...Bill Gates was born October 28, 1955, in Seattle, Washington. He is famous for building through technological innovation, great business strategies and aggressive business tactics, the world's largest software business, Microsoft. He is also well known for becoming the wealthiest person in the world in the process of building his company. Gates came from an upper middle-class family. His family atmosphere was warm and close, and he and his two sisters were always encouraged to be competitive and strive for excellence. He started to show an interest in computer programming at the age of 13 at the Lakeside School. It was there that he met his friend and future partner Paul Allen, who was two years his senior. The two became fast friends, bonding on their common enthusiasm over computers. They both spent much of their free time together working on programs. In 1970, at the age of 15, Bill Gates went into business with his pal, Paul Allen. They developed "Traf-o-Data," a computer program that monitored traffic patterns in Seattle, and netted $20,000 for their efforts. Even though both of them wanted to start their own company, but Gates's parents wanted him to finish school and go on to college where they hoped he would work to become a lawyer. After graduated from school he enrolled at Harvard University originally thinking of a career in law. In his freshman year he spent more time in the computer lab than in classes. Gates remained in contact with Paul Allen who dropped out...
Words: 1171 - Pages: 5
...Bill Gates – The Mind of Microsoft By Christina Jones Could you imagine what it would like not having Microsoft Word to type up your important documents? Gates is not only a genius, but he is also a modernizer in education, technology, and philanthropy. Bill Gates, A business magnate and chairman of Microsoft has impacted American culture by developing the most popular computer system called Microsoft Office. William H. Gates, III was born on October 28, 1955 in Seattle, Washington. Bill was the second of three children from William H. Gates II, a prominent Seattle lawyer, and Mary Gates, who worked as a teacher before she had kids. Bill had an older sister, Kristi, and a younger sister, Libby. Growing up, Bill Gates’ nickname was Trey. This nickname was indicative of the III after his name. He always loved reading the World Book Encyclopedia from start to finish. By the age of 13, his parents believed he was not being challenged in his public school and decided enrolled him into Lakeside School. He was a remarkably gifted scholar who did well in all subjects but showed a special ability for mathematics. Lakeside school purchased time on one of these computers that the students could use. Bill found the computer intriguing. The school developed a computer terminal and young Bill Gates was instantly spellbound. Bill Gates has always been a very confident person, confident about his vision towards innovation of technology for the future. Bill Gates states that” if one...
Words: 1301 - Pages: 6
...Famous Thinkers Paper Bill Gates Bill Gates, formally known as William Henry Gates III, was the co-founder of the Microsoft Corporation in 1975. It was not until the 19080s when this company really became a known corporation. Bill Gates was known for being an aggressive person that went after his ideas and did think twice about what his peers opinions were of him. Bill Gates found himself in the middle of a lawsuit and parted from the company in 2008 [ (Oxford World Encyclopedia, 2012) ]. Bill Gates began working on programming at the age of 13 and was able to show people that his innovations and business style were successful and profitable. Many people would assume that someone as successful as Bill Gates would be a straight A student that worked and studies hard. On the contrary Bill Gates and his partner spent most of their time in computer labs and studied just enough to get passing grades. It wasn’t long before both of them dropped out of college and formed Microsoft. Bill Gates and his partner met with IBM and he was so young that people at the meeting thought that he was an office assistant not the co-owner of Microsoft that was writing complex computer problems. Bill Gates and his ideas opened the door for computer systems and change how personal computers would operate. They were made more user friendly and accessible to everyone. The personal computer would soon be in everyone’s home and Microsoft Office would soon be in every business’ office [ (bio.True Story...
Words: 1380 - Pages: 6
...BILL GATES: THE SUCCESSFUL PERSON Zinhle O’Neil Moyo - Skills Development 1A Assignment Group 1B Summary Being successful can be looked upon in many different ways, such as being famous, having a good job, car or being rich. I believe that success is in the hands of all who try to achieve it. This assignment is about Bill Gates’ success, how he achieved it, what motivates him and also his biography. Contents Summary 2 Introduction 4 The Meaning Of Success 5 BIOGRAPHY OF BILL GATES 5 Characteristics/Values 6 Motivation to Succeed 7 Goals 7 Annexure A: Goal Achievement Plan 8 Annexure B: Bill Gates Famous Quotes 9 Conclusion 10 REFRENCES 11 Introduction Given this assignment to write about a successful person l know of, Bill gates came to my mind, some would say l choose him because he is the world’s richest man but actually l choose him because l wanted to highlight on his journey to success, Bill Gates did not just wake up in the morning successful instead there is more behind his success story, he sets goals for himself and he did something daily towards reaching those goals, for example he was excused from his maths lesson so he could go do his programming and in the end he managed to achieve them and because of that, he became successful in every possible definition of success. The Meaning of Success According to the Google search on the word success, it defines it as an accomplishment of an aim or purpose of which l couldn’t...
