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The history of Bill Gates (8 pics + text)
Bill Gates (William Henry Gates III) - the richest man in the world, the computer magnate, founder and owner of Microsoft. His first computer program Bill Gates created in 13 years.
He loves cars, boats and playing poker.
He venturesome in to manic, and a passion for competition fascinated him more money.
He never ate at home because I did not want to waste time on cooking.
Bill Gates was born October 28, 1955 in Seattle, Washington, USA. He was the firstborn and only son in a family of well-known lawyer.
This modest, even shy and slightly awkward child dreamed of becoming a professor of mathematics and was not at all like his father - a high handsome, successful lawyer. Despite the unique abilities in mathematics and logic, Bill Gates did not show leadership skills inherent to his parents. They could not imagine that their son would become a real "shark" of world business.
Primary Education Bill Gates was in secondary school in Seattle, but at age 12 he was transferred to the private Lakeside School. One year later, Bill created the first computer program. It was a time of giant computers that occupied the volume of entire rooms and were "subject to" the mind only scientific men in white coats the labs.
Already in college Bill Gates organized a company Traf-O-Data, which worked classmates future mogul. They developed computer programs for local authorities expected timetables of public transport.
He was 15 years old when he wrote a program to regulate traffic and earned $ 20,000 this project. And at 17, he received an offer to write a software package for power distribution Bonneville Dam.
Following family tradition, Bill Gates went to Harvard, intending to become a lawyer like his father. But he was still the same closed and unsociable, which is absolutely not appropriate for the profession. He rarely attended student parties, only his close friend Steve Ballmer, who will become president of Microsoft.
In December 1974, Bill Gates saw a computer for $ 397, which, according to his friend Allen, could collect any. The only thing missing was the machine software.
Bill Gates and Allen contacted representatives of firm MITS, offering them the software (version BASIC) for their computer Altair 8800. This variant gave managers who offered to young people to work on the writing of programming languages. The couple moved to New Mexico, where he began the history Micro-soft (dash they removed later).
The first five customers Microsoft have gone bankrupt, but the guys did not despair, and in 1979 returned to Seattle. In that year, Bill Gates was expelled from the university for truancy and academic failure, but this fact is not very frustrated would-be student, since he received an offer from IBM to create operating system for the world's first personal computer.
Bill Gates bought the system QDOS (Quick and Dirty Operating System) for $ 50,000, changed its name to MS-DOS and sold license IBM. The money will allow Microsoft to work for a few years. Presentation of the new IBM software, Microsoft has created a sensation in the market. Many companies have started to contact Microsoft for a license.
Microsoft continues to capture the world market, releasing of Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel. Thanks to Corbis, which was part of Microsoft, Bill Gates got a great photo-card file Bettmana and other photographers. Photos used for sending electronically.
In 1986, Microsoft was converted into a public company. In the same year, Bill Gates became a billionaire, then he was 31 years old. The following year, Microsoft introduced on the market the first version of Windows, and in 1993, total sales of Windows per month exceeded one million. In 1995 appeared Windows95, and two weeks have been sold seven million copies.
Microsoft software has become so widely used that the company came to the attention of the American Anti-Monopoly Committee, which tried several times to initiate proceedings under compulsory crushing monopoly of Bill Gates. So far in vain.
In 1995, Microsoft policy was changed radically - the emphasis is put on the Internet.
Bill Gates, the richest man in the world, was, perhaps, the most eligible bachelor. But in 1994 he married Melinda French, manager Microsoft, by whom he had two children - daughter Jennifer in 1996 and son Rory in 1999. It is interesting that under the terms of the contract Branagh, Bill Gates agrees to pay $ 10 million. For each their joint child.
With the advent of the family, Bill Gates began to focus more on charity. One billion dollars has been invested in scholarships that Microsoft provides talented but needy students (Gates Millennium Scholarship Program); $ 750,000 Bill Gates has invested in the development program for vaccination (Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization).
