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Bill Gates
Bill Gates
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Bill Gates
The richest man
The Chairman of Microsoft
Charity
Born: October 28, 1955 ) (age 53)
Seattle, Washington
Residence: United States
Alma mater: Harvard University (dropped out
in 1975, honorary degree in 2007)
Occupation: Chairman of Microsoft
Co-Chair of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Net worth▲US$58 billion (2008)
Spouse : Melinda Gates (1994–present)
Children: Jennifer Katharine Gates (1996),
Rory John Gates (1999) and Phoebe Adele
Gates (2002)
A businessman
A technologist
A philanthropist
Family and early
childhood
First computing
experience
Roots of business
career
The birth of Microsoft
Begin the company when he is at university
Gates dropped out of Harvard In his junior year
for the company
Bill Gates’ glorious
Microsoft Corp
The most successful software of Microsoft
Sold a million copies in four days
Millions of users
Software used in a billion PC worldwide
SOFTWARE GURU
A businessman
A technologist
A philanthropist
A new job title: Chief Technology Officer
Assume the role of technical architect
Guide the technical direction of Microsoft
Didn’t recognize the revolution of Internet
But soon redirect
A businessman
A technologist
A philanthropist
Only the chairman of Microsoft
No daily work
Devote into charities
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
$23.5 billion
Health, education, public access to information
Still to be the richest man in the world?
Can Microsoft keep its status in the threat of
Google?
Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up
working for one.