Words: 1311 - Pages: 6
...Shawn Johnson 12/11/11 Assignment 5-1 The two business leaders that I will be comparing are Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. These guys are the leaders of the Information Technology Industry who have revolutionized the Information Technology world with their great thinking and innovation. As far as their education is concerned they both don’t have a good record, they both were the dropouts. As I am doing the comparative analysis of each of their appropriate skills, I will be considering the differences and similarities between Bill Gates of Microsoft and Steve Jobs of Apple Computer, two of the most successful Business Leaders in the world of personal computing. Both started their careers almost at the same time and within the same industry. They are without a doubt two of the most successful and wealthy men in the PC industry. Steve Jobs is a true creative thinker and technological leader while Bill Gates is a brilliant businessmen and true genius. The competition and rivalry between Gates and Jobs has become one of the most enduring and fascinating in the American business industry. In the end both men are well-known and idolized by many. Both Bill Gates and Steve jobs are extremely good at taking in good ideas, and developing them and making them into a successful product. This mostly because they are not at all afraid of taking any risks and try very hard even if they do not always get it right the first time. An example for this would be MS-DOS for Microsoft and an example...
Words: 858 - Pages: 4
...------------------------------------------------- Bill Gates From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For other people named Bill Gates, see Bill Gates (disambiguation). Bill Gates | Gates in June 2015. | Born | William Henry Gates III October 28, 1955 (age 59) Seattle, Washington, U.S. | Residence | Medina, Washington, U.S. | Nationality | American | Alma mater | Harvard University (dropped out) | Occupation | Technology Advisor of Microsoft Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation CEO of Cascade Investment Chair of Corbis | Years active | 1975–present | Net worth | US$76.5 billion (October 2015)[1] | Board member of | Microsoft Berkshire Hathaway | Religion | Roman Catholicism (formerlyCongregationalism)[2] | Spouse(s) | Melinda Gates (m. 1994) | Children | 3 | Parent(s) | William H. Gates, Sr. Mary Maxwell Gates | Website | the Gates Notes | Signature | | William Henry "Bill" Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate, philanthropist, investor, computer programmer, and inventor.[3][4][5] In 1975, Gates and Paul Allen co-founded Microsoft, which became the world's largest PC software company. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of chairman, CEO andchief software architect, and was the largest individual shareholder until May 2014.[6][a] Gates has authored and co-authored several books. Starting in 1987, Gates was included in the Forbes list of the world's wealthiest people[9] and...
Words: 9788 - Pages: 40
...Bill Gates William Henry “Bill” Gates III Robert Rabb Strategies-Tuesday September 24, 2013 William Henry “Bill” Gates III Born October 28, 1955 in Seattle, Washington, Bill Gates was interested in computers at an early age. He had studied computer programing at an age as early as 13 years old. Friend and classmate Paul Allen was also a computer enthusiast. Later on they both dropped out of college to then start one of the world’s largest software companies, Microsoft. Bill Gates after starting his company became one of the richest men in the world. Growing up in an upper middle-class family, bill had two siblings. One older sister named Kristianne and a younger named Libby. Bill’s father was a law student who would later meet his athletic, greatly involved in school, and a leader/role model Mary Maxwell. Being encouraged to be competitive while growing up the Gates children strived to be just that. Bill being the coordinator for family sports and fun at their summer house was perhaps the most compelling of the three children. Risk and Monopoly were among the board games he excelled in. Paul Allen is one of Bill’s best friends growing up. They shared an amazing enthusiasm for computers and how they worked. Both of them would help run the computer lab and often argued about who was going to be in charge. At one point they were even banned from the lab for hacking. Afterwards they cut a deal to be allowed back in by “debugging” the system. Roughly 1970 is...
