Bill Gates

Name: Hà Trung Dũng
Class: BA604
ROLL number: BA00311
Assignment 3: PowerPoint
Bill Gates
Founder of Microsoft
Childhood
Grew up in Seattle, WA
Born October 28, 1955 to
& Mary Gates
William H. Gates II
Mother was a schoolteacher,
University of Washington regent,
chairman of
United Way
International
Father is Seattle
attorney
Bill Gate’s School days
Enrolled into Lakeside Prep at age 13
Wrote his first computer program
in 8th grade
Lived down the hall from
Steve Ballmer his
freshman year at Harvard.
Steve is now Microsoft’s
chief executive officer
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His sophomore year, he developed a solution to
one of a series of unsolved problems that was
later published in a paper with Harvard

scientists
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Solution held record as the fastest version in
over thirty years
Career
Gates, and long-time friend Paul Allen,
co-founder Microsoft
Left Harvard his junior year to devote
his life to Microsoft
Created software for personal
computers
Now,
Chairman of Microsoft Corp
- Has brought the company to continually
advance and improve software technology
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He has made it easier, more cost-effective
and more enjoyable to use computers
- Microsoft is now the worldwide leader in
software, services, and solutions that help
people and businesses reach full potential.
other
Gates and his wife, Melinda, created a foundation
called the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
It has over $28.8 billion to support charitable
initiatives in the areas of global health and
education
Bill Gates ($53 billion) is now the 2nd
richest man in the world
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