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Bill

Gates

We've really achieved

the ideal of what Iwanted Microsoft tobecome.

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William Henry Gates III

Christened : William HenryGates III

Born on : October 28th,1955

Father : William H. Gates II

Place : Seattle

Mother : 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 ofdirectors for First InterstateBancSystem and the United Way, and

her father, J. W. Maxwell, was a


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At 13 he enrolled in the Lakeside

School, an exclusive preparatoryschool.

Gates took an interest in

programming the GE system inBASIC and was excused from mathclasses to pursue his interest.

He wrote his first computer programon this machine: an implementationof tic-tac-toe that allowed users toplay games against the computer.


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He scored 1590 out of 1600 on theSAT and enrolled at Harvard Collegein the autumn of 1973.

In his sophomore year, Gates devisedan algorithm for pancake sorting as asolution to one of a series ofunsolved problems presented in acombinatorics 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


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His Love For Software

He had an early interest in softwareand began programming computersat the age of thirteen.

In 1973, Bill Gates became a studentat Harvard University, where he meetSteve Ballmer (now Microsoft's chief

executive officer). While still a Harvard undergraduate,

Bill Gates wrote a version of the

programming language BASIC for the


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Did you know

That as young teenagers BillGates and Paul Allen ran a smallcompany called Traf-O-Data andsold a computer to the city ofSeattle that could count city traffic?


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Information technology and

business are becominginextricably interwoven. I don'tthink anybody can talk

meaningfully about onewithout the talking about theother.

Bill Gates


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Dropping Out Of School

"I loved college. It was so exciting tohave conversations with lots of reallysmart people my age and to learn

from great professors. But inDecember of 1974, when my friendPaul Allen showed me the issue of

Popular Electronics that had theAltair 8800 on the cover, we knew itwas the beginning of a majorchange.


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Criticism

With his great success in thecomputer software industry also

came many criticisms.

With his ambitious and aggressivebusiness philosophy, Gates or his

Microsoft lawyers have been in and outof courtrooms fighting legal battlesalmost since Microsoft began.


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Bill Gates Net Worth

With an estimated wealth of $53billion in 2006, Bill Gates is the

richest man in the world and heshould be starting to get used to thenumber 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.


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The writter..

In 1999, Gates wrote "Business @ theSpeed of Thought", a book thatshows how computer technology can

solve business problems infundamentally new ways.

The book was published in 25

languages and is available in morethan 60 countries.

"Business @ the Speed of Thought"

has received wide critical acclaim,


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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(CEA's 2nd AnnualDigital Patriots 2006)

humanitarian award


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The Entrepreneur Gates' foresight and vision regarding

personal computing have beencentral to the success of Microsoftand the software industry

Gates is actively involved in keymanagement and strategic decisionsat Microsoft, and plays an important

role in the technical development ofnew products.

Much of his time is devoted to

meeting with customers and staying


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The social worker

In the dozen years since Microsoftwent public, Gates has donated morethan $800 million to charities.

$200 million to the Gates libraryFoundation to help libaries in NorthAmerica take advantage of new

technologies and the InformationAge.

In 1994 Gates established the

William H. Gates Foundation, which


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The Bill & Melinda GatesFoundation

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation(B&MGF or the Gates Foundation) isthe 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 Gatesfamily".

The primary aims of the foundation

are, globally, to enhance healthcare


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Global Health Program

The Global Alliance for VaccinesImmunization

Children's Vaccine Program

University of Washington Departmentof Global Health

HIV Research Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation

Visceral Leishmaniasis Research


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Global DevelopmentProgram

Financial Services for the Poor

Financial Access Initiative

Grameen Foundation Agricultural Development

Rice Research

Alliance for a Green Revolution inAfrica (AGRA)


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THANK YOU.

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