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Bill Gates - A story of Success
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William H. Gates is chairperson and chief software
architect of Microsoft Corporation, the worldwide leader in software
services and Internet technologies for personal and business
computing.
Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955 in a
family having rich business, political and community service
background. His great-grandfather was a state legislator and a
mayor, his grandfather was vice president of national bank and his
father was a lawyer.
Bill strongly believes in hard work. He
believes that if you are intelligent and know how to apply your
intelligence, you can achieve anything. From childhood Bill was
ambitious, intelligent and competitive. These qualities helped him
to attain top position in the profession he chose. In school, he had
an excellent record in mathematics and science. Still he was getting
very bored in school and his parents knew it, so they always tried
to feed him with more information to keep him busy. Bill’s parents
came to know their sons intelligence and decided to enroll him in a
private school, known for its intense academic environment. It was a
very important decision in Bill Gates life where he was first
introduced to a computer.
Bill Gates and his friends were
very much interested in computer and formed "Programmers Group" in
late 1968. Being in this group, they found a new way to apply their
computer skill in university of Washington. In the next year, they
got their first opportunity in Information Sciences Inc. in which
they were selected as programmers. ISI (Information Sciences Inc.)
agreed to give them royalties whenever it made money from any of the
group’s program. As a result of the business deal signed with
Information Sciences Inc., the group also became a legal business.
Bill Gates and his close friend Allen started new company of
their own, Traf-O-Data. They developed a small computer to measure
traffic flow. From this project they earned around $20,000. The era
of Traf-O-Data came to an end when Gates left the college. In 1973,
he left home for Harvard University. He didn’t know what to do, so
he enrolled his name for pre-law. He took the standard freshman
courses with the exception of signing up for one of Harvards
toughest mathematics courses. He did well over there, but he
couldn’t find it interesting too. He spent many long nights in front
of the schools computer and the next day asleep in class.
After leaving school, he almost lost himself from the world
of computers. Gates and his friend Paul Allen remained in close
contact even though they were away from school. They would often
discuss new ideas for future projects and the possibility of
starting a business one fine day. At the end of Bills first year,
Allen came close to him so that they could follow some of their
ideas. That summer they got job in Honeywell. Allen kept on pushing
Bill for opening a new software company.
Within a year, Bill
Gates dropped out from Harvard. Then he formed Microsoft. Microsofts
vision is "A computer on every desk and Microsoft software on every
computer". Bill is a visionary person and works very hard to achieve
his vision. His belief in high intelligence and hard work has put
him where he is today. He does not believe in mere luck or God’s
grace, but just hard work and competitiveness. Bill’s Microsoft is
good competition for other software companies and he will continue
to stomp out the competition until he dies. He likes to play the
game of Risk and the game of world domination. His beliefs are so
powerful, which have helped him increase his wealth and his monopoly
in the industry.
Bill Gates is not a greedy person. In fact,
he is quite giving person when it comes to computers, internet and
any kind of funding. Some years back, he visited Chicagos Einstein
Elementary School and announced grants benefiting Chicagos schools
and museums where he donated a total of $110,000, a bunch of
computers, and provided internet connectivity to number of schools.
Secondly, Bill Gates donated 38 million dollars for the building of
a computer institute at Stanford University. Gates plans to give
away 95% of all his earnings when he is old and gray. |
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