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BILL (WILLIAM) GATES Uiljam Genri Gates III. Seattle), more known as simply Bill the Gay Tsamerikansky businessman, one of founders (together with Paul Allen) and the largest shareholder of company Microsoft was born on October, 28 th 1955. Till June, 2008 was the head of the company, after leaving from a post remained as its careless chairman of board of directors. Also is the cochairman of welfare fund of Bill and Melindy Gates. 2
BIOGRAPHY Bill Gates (William Henry Gates III) - the richest person in the world, the computer magnate, the founder and the owner of corporation Microsoft. Gates has created the first computer program in 13 years. He loves cars, motor boats and game in poker. It is hazardous in work to маниакальности, and the passion to competition carries away it of more money. He never ate houses because didn't want to waste time for cooking. Bill Gates was born on October, 28 th, 1955 in Seattle, the State of Washington, the USA. It was the first-born and the unique son in a family of the known lawyer. This modest, even timid and slightly silly child dreamed to become the professor of mathematics and was completely not similar to the father - a high handsome man, the successful lawyer. Despite unique abilities in the mathematician and the logician, Gates didn't show leader Positive leader the abilities peculiar to his parents. They also couldn't assume that their little son becomes present "shark" of world business. 3
EDUCATION Gates has received elementary education at comprehensive school of Seattle, but in 12 years it have translated in private Lakeside School. A year later Bill has created the first computer program. It was time of computers-giants which occupied the whole rooms on volume and were subject"to mind of only scientific husbands in white laboratory dressing gowns. Already in college Bill Gates has organized company Traf-O-Data in which schoolmates of the future magnate worked. They developed computer programs for local authorities, counted municipal transportation train diagrams. 4
THE FIRST SUCCESS He was 15 years old when he has written the program for street traffic control and has earned on this project of 20000 dollars. And in 17 it has received the offer on a software package writing on distribution of energy of the Bonnevilsky dam. Following family tradition, Bill Gates has arrived to Harward, going to become the lawyer, as well as the father. But it was still same closed and unsociable that at all didn't approach for the chosen trade. He seldom visited student's parties, only at the close friend Steve Ballmera who in the future becomes president Microsoft. In December, 1974 Gates has seen the computer for $397 which, according to its friend Allen, could collect any. The only thing that didn't suffice the car was the software. Gates and Allen have contacted representatives of firm M. I. T. S, having offered them the software (version BASIC) for their computer Altair 8800. This variant suited managers who have suggested young men to work over a writing of programming languages. The couple has left in New Mexico where 5 history Micro-soft (a dash they has begun have cleaned later).
AS ALL BEGAN First five customers Microsoft have gone bankrupt, but children didn't despair and in 1979 have come back to Seattle. That year Gates has been deducted from university for absences and poor progress, but this fact hasn't strongly upset the unfortunate student as to him the offer from IBM has arrived to create an operating system for the first-ever personal computer. Gates has got system QDOS (Quick and Dirty Operating System) for $50. 000, has changed the name on MS-DOS and has sold license IBM. The obtained money has allowed Microsoft to work within several years. The presentation of new computer IBM with software Microsoft has created the present sensation in the market. Many companies have started to address to Microsoft for the license. 6
DEVELOPMENT MICROSOFT Microsoft continued to grasp the world market, having let out Microsoft applications Word and Microsoft Excel. Thanks to company Corbis entering into corporation Microsoft, Gates has received a huge photo-card file of Bettmana and other photographers. Photos were used for mailing in electronic form. In 1986 Microsoft it has been transformed to joint-stock company of open type. The same year Bill Gates became the billionaire then he was 31 year old. The next year Microsoft has presented in the market the first version Windows, and in 1993 the total amount of sales Windows a month has exceeded one million. In 1995 have appeared Windows 95, and for two weeks have been sold seven millions copies. Software Microsoft became so widely used that the company has come into the view of the American antimonopoly committee which some times tried to initiate business on compulsory crushing of monopoly of Gates. Meanwhile vainly. In 1995 of politician Microsoft has been changed in a root - the basic emphasis began to become on the 7 Internet.
LIFE BILL GATES Bill Gates, the richest person in the world, was, perhaps, and the most enviable groom. But in 1994 he married Melinde the Service jacket, manager Microsoft from which at it two children - Jennifer's daughter in 1996 and son Rori in 1999 were born. It is interesting that on conditions borrow contracts, Gates undertakes to pay $10 million for their each joint child. With the advent of a family, Gates began to give more attention charities. One billion dollars has been enclosed in the grant which Microsoft gives talented, but to poor students (Gates Millennium Scholarship Program); $750. 000 Gates has enclosed in the program on vaccination development (Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization). 8
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