Words: 840 - Pages: 4
...Table of Content I III IV IV Biography / Historical Timeline Berkshire Hathaway Buffet’s Principals Sources 12/ 16/ 2008 Business English 2 WARREN BUFFETT The Omaha Miracle Warren Buffett was the richest man in the world 2008. 12/ 16/ 2008 Business English 3 WARREN BUFFETT The Omaha Miracle He’s a self-made man with a fortune of around $62 billion. 12/ 16/ 2008 Business English 4 WARREN BUFFETT The Omaha Miracle Croatia’s GDP was actually $63 billion in 2008. 12/ 16/ 2008 Business English 5 WARREN BUFFETT The Omaha Miracle He lives in the same house in Omaha, Nebraska that he bought in 1958. 12/ 16/ 2008 Business English 6 WARREN BUFFETT The Omaha Miracle But Mr. Buffett doesn’t live here… 12/ 16/ 2008 Business English 7 WARREN BUFFETT The Omaha Miracle …he actually lives here. 12/ 16/ 2008 Business English 8 WARREN BUFFETT The Omaha Miracle Is this his car? 12/ 16/ 2008 Business English 9 WARREN BUFFETT The Omaha Miracle Well this is. 12/ 16/ 2008 Business English 10 WARREN BUFFETT The Omaha Miracle Like every American he’s also pretty much into sports and even sponsors an international tournament. 12/ 16/ 2008 Business English 11 WARREN BUFFETT The Omaha Miracle The Warren Buffett Bridge Cup to be exact. 12/ 16/ 2008 Business English 12 WARREN BUFFETT The Omaha Miracle In 2006 he announced to start spending some of his fortune to Bill & Melinda Gates’ charity foundations. 12/...
Words: 755 - Pages: 4
...Jammie Hoffman Advanced Comp& Economics Research Paper 4/19/16 Bill Gates & the Success of Microsoft An entrepreneur is a risk-taker, someone who takes chances to pursue a goal. Entrepreneurs must understand what consumers want and must create a product that drives these consumers towards making a purchase. Understanding the patterns of an economy is a rather difficult task to handle, and only a select few are about to flourish with the way the economy functions. Either an entrepreneur will risk everything and fail, or they will manage to overcome the odds and create a project that could change the face of our economy. Many entrepreneurs fail to make a product successful and hardly any is as recognizable as the creator of Microsoft, Bill Gates. Bill (William) Gates was born on October, 28th, 1955 in Seattle, Washington to an upper- middle-class couple. Gates was the second of three children. Gates developed an early interest in computers and computer software after his parents enrolled him in a private school known as the Lakeside school (Foley). While at Lakeside, Gates met his eventual business partner, Paul Allen. Gates, 15 years old at the time, and Paul, who was two years older, proved their enthusiasm for computers by creating a software system known as “Traf-o-Data.” The objective of this system was to track traffic patterns throughout the city of Seattle. “Traf-o-Data” brought in $20,000 for the two young entrepreneurs (Editors). The system did not become...
Words: 2242 - Pages: 9
...Bill Gates There are very few individuals who have the ability to change the culture of the world by using their mind. It takes incredibly strong courage and belief in yourself to be able to have such a lasting impact. One individual who was able to do so was a man named, Bill Gates. We all most likely know the name behind one of the most infamous and influential products on the market, Microsoft. It is guaranteed that we take these products and services of Microsoft for granted. Most people use Microsoft office, such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, on a regular basis but the story behind Microsoft doesn’t just begin with a “shazam” and then there was Microsoft. There were many ups and downs before Microsoft and Bill Gates hit the open market. The reason that Microsoft became such an empire was because of the man behind the scenes. It was Bill Gate’s leadership that excelled Microsoft past everyone else. Gates’ most prevalent leadership aspect was his innovation, his ability to see what the future needed. Gates was task oriented and diligent. He pushed his employees past their limits. He did so by inspiring confidence in the ones around him. Gates has the belief that there is never a light at the end of the tunnel, there is not an end ever in sight; there are always more challenges waiting, and being persistent is how you achieve your goals. Bill Gates is an incredible person. Gates fell in love with computers at a young age. At the time, computers were not known...
Words: 2015 - Pages: 9
...TO: Paul Welch, Vice President of Research FROM: Colten Harris, Jackson Wallace, Easton Heigley, Daniel Gift DATE: March 10, 2015 SUBJECT: America’s Wealthy Introduction Since America’s conception, new pioneers have walked this country not with a goal to finish a map like Lewis and Clark, but to strive for “The American Dream” and never settle for less than absolute success. Each man researched is from a different time period, with different circumstances surrounding them. With different presidents, different rules and regulations, even with different life expectancies. However, all men had one dream, to make America a better place. From oil pipelines to windows operating systems, these men truly did create things that changed the lives of all Americans for the better. They are the unspoken heroes. Not of war or battle, but of ingenuity, hard work and of sound mind. These are America’s Wealthy. Findings John D Rockefeller was born on July 8, 1836. He began with humble beginnings and is a perfect definition of a rags to riches dream that many Americans that try to live by. His life at home was somewhat shaky. His father was never at home very much because he was a traveling salesmen who sold elixirs. In his early teens his family moved to a suburb of Cleveland, there he took a 10 week business course that would help him later in his life as the richest man in America. His first job was with a bookkeeper at a commission firm. He excelled at keeping track of...
