Programming Start
First program !as one that allo!ed the user to play tic tac toe against the computer

Bill used the language B"S#C $Beginner%s "ll& Purpose Sym'olic #nstruction Code) in this programing endea(our

The M#TS "ltair& Bill in(ented a (ariation of B"S#C for this machine

Bill made a program for his high school that did class schedules) *e also ensured that he !as in female dominated classes.

*ar(ard
Bill scored a 1+,- out of 2--- on his S"T e.ams in 1,/0) *e entered *ar(ard in the fall of 1,/01 !here he continued to !ork on the school computers) #n his time at *ar(ard he de(eloped an algorithm to sol(e the pancake sorting pro'lem) Bill left *ar(ard after his first year to start Micro&Soft !ith his friend1 Paul "llen)

Microsoft
Founded "pril 2 1,/+ 'y Bill Gates and Paul "llen)

They de(eloped a language for the "ltair 33--1 called "ltair B"S#C)

This code !as distri'uted !ith the "ltair 33-- system1 making it Microsoft%s first distri'uted code)

The maga4ine that caught the attention of Mr) Gates and Mr) "llen) 5ed to the !riting of there "ltair B"S#C code)

Gro!th of Microsoft

Microsoft 'ecame independent of M#TS in 1,/6) The company mo(ed from "l'u7uer7ue to 8ashington state in 1,/, #n a 9oint (enture !ith #BM Microsoft 'ought an operating system called PC&:;S) Microsoft created there o!n ;S called MS& :;S after the PC&:;S system !as cloned 'y other programmers

The #BM&PC that had Microsoft%s PC&:;S installed as an ;S

Percentage of Microsoft owne b! "ill #ates

Bills position !ithin Microsoft

From the 1,31 restructuring to 2--31 Bill acti(ely managed Microsoft and acted as the C<;) *e !rote code as late as 1,3,1 ho!e(er has not !orked on a de(elopment team since 1,30) #n 2--61 he announced his transition a!ay form Microsoft to focus on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation) *e has sat as the chairman of the 'oard of directors from 1,31 till present

Bill gates Total shares

=The richest man>

Bill !as num'er 1 on the For'es? =5ist of the 8orlds @ichest People> from 1,,+&2--1 and again in 2--,)

#n 1,,, Bill Gates Aet !ealth surpassed 1-- 'illion dollars thus 'ecoming the !orlds first and only $to date) =centiBillionaire>
Part of Bill?s housing comple. !orth appro.imately 2+- million)

*is !ealth has 'een on the decline since 2--- due to his (arious donations to charity)

Currently1 Bill is the second richest person in the !orld 'ehind Carlos Sims)

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Formed in 1,,2 as the 8illiam *) Gates Foundation1 it 'ecame the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in 1,,,)

Current endo!ment is appro.imately 00)+ Billion dollars)

8arren Buffet $top three richest people perennially) is one of the key contri'utors1 donating shares of his holding company1 Berkshire *atha!ay)

Personal Philanthropy

Bill and Melinda ha(e donated o(er 23 'illion dollars to charity as of 2--/)

@anked on the list of top philanthropists in the B)S)") as of 2--,)

2--+ person of the year

:ue to their philanthropic !ork1 Bill and Melinda Gates !ere named =Persons of the Cear> along !ith the lead singer of B21 Bono)

#n(estments
Bill has in(ested in company%s other then MicrosoftD Cascade #n(estment group is controlled 'y Bill and has in(estments in company%s such as CA @ail and Coca Cola)

'gC01 !hich is a think&tank organi4ation aimed at de(eloping soft!are to end po(erty)

Cor'is is a company that distri'utes rights to still images) #t is pri(ately o!ned 'y Mr) Gates)

TerraPo!er is a company designing nuclear reactors that do not re7uire refuelling for 1-- years)

"!ards
1,,2& C<; of the year in Chief Executive Officers magazine 2005- Enight Commander of the ;rder of the British <mpire proclaimed 'y 7ueen <lisa'eth ## 2--6& ;rder of the "4tec <agle $Me.ico?s highest declaration for a forger) 2-1-& Bo!er "!ard for Business 5eadership from the Franklin #nstitute 2-1-& Sil(er Buffalo "!ard $Boy Scouts of "merica%s highest a!ard)

*onorary :egrees
:espite ne(er graduating from *ar(ard1 Bill has recei(ed the follo!ing honorary doctorial degreesD

$!enro e "%siness &niversit! 2''' Ro!al (nstit%te of Technolog! )*we en+ 2''2 ,ase a &niversit! 2''5 Tsingh%a &niversit! 2'' .arvar 2'' /arolins0a (nstit%tet 2'' &niversit! of 1a2bri ge 2''9