Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, is one of the richest men in the world now, with a fortune of £ 66.7 billion, or $ 90.5 billion, and is now focusing on philanthropy through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Bill Gates and the success story of the founder of Microsoft
- The beginning of Bill Gates and his life
- His first computer experience
- In 1973 and joined Bell at Harvard University
- Bill Gates' achievements
The beginning of Bill Gates and his life
Bill was born in Washington in 1955, an Irish-Scottish "British", from an average family,He has two older sisters called Christian, while the younger is called Libby,The father worked as a lawyer, while his mother Mary Maxwell was working in teaching,She then moved to work with charities and then as an administrator at the University of Washington, as well as managing some banks and companies.
The Bill Gates School
Bell was not a loving child to study despite his keen interest in reading and love of knowledge in various areas of knowledge, books, encyclopedias, To his great intelligence, his parents decided to enroll in the private school of Lykassid, which is known for its distinctive academic environment.
His first computer experience
Bell was able to learn computer science and software technology for the first time through the Lexaid School,The school also allowed its students to provide a computer, despite the high price at the time, which contributed to providing the skills of "Bill" programming with his friend Paul Alan, In order to be able to "Bill" while studying at the school was 13 years old, writing a program in Basic language, The program allowed the computer users to play against the computer, and this was the first results of his passion for programming,He and his friend Allen also developed a computer program to monitor the streets of Seattle,Their net profits from this project amounted to about $ 20,000, as well as production of some games programs, with the help of friends.
In 1973 and joined Bell at Harvard University
In the autumn of 1973, Bell enrolled in the Pre-School of Law despite his lack of passion for rights,His work continued in front of the computer at the university laboratories, and his friend Paul Allen joined HarvardUniversity as well, To decide after two years of study left the university to complete their passion in the field of computer and open a company that specializes in the field of software development,They created Micro-Soft, a name that is divided into two sections, Microcomputer and Software,Bell may be working in the company, becoming the world's largest software company.
Bill Gates' achievements
In 1979, "Bill Gates," the headquarters of "Microsoft" to Bellevue in Washington,The company has created software in different formats for multiple computer companies, In 1979, Microsoft achieved profits of about $ 2.5 million. Bill was in the early 1920s,Bill has been fully in charge of Microsoft's software algorithms and production and marketing development tasks .Bill Gates was able to make deals with other software companies to gain the opportunity to contract with IBM, which was looking for an operating system for its computers, His mother, Mary, helped him through her knowledge of the heads of corporate management in arranging a meeting with the CEO of IBM.Microsoft's profit after contracting with IBM increased to $ 16 million from $ 2.5 million, Bill becomes Chairman and Chairman of its Board of Directors,To expand the company after that and create a system of operating "Windows", which was widely spread among people for easy handling,The company has made huge profits from it, so that Microsoft has branches all over the world after that.
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