Problems with the Antimonopoly Committee of the US re-emerged in 1999, when the district court recognized the monopoly of Microsoft Corporation. In April 2000, the US Department of Justice has offered to split Microsoft into two separate corporations: one will deal with Microsoft Office and Internet Explorer, while the other - only Windows (by the way, this operating system is used by more than 85% of the computers in the world). Bill Gates objection based on the fact that it is technically impossible to separate from other Windows applications Microsoft. Says Bill Gates, we call for the most fair trial - the court of history. While there is nothing radical in the Microsoft empire has not happened. But as time goes.
According to the magazine Forbes, Gates donated money to the presidential campaign of George W. Bush in 2004. According to the Center for Responsible Politics, Gates has donated at least $ 33, 335 for more than 50 political campaigns during the 2004 elections.
December 14, 2004 Bill Gates joined the board of Berkshire Hathaway, thus formalizing their relationship with Warren Buffett. Berkshire Hathaway - a conglomerate that includes Geico (automobile insurance), Benjamin Moore (paint) and Fruit of the Loom (textiles). Gates also serves on the board Icos, a biotechnology company Bothell.
March 2, 2005 the office of Foreign Affairs of the United Kingdom announced that Gates will receive the title of Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire for his contribution to UK businesses and its efforts to reduce poverty in the world.
By the end of 2005, Bill Gates and his wife Melinda Gates were named the American Time magazine Persons of the Year.
June 15, 2006, Bill Gates announced his intention in July 2008 to resign as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Microsoft. After retiring from his post he intends to devote himself entirely to running a charitable foundation Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
On June 7, 2007, Bill Gates was considered a graduate of Harvard University. The decision to hand over the diploma Gates took the university administration.
January 7, 2008, Bill Gates announced his intent to resign as head of Microsoft Corporation in July 2008, having switched their activities to charity.
June 27, 2008 was the last for Bill Gates as head of Microsoft. Despite this, he did not break with the company permanently - Gates will remain chairman of the Board of Directors (but without executive powers), will deal with special projects and will remain the largest (8, 7% stake in Microsoft) holder aktsoy Corporation.
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He loves cars, boats and playing poker.
He venturesome in to manic, and a passion for competition fascinated him more money.
He never ate at home because I did not want to waste time on cooking.
Bill Gates was born October 28, 1955 in Seattle, Washington, USA. He was the firstborn and only son in a family of well-known lawyer.
This modest, even shy and slightly awkward child dreamed of becoming a professor of mathematics and was not at all like his father - a high handsome, successful lawyer. Despite the unique abilities in mathematics and logic, Bill Gates did not show leadership skills inherent to his parents. They could not imagine that their son would become a real "shark" of world business.
Primary Education Bill Gates was in secondary school in Seattle, but at age 12 he was transferred to the private Lakeside School. One year later, Bill created the first computer program. It was a time of giant computers that occupied the volume of entire rooms and were "subject to" the mind only scientific men in white coats the labs.
Already in college Bill Gates organized a company Traf-O-Data, which worked classmates future mogul. They developed computer programs for local authorities expected timetables of public transport.
He was 15 years old when he wrote a program to regulate traffic and earned $ 20,000 this project. And at 17, he received an offer to write a software package for power distribution Bonneville Dam.
Following family tradition, Bill Gates went to Harvard, intending to become a lawyer like his father. But he was still the same closed and unsociable, which is absolutely not appropriate for the profession. He rarely attended student parties, only his close friend Steve Ballmer, who will become president of Microsoft.
In December 1974, Bill Gates saw a computer for $ 397, which, according to his friend Allen, could collect any. The only thing missing was the machine software.
Bill Gates and Allen contacted representatives of firm MITS, offering them the software (version BASIC) for their computer Altair 8800. This variant gave managers who offered to young people to work on the writing of programming languages. The couple moved to New Mexico, where he began the history Micro-soft (dash they removed later).
