We've really achieved the ideal of what I wanted Microsoft to become.

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Bill Gates

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William Henry Gates III

Christened : Gates III Born on 1955 Father Place Mother : : : :

William Henry October 28th, William H. Gates II Seattle Mary Gates

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Bill Gates - Early Life

Gates was born in Seattle, Washington, to William H. Gates, Sr. and Mary Maxwell Gates, of English, German, and Scotch-Irish descent. His family was upper middle class. His father was a prominent lawyer, his mother served on the board of directors for First Interstate BancSystem and the United Way, and 4/29/12 father, J. W. Maxwell, was a her

At 13 he enrolled in the Lakeside School, an exclusive preparatory school. Gates took an interest in programming the GE system in BASIC and was excused from math classes to pursue his interest. He wrote his first computer program on this machine: an implementation of tic-tac-toe that allowed users to play games against the computer.
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He scored 1590 out of 1600 on the SAT and enrolled at Harvard College in the autumn of 1973. In his sophomore year, Gates devised an algorithm for pancake sorting as a solution to one of a series of unsolved problems presented in a combinatorics class by Harry Lewis, one of his professors. Gates' solution held the record as the fastest version for over thirty years, its successor is faster by only 4/29/12

His Love For Software

He had an early interest in software and began programming computers at the age of thirteen. In 1973, Bill Gates became a student at Harvard University, where he meet Steve Ballmer (now Microsoft's chief executive officer). While still a Harvard undergraduate, Bill Gates wrote a version of the 4/29/12 programming language BASIC for the

Did you know

That as young teenagers Bill Gates and Paul Allen ran a small company called Traf-O-Data and sold a computer to the city of Seattle that could count city traffic?

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Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don't think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other. Bill Gates
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Dropping Out Of School

"I loved college. It was so exciting to have conversations with lots of really smart people my age and to learn from great professors. But in December of 1974, when my friend Paul Allen showed me the issue of Popular Electronics that had the Altair 8800 on the cover, we knew it was the beginning of a major change.
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Criticism

With his great success in the computer software industry also came many criticisms. With his ambitious and aggressive business philosophy, Gates or his Microsoft lawyers have been in and out of courtrooms fighting legal battles almost since Microsoft began.
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Bill Gates Net Worth

With an estimated wealth of $53 billion in 2006, Bill Gates is the richest man in the world and he should be starting to get used to the number spot as he has been there from the mid-ninties up until now.

The famous investor Warren Buffett is gaining on Gates though with an estimated $46 billion in 2006. 4/29/12

The writter..

In 1999, Gates wrote "Business @ the Speed of Thought", a book that shows how computer technology can solve business problems in fundamentally new ways. The book was published in 25 languages and is available in more than 60 countries. "Business @ the Speed of Thought" 4/29/12 received wide critical acclaim, has

Awards

Bill Gates received a lot of awards. He received the Indira Gandhi award the Einstein award the Franklin Institute award Innovator of the Year Award( )
Digital Patriots 2006 CEA's 2nd Annual

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The Entrepreneur

Gates' foresight and vision regarding personal computing have been central to the success of Microsoft and the software industry Gates is actively involved in key management and strategic decisions at Microsoft, and plays an important role in the technical development of new products. Much of his time is devoted to meeting with customers and staying 4/29/12

The social worker

In the dozen years since Microsoft went public, Gates has donated more than $800 million to charities. $200 million to the Gates library Foundation to help libaries in North America take advantage of new technologies and the Information Age. In 1994 Gates established the 4/29/12 William H. Gates Foundation, which

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (B&MGF or the Gates Foundation) is the largest transparently operated private foundation in the world. Founded by Bill and Melinda Gates. The foundation is "driven by the interests and passions of the Gates family". The primary aims of the foundation 4/29/12 globally, to enhance healthcare are,

Global Health Program

The Global Alliance for Vaccines Immunization Children's Vaccine Program University of Washington Department of Global Health HIV Research Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation Visceral Leishmaniasis Research
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Global Development Program

Financial Services for the Poor Financial Access Initiative Grameen Foundation Agricultural Development Rice Research Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
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THANK YOU.

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