Bill Gates and Computer Technology
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Bill Gates and Computer Technology
Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955 in Seattle. Gates is one of the greatest leaders in history. His work has such an impact on technology today and our way of life.
When Bill Gates was 13 enrolled in Lakeside School, An exclusively private high school. Soon after attending the school Gates started to ace all of his classes. Bill one of the smartest students at the school, so smart in fact that the school gave him permission to leave Math to peruse is other interests. Growing up bill had shown his competitive side and his strive for success. He also showed his strong interest in computers.
Gates and their 3 friends were banned from school computers when
they found a bug in the computer system giving the students free computer time. After the ban
gates offered to find bugs in the CCC’s computer system in exchange for free
computer time. He graduated lakeside in 1973 with a 1590 out of 1600 on his
SAT. Gates went to Harvard. Although knowing gates wanted to work with
computers he was unsure of what he wanted to do.
Bill Gates' Contributions to Computer Technology
The
beginning of Microsoft
The following year after the release of the Altair 8800 and
Intel 880 CPU, Gates and partner Allen saw a great opportunity to start up a
computer software. Gates talked the decision over with his parents and decided
to drop out of school. Gates and Allen then created the first version of
Micro-soft. There first office was located in Albuquerque which later moved to
the current location today in Bellevue, Washington in 1979. In 1980 Gates life
would be changed forever as they made a partnership with IBM. After great
success Gates was named the President of Microsoft and chairmen of the board.
In 1992 the Microsoft IBM partnership was ready to come to a end due to a
difference in the direction the company wanted to take.
Family
Gates married Melinda French. on January 1, 1994. They have
three children: daughters Jennifer Katharine (b. 1996) and Phoebe Adele (b.
2002), and son Rory John (b. 1999).
Richest man in the world
Gates was number one on the Forbes 400 list from 1993 through to
2007 and number one on Forbes list of The worlds richest People from 1995 to
2007 and 2009.
Bill Gates Top
3 accomplishments
1. Microsoft
Microsoft’s products allow businesses to run productively. While
in school, they allow us to share ideas (email) and give us a taste of
technology. Most important of all is that Gates’s accomplishments highlight a
bright future for the world and that is what makes him an inspirational leader.
2. Making the Era of the Home computer.
During the late 1960s, Bill Gates and his school friend Paul
Allen learnt the BASIC programming language whilst studying at Lakeside School
in Seattle.
BASIC’s popularity stemmed from the fact that it was simple to
use for beginners, but had functionality that could be stretched by advanced
coders.
While BASIC was designed in 1963, it wasn’t until Gates and
Allen produced a version for the Altair 8800 that it really started to fly. In
1975, the two sold the code to MITS for $3,000.
3. The richest man in the world
Bill Gates became the richest man on the planet at the age of
39. He stayed at number one on the Forbes list of the World’s Richest People
until 2007.
According to Wikipedia, Bill Gates was worth more than $101
billion in 1999; while Wired reports that, when Microsoft stock hit a high in
1996, Gates was earning $30 million a day.
The
best thing of all is this lesson
Just follow your passion and dream the Reality!
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Good knowledge ! He is role model for me.
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