The first five customers Microsoft have gone bankrupt, but the guys did not despair, and in 1979 returned to Seattle. In that year, Bill Gates was expelled from the university for truancy and academic failure, but this fact is not very frustrated would-be student, since he received an offer from IBM to create operating system for the world's first personal computer.
Bill Gates bought the system QDOS (Quick and Dirty Operating System) for $ 50,000, changed its name to MS-DOS and sold license IBM. The money will allow Microsoft to work for a few years. Presentation of the new IBM software, Microsoft has created a sensation in the market. Many companies have started to contact Microsoft for a license.
Microsoft continues to capture the world market, releasing of Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel. Thanks to Corbis, which was part of Microsoft, Bill Gates got a great photo-card file Bettmana and other photographers. Photos used for sending electronically.
In 1986, Microsoft was converted into a public company. In the same year, Bill Gates became a billionaire, then he was 31 years old. The following year, Microsoft introduced on the market the first version of Windows, and in 1993, total sales of Windows per month exceeded one million. In 1995 appeared Windows95, and two weeks have been sold seven million copies.
Microsoft software has become so widely used that the company came to the attention of the American Anti-Monopoly Committee, which tried several times to initiate proceedings under compulsory crushing monopoly of Bill Gates. So far in vain.
In 1995, Microsoft policy was changed radically - the emphasis is put on the Internet.
Bill Gates, the richest man in the world, was, perhaps, the most eligible bachelor. But in 1994 he married Melinda French, manager Microsoft, by whom he had two children - daughter Jennifer in 1996 and son Rory in 1999. It is interesting that under the terms of the contract Branagh, Bill Gates agrees to pay $ 10 million. For each their joint child.
With the advent of the family, Bill Gates began to focus more on charity. One billion dollars has been invested in scholarships that Microsoft provides talented but needy students (Gates Millennium Scholarship Program); $ 750,000 Bill Gates has invested in the development program for vaccination (Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization).
Problems with the Antimonopoly Committee of the US re-emerged in 1999, when the district court recognized the monopoly of Microsoft Corporation. In April 2000, the US Department of Justice has offered to split Microsoft into two separate corporations: one will deal with Microsoft Office and Internet Explorer, while the other - only Windows (by the way, this operating system is used by more than 85% of the computers in the world). Bill Gates objection based on the fact that it is technically impossible to separate from other Windows applications Microsoft. Says Bill Gates, we call for the most fair trial - the court of history. While there is nothing radical in the Microsoft empire has not happened. But as time goes.
According to the magazine Forbes, Gates donated money to the presidential campaign of George W. Bush in 2004. According to the Center for Responsible Politics, Gates has donated at least $ 33, 335 for more than 50 political campaigns during the 2004 elections.
December 14, 2004 Bill Gates joined the board of Berkshire Hathaway, thus formalizing their relationship with Warren Buffett. Berkshire Hathaway - a conglomerate that includes Geico (automobile insurance), Benjamin Moore (paint) and Fruit of the Loom (textiles). Gates also serves on the board Icos, a biotechnology company Bothell.
March 2, 2005 the office of Foreign Affairs of the United Kingdom announced that Gates will receive the title of Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire for his contribution to UK businesses and its efforts to reduce poverty in the world.
By the end of 2005, Bill Gates and his wife Melinda Gates were named the American Time magazine Persons of the Year.
June 15, 2006, Bill Gates announced his intention in July 2008 to resign as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Microsoft. After retiring from his post he intends to devote himself entirely to running a charitable foundation Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
On June 7, 2007, Bill Gates was considered a graduate of Harvard University. The decision to hand over the diploma Gates took the university administration.
January 7, 2008, Bill Gates announced his intent to resign as head of Microsoft Corporation in July 2008, having switched their activities to charity.
June 27, 2008 was the last for Bill Gates as head of Microsoft. Despite this, he did not break with the company permanently - Gates will remain chairman of the Board of Directors (but without executive powers), will deal with special projects and will remain the largest (8, 7% stake in Microsoft) holder aktsoy Corporation.
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