Words: 2482 - Pages: 10
...* Robert Morris University Rafael Esparza MGT545 – Leadership Practice & Theory Carlos Slim Helu Professor Wayne Gru Content Background Followers and Situation Contextual and Operational Leadership Motivational approach Theories and models Social Responsibility and Ethics Lessons learned Carlos Slim Helu Background Carlos Slim comes from a very modest background and he is a caring man who is helping others not as fortunate as himself by way of empowering them with a skills set and employment. Julian Slim, a Lebanese immigrant and Carlos’ father, began acquiring real estate in Mexico City during the revolution of 1910. As a result, at the young age of 12 Carlos began to exhibit a great interest in numbers and even began buying shares of Banco de Mexico. At the age of 13 his father passed away and Carlos, along with his family, found themselves struggling. Knowing he needed to do something he decided to enroll at the Autonomous National University of Mexico (UNAM) and study civil engineering. After graduation he delved into teaching mathematics and linear programming for a few years. Later he incorporated his first business, a stock brokerage firm called Inversora Burastil. That same year he married Soumaya Domit; in future business ventures he combined the first letters of their names and created his holding company Grupo Carso (Academy of Achievement). Carlos has six children (three sons and three daughters) Carlos Jr., Marco Antonio, Patrick, Soumaya...
Words: 2625 - Pages: 11
...reputation spans from being a ruthless businessperson to a thoughtful and giving philanthropist. Born on July 8, 1839, he came from a family with not much and lived the American dream, rising to success through his own wit and cunning, riding on the backs of none. His legacy is monumental; amassing the greatest private wealth of any American in history. His net worth in today’s dollars would be well over $350 billion dollars or 5 times more than the net worth of Bill Gates! Better yet, imagine $350 billion one dollar bills stacked on one on top of the other… this stack would be over 25,000 miles high. Pretty goal achievement for a boy, who at age eighteen had two lifetime goals…1. To earn $100,000 and 2. To live to be 100! J.D. is a native of Tioga County, New York, his grandfather, Godfrey, coming from Massachusetts and settling in Richford. In this village, John Davidson Rockefeller (J.D.) was born on July 8, 1839 to his mother Eliza a house maker and his father William (Devil Bill) Rockefeller. Devil Bill was a drifter, peddling oil products to cure cancer...Snake Oil that is! He was tall and fine looking, with a dominating personality, a great hunter, and an unusually good expert shooter. He was, too, a very shrewd, practical man and J.D often acknowledged owing an enormous debt to his father for training him in practical ways. He was engaged in numerous enterprises, large and small, about which he used to talk very freely to his son J.D., explaining their significance;...
Words: 3062 - Pages: 13
...has used acquisitions to bulk up its presence in markets such as online advertising, mobile devices, and enterprise software. The company makes more than half of its sales in the US. Management style From Microsoft's founding in 1975 until 2006, Gates had primary responsibility for the company's product strategy. He aggressively broadened the company's range of products, and wherever Microsoft achieved a dominant position he vigorously defended it. He gained a reputation for being distant to others; as early as 1981 an industry executive complained in public that "Gates is notorious for not being reachable by phone and for not returning phone calls."[38] As an executive, Gates met regularly with Microsoft's senior managers and program managers. Firsthand accounts of these meetings describe him as verbally combative, berating managers for perceived holes in their business strategies or proposals that placed the company's long-term interests at risk.[39][40] He often interrupted presentations with such comments as, "That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard!"[41] and, "Why don't you just give up your options and join the Peace Corps?"[42] The target of his outburst then had to defend the proposal in detail until, hopefully, Gates was fully convinced.[41] When subordinates appeared to be procrastinating, he was known to remark sarcastically, "I'll do it over the weekend."[43][44][45] Gates's role at Microsoft for most of its history was primarily a management and executive role...
Words: 1975 - Pages: 8
...Foundations of individual behavior An organization is a place where the group of people play vital role in to accomplish an ordinary ambition, as a team, combining individual prospects. Their behavior as an individual and collective always reffect in an organization. Organizational behavior is referred as a field of study that investigates the impact that individuals groups, and structure has on behavior within organizations, for the purpose of applying such knowledge toward improving an organizations, for the purpose of applying such knowledge toward improving an organization`s effectiveness. `You can teach smart people anything` are the words spoken by Microsoft founder Bill Gates who believes that the IQ score of an individual is more important than the experience he got, especially when he or she is applying for a job. It is true tha the greatest asset of any successful company is the combined intelligence of the workforce working for it. A company never hires an individual just because there is a vacancy place that needs to be filled, or the applier is highly experienced and intelligent. The fact is that the company hires an employee to who its see as a navigator, who will follow to the path of success. Thus, it is important to draw an attention to the intelligence of an individual rather than just hire him on the basis of his experience. In any work environment, there are various types of people who differ from each to another on the base of skin color, height, gender...
Words: 477 - Pages: 2
