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BILL GATES
“I wish i wasn't the richest man in the world”
Quick Factfile
american businessman
in 1975 he puts the basis of a new company: Microsoft
until 2006, his prime responsibility was to ensure the succes of his company
the company he started, Microsoft, is worth $197 billion
Business Areas
microsoft is a public multinational company - Washington
produces software for computers the most influential on the market dominates the software market its software it’s used all around
the world
Family
married Melinda French from Dallas on January 1, 1994
three children: Jennifer Katharine Gates, Phoebe Adele Gates and Rory John Gates (born 1999)
Father died when he war 24 Succeded on his own without much
help from others
Education
at 13 he enrolled in the Lakeside School Gates graduated from Lakeside School in
1973 he scored 1590 out of 1600 on the SAT
and enrolled at Harvard College joined Honeywell during
the summer of 1974
First Business Success Gates took a leave of absence from
Harvard to work at MITS in Albuquerque in November 1975
within a year the trade name "Microsoft" was registered with the Office of the Secretary of the State of New Mexico
Major Business Success In 1980, IBM approached Microsoft to write
the BASIC interpreter for its upcoming personal computer
Microsoft made a deal with SCP to become the exclusive licensing agent, and later the full owner, of 86-DOS
the sales of MS-DOS made Microsoft a major player in the industry
Business Philosophy
“Never give up to what is your’s” he thought that money and power is
something that comes only to those that are brave enough to take it
Personality Traits
he aggressively broadened the company's range of products, and wherever Microsoft achieved a dominant position he vigorously defended it
firsthand accounts describe him as verbally combative
Recognition in 1987 Gates was officially declared a
billionaire in the pages of Forbes' 400 Gates was number one on the Forbes 400
list from 1993 through to 2007
Illustrative Quotes “When I was young, I thought that money
and power would make me happy...I was right”
“ The best employee it’s a man about 35 years old, with 40 years experience in the field”
In my opinion, Bill Gates it’s the example o succes through inteligence. He used his exceptional skills to obtain all that he wanted. Also, the self-confidence had a great role in his carrear, because without such qualities succes can not be acheaved.
Andrei Nemeş
In my opinion, Bill Gates is one of the most succesfull business man that have ever existed. By combinig courage and inteligence he became the man that he is today…one of the most powerfull man on earth.
Delia Sorostinean