BILL GATES

“I wish i wasn't the richest man in the world”

Quick Factfile

american businessman

in 1975 he puts the basis of a new company: Microsoft

until 2006, his prime responsibility was to ensure the succes of his company

the company he started, Microsoft, is worth $197 billion

Business Areas

microsoft is a public multinational company - Washington

produces software for computers the most influential on the market dominates the software market its software it’s used all around

the world

Family

married Melinda French from Dallas on January 1, 1994

three children: Jennifer Katharine Gates, Phoebe Adele Gates and Rory John Gates (born 1999)

Father died when he war 24 Succeded on his own without much

help from others

Education

at 13 he enrolled in the Lakeside School Gates graduated from Lakeside School in

1973 he scored 1590 out of 1600 on the SAT

and enrolled at Harvard College joined Honeywell during

the summer of 1974

First Business Success Gates took a leave of absence from

Harvard to work at MITS in Albuquerque in November 1975

within a year the trade name "Microsoft" was registered with the Office of the Secretary of the State of New Mexico

Major Business Success In 1980, IBM approached Microsoft to write

the BASIC interpreter for its upcoming personal computer

Microsoft made a deal with SCP to become the exclusive licensing agent, and later the full owner, of 86-DOS

the sales of MS-DOS made Microsoft a major player in the industry

Business Philosophy

“Never give up to what is your’s” he thought that money and power is

something that comes only to those that are brave enough to take it

Personality Traits

he aggressively broadened the company's range of products, and wherever Microsoft achieved a dominant position he vigorously defended it

firsthand accounts describe him as verbally combative

Recognition in 1987 Gates was officially declared a

billionaire in the pages of Forbes' 400 Gates was number one on the Forbes 400

list from 1993 through to 2007

Illustrative Quotes “When I was young, I thought that money

and power would make me happy...I was right”

“ The best employee it’s a man about 35 years old, with 40 years experience in the field”

In my opinion, Bill Gates it’s the example o succes through inteligence. He used his exceptional skills to obtain all that he wanted. Also, the self-confidence had a great role in his carrear, because without such qualities succes can not be acheaved.

Andrei Nemeş

In my opinion, Bill Gates is one of the most succesfull business man that have ever existed. By combinig courage and inteligence he became the man that he is today…one of the most powerfull man on earth.

Delia Sorostinean