Bill Gates, whose biography represents a real American dream, is known today around the world. Thanks to sagacity, the ability to determine future trends in technology development, as well as performance, he achieved not only the prosperity of his own business company, but became one of the richest people on the planet. To date, his fortune is more than 57 billion dollars.
Bill Gates: a biography of the early years
The future founder of transnational corporation Microsoft was born in the family of a lawyer and a school teacher. Bill Gates's date of birth is October 28, 1955. In addition to him, the family had two more children - two sisters of the future billionaire. The birthplace of Bill Gates - the city of Seattle - also became the place where he spent his childhood and youth. Here he studied at an elementary municipal school. He was later transferred to a private school. From his youth, he was fond of barely born then electronic computing technologies. In fact, then the future life of Bill Gates was already predetermined. The young man was passionate about mathematics, began to write his first small programs. In 1973
the future billionaire goes to
Harvard University.
Bill Gates: A Biography After Microsoft
At university, the guy intensively develops his skills. In his first year at Harvard, he is developing a new programming language that will later become known worldwide: BASIC. In 1975, Microsoft appeared, the founders of which were students Paul Allen and Bill Gates. The biography of these people is now making a sharp turn. In the future, they devote all their free time to their brainchild. This made Bill drop out of his third year. True, in 2007, the university nevertheless recognized Bill Gates as his graduate, accompanied by his graduation. Bill Gates sagacity regarding future computer technology
a success factor for his company. Under his leadership, Microsoft in the following years continuously developed and promoted information products and technologies. The main goal of the company, which was set before it by its manager, was the desire to turn work with a personal computer into the simplest, most pleasant and economical one. In the early nineties, Microsoft literally explodes the entire global market for electronic computing technologies. And Bill Gates in 1996 was named Forbes magazine the richest man on the planet. This title remained with him until 2008. Then, in the mid-nineties, again (fairly and, one must say, very far-sighted) having appreciated the growing role of now Internet technologies, Bill Gates invested in studying and developing them inside his company. In 1998, he resigned as president of Microsoft, and in 2000 ceased to be its
executive director. However, he still remains chairman of the board until the fall of 2008, when he founded the new firm BgC3. In it, the indefatigable entrepreneur is engaged in research in the field of modern information technology.