A Success Story Of "Bill Gates"
Bill Gates the founder of "Microsoft" was born on October 28, 1955 in Seattle 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 believed in achieving his goals through hard work.
He also believes that if you are intelligent and know how to use your
intelligence, you can reach your goals and targets. From his early days Bill
was ambitious, competitive and intelligent. These qualities helped him to
attain great position in the profession he chose also Bill was deemed by his
peers and his teachers as the smartest kid on campus; Bill’s parents came to
know their son’s intelligence and decided to enroll him in a private school,
known for its intense academic environment. That was the most important
decision in Bill Gate’s life where he was first introduced to computers. 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 formed a 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. Upon graduating from Lakeside Bill enrolled in Harvard University
in 1973, one of the best universities in the country, 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 Harvard’s 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 school’s 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 Bill’s 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.
Microsoft’s 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 (challenge) 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
Chicago’s Einstein Elementary School and announced grants benefiting Chicago’s
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.
"such as the meaning of his name is Bill Gates, which means the gate of the money..."
"The PC has improved the world in just about every area you can think of. Amazing developments in communications, collaboration and efficiencies. New kinds of entertainment and social media. Access to information and the ability to give a voice people who would never have been heard"
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