Bill Gates

American Achievements :-
business magnate About Bill Gates 1. National Medal of
Technology and
Investor, Innovation (1992)
Philanthropist, 2. Bower Award for
Entrepreneur, Software Business Leadership
developer (2010)
Founder of Cascade 3. Presidential Medal of
Investment, Branded Freedom (2016)
Entertainment
Network (BEN),
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 Where did Bill Gates grow up?
 William Henry Gates III, born in Seattle,
Washington on October 28, 1955.
 Parents : William H. Gates II (Seattle
lawyer) & Mary Gates.
 Played boardgames and was very
competitive.
 His parents kept him occupied with
outside activities like boy scouts and
reading science fiction books.
 At the age of thirteen his parents sent him
to the Lakeside Preparatory School. Here
he met his future business partner Paul
Allen.
 College
 In 1973, Gates
attended Harvard
University.
 Spent much of his time
on computers.
 In 1974, Gates and
Allen decided to write
a BASIC software
program to run on the
computer.
Starting Microsoft
 In 1975, Gates started a software company with
Paul Allen called Microsoft.
 In 1980, Gates made a deal with IBM that would
change computing.
 Microsoft reached a deal to provide the MS-DOS on
the new IBM PC for a fee of $430,000.
 Windows

 In 1986, Microsoft released

the Microsoft Windows
operating system.
 Microsoft Windows could
run on a variety of PC
compatible machines.
 It was soon installed on
nearly 90% of the world's
personal computers.
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Microsoft
grows
 Gates introduced new
products such as
Windows Office programs
like Word and Excel.
 Microsoft also introduced
new and improved
versions of Windows.
 Personal life

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Why was Bill Gates
successfull?
Hard work
Intelligence
Business
sense
Challenging
Risk-bearing
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