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What is leadership? Bill gates Introduction Company profile Characteristics of Bill gates Crises Achievements Income of Bill gates Social responsibility

ACHIEVEMENTS
1} Becoming the richest man in the world Bill Gates became the richest man on the planet at the age of 39. He stayed at number one on the Forbes list of the World's Richest People until 2007. According to Wikipedia, Bill Gates was worth more than $101 billion in 1999; while Wired reports that, when Microsoft stock hit a high in 1996, Gates was earning $30 million a day. He's now third on the Forbes list (behind his friend Warren Buffet and Mexican telecom mogul Carlos Slim Helu) with an estimated fortune of $58 billion.

2} Launching Windows 95 When you look back at the career of Bill Gates, it's easy to focus on Microsoft's biggest product Windows. You can now find versions of Windows on around 90 per cent of the world's computers. It powers business servers, mobile phones, PDAs, cash machines, retail displays, set-top boxes and old Sega Dream cast consoles. Windows is everywhere. Windows 95 was arguably the game-changer. The original Windows 1.0 OS was a effectively a graphical version of MS-DOS, born to compete against the GUI on Apple's 'Lisa'. In comparison, Windows 95 was designed to replace MS-DOS and enabled revolutionary features such as multi-tasking .

What is leadership?


leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. The only people who lead have some kind of leadership job, such as chairman, coach, or king. The job of a Leader
A leader works with two things: a job and a group Always tell when a leader succeeds, because: The job gets done. The group holds together.

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INTRODUCTION


Full name Born

Sir. Dr. William Henry Gates III October 28, 1955 (age 54)
Seattle, Washington, USA




Residence Nationality Alma mater Occupation

Medina, WA American Harvard University (dropped out in 1975) Chairman of Microsoft (non-executive) Co-Chair of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Director of Berkshire Hathaway CEO of Cascade Investment US$54 billion (2010)[1]

 

Net worth

Spouse Children Parents

Melinda Gates (m. 1994present) 3 William H. Gates, Sr. Mary Maxwell Gates

Bill Gates has created the worlds largest company, he is the worlds richest man and he has become the biggest charitable giver in history.

Microsoft Companys Profile

Statistic

Public Company

Incorporated Employees

1981 as Microsoft, inc. 56,104 $32.19 billion (2003)

Sales

Company

To enable people and business throughout the world to realize their full potential.

Perspectives

Microsoft Corporation is more than the largest software company in the world: it is a cultural phenomenon. The company's core business is based on developing, manufacturing, and licensing software products, including operating systems, server applications, business and consumer applications, and software development tools, as well as Internet software, technologies, and services.

Characteristics of Bill Gates



INTELLIGENT . From childhood Bill was ambitious, intelligent and competitive. These qualities helped him to attain

Social Responsibilities