bill_gates by rahul bedi
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Presented By:Rahul Bedi
MBA 1 B
100562
GNIMT
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CONTENTS
Early lifeMicrosoft
BASIC
IBM partnership
WindowsManagement style
Antitrust litigation
Appearance in ads
Personal life
Recognition
Investments
Bibliography
Books
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INTRODUCTION
William Henry "Bill" Gates III (born
October 28, 1955
Bill Gates an American business magnate,
author and chairman of Microsoft, the
software company
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Born in Seattle, Washington, to William H. Gates, Sr. and
Mary Maxwell Gates
His fatherwas a prominentlawyer
His mother served on the board of directors
Schooling from Lakeside School
Wrote first computer program of tic-tac-toe in 8th
standard
EARLYLIFE OFBILL GATES
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Gates graduated from Lakeside School in 1973
He scored 1590 out of 1600 on the SAT and
enrolled at Harvard College
In 1980, IBM approached Microsoft to writeprograms for its upcoming personal computer,
the IBM PC
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He studied FORTRAN LISP ,and
machine language and COBOL
Information Sciences, Inc. hired Bill
Gatesto write a payroll program in
COBOL
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Microsoft launched its first retail version ofMicrosoft Windows on November 20, 1985
Deal with IBM to develop a separate
operating system called OS/2From Microsoft's founding in 1975 until 2006,
Windows
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From Microsoft's founding in 1975 until 2006, Gates had
primary responsibility forthe company's product strategy
He aggressively broadened the company's range of
products
As an executive, Gates met regularly with Microsoft'ssenior managers and program managers
Management Styles
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BillGates stepped down as chief executive
officer of Microsoft in January 2000
He remained as chairman and created the
position of chief software architect
In June 2006,Gates announced that he wouldbe transitioning from full-time work at Microsoft
to part-time work and full-time work at the Bill &
MelindaGates Foundation
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He gradually transferred his duties to Ray
Ozzie, chief software architect and Craig
Mundie, chief research and strategy officer.Gates' last full-time day at Microsoft
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Criticism of Microsoft has followed various aspects
of its products and business practices
Issues with ease of use, stability, and security of the
company's software are common targets for critics
Criticism of Microsoft
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Microsoft is also accused of locking vendors and
consumers into their products
Comparisons of Linux as well as Mac OS X toWindows are a continuous point of debate
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Aquisition
Microsofthas acquired severalcompanies and
products during its history
FrontPage
WebTV (now MSNTV)
Hotmail
Direct3D
Internet ExplorerVision
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Gates appeared in a series of ads to promoteMicrosoft in 2008
The first commercial, co-starring Jerry Seinfeld is a90-second advertisement forshoe store
Appearance in Advertisement
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Gates married Melinda French from Dallas, TX onJanuary 1, 1994
They have three children: daughters JenniferKatharineGates and Phoebe AdeleGates and son RoryJohnGates
TheGates' home is an earth-sheltered house in theside of a hill overlooking Lake Washington in Medina.
Personal life
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Gates' home is an earth-sheltered house in the sideof a hill overlooking Lake Washington in Medina.
According to King County public records, as of 2006the total assessed value of the property (land andhouse) is $125 million, and the annual property tax is
$991,000.
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Gates was number one on the "Forbes 400" list from1993 through to 2007
Number one on Forbes list of "The World's RichestPeople" from 1995 to 2007 and 2009.
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In 1987Gates was officially declared a billionaire inthe pages of Forbes' 400 Richest People in America
World's youngest self-made billionaire, he has networthUS$54 billion billion
On November 2006, he and his wife were awarded
the Order of the Aztec Eagle
Honored with the Silver Buffalo Award by the BoyScouts of America
Recognititon
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Cascade Investments LLC a private investment andholding company, is controlled by BillGates
BgC3, a new think-tank company founded by BillGates
Corbis, a digital image licensing and rights servicescompany
TerraPower a nuclear reactor design company
Investments
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Gates has authored two books
The Road Ahead(1995)
Business @ the Speed ofThought(1999)
Bibliography
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Gates has appeared in film:
Waiting For Superman
Filmography
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Bill & MelindaG
ates Foundation, which is the largesttransparently operated charitable foundation in theworld
Given over $28 billion to charity
Gates has made TheGiving Pledge to donate overhalf of his wealth to charity
Gates and charity
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Bill & MelindaG
ates Foundation, which is the largesttransparently operated charitable foundation in theworld
Given over $28 billion to charity
Gates has made TheGiving Pledge to donate overhalf of his wealth to charity
Gates and charity
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