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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.