Bill GatesAn American entrepreneur

By: Samantha Schatzman

Background/job

Real name= William Henry Gates III

Born in Seattle, Washington.

Parents- William H.Gates Jr. (now Sr.) and Mary Maxwell Gates.

Job= Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, Chairman, Microsoft Co-chair.

Lives= On The shores of Lake Washington in a 40,000 square-foot mansion.

Company

Works for- Microsoft.

Microsoft was made in 1975, Bill and Paul Allen made it together.

60,000 people (an estimated amount) work for Microsoft now.

It’s located in Redmond, Washington.

Financial

There are many competitors (Google,IBM,Oracle)

Revenue passes $50 billion.

Stock price is 28.48

Many of Microsoft's greatest people have been leaving it for Google.

In the past 5 years the stock has gone up and down very drastically.

Products of services

They offer Windows HP home edition

Windows HP home edition is $199

It’s the most dependable windows operating system yet. Windows XP sets the standard in efficient computing with a new visual design, the reliable Windows engine, and Internet security features.

There is an upgrade from the XP for $99

It’s so successful because it’s really reliable.

Products of services two

Microsoft office home and Student 2007Office Home and Student 2007 has new graphics, formatting galleries, and an improved user interface that exposes commonly used commands.$149.00 for the product.It’s better than the older versions, and more reliable.There are many older versions of this product

HONORS

Bill gates started a foundation a few years ago called “the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation” which is where they donate money for different reasons to different people.

Bill Gates created Microsoft. (with his partner Paul Allen)

Bill Gates received an ‘honorary Knighthood’ from Queen Elizabeth II.

Bill Gates is a very determined, smart, sophisticated man which shows why he’s such a good communicator.