bill gates
William Henry Gates the III, is also referred as "The king of Software" he cofounder the Microsoft Corporation, the largest computer software company. Gates is an American business executive officer of Microsoft. He was born in Seattle, Washington on October 28, 1955. He was the second child and only son of William Henry Gates Jr. who was an attorney and former schoolteacher. Bill developed an early interest in computer science and began studying computers in the seventh grade. By the age of twelve, he was involved with various computer-programming projects thought high school. While attending Harvard in 1975, Gates teamed with Paul Allen to develop a version of the Basic computer programming language for their first personal computer. They both decided they wanted to be at the head of the computer software design industry, when they saw an article in "Popular Electronics" magazine published in 1975about a three hundred and Fifty-dollar computer. He dropped out of Harvard in 1975, beginning his life as an entrepreneur in computer software. After he left Harvard both Allen and h
Gates's desire, creativity and competitive nature made him a powerhouse in the computer industry. He achieved his goal, "for there to be a computer in every household." He completed his goal created a multi-billion dollar company in the process. Bill Gates is a role model for all those who have a dream. All he had was an idea and he became one of the most successful entrupenuear of all time. Everything is going great for Gates. His company Microsoft has grown from 15 employees and $500,000 in revenues in 1978 to over 17,000 employees and $4.7 billion in revenues for the fiscal year ending in 1994. More than 50 percent of Microsoft's income comes from overseas sales. In March of 1995, Gates teamed up with DreamWorks to launch a new company called Interactive DreamWorks to create interactive multimedia entertainment programs. In May of 1995 Gates announced an agreement with NBC to develop interactive television. imself developed a programming language for the firs personal computer and the language they called Basic. This led to the formation of Microsoft in Aluquerque, New
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