Bill Gates – Founder Of Microsoft, One Of The Richest People

In The World
Maybe some people still don't know him. Bill Gates for many years he perched at
number one on the list of the richest people in the world. Although he dropped out of
college, he is the boss and founder of Microsoft, the largest software company in the
world. Microsoft itself was originally known for providing various service systems for
computers in the form of software (software).

Because it is growing, Microsoft finally launched Windows, the operating system for
computers. This is where the names of Bill Gates and Microsoft began to be known
by the world community. He became a successful business figure who inspired many
people thanks to his intelligence. Not only that, now Bill Gates is listed as the third
richest person in the world according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

William Henry Gates III or better known as Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955,
in Seattle, Washington. He is the second of three children.

His father William Henry Gates was a corporate attorney with many contacts in the
city. While his mother Mary Maxwell is an employee of First Interstate Bank, Pacific
Northwest Bell and a member of the United Way National Level.

He was the second of three children and was interested in computers at the age of
thirteen. While studying at Lakeside School, Bill Gates used the BASIC type
programming language to do his first programming. Bill Gates also studied another
system called a minicomputer called the DEC PDP, especially the PDP-10 type
which was then owned by the Computer Center Corporation (CCC).

Unfortunately, the use of the PDP-10 computer was limited in time, but he didn't lose
his mind. Together with some of his friends such as Paul Allen, Kent Evans, Ric
Wellan, he exploited bugs in the operating system to get extra time. Unfortunately,
their actions were discovered so the CCC banned them from accessing the system
during the summer. Then the CCC offered the four men to look for another bug in the
software when the term expired in exchange for extra time to use the computer. He
took this opportunity to learn various programming languages written in LISP and
FORTRAN. The four friends worked at CCC until 1970.

Bill Gates and his three friends then worked at Information Sciences, Inc. after CCC
went bankrupt, in 1971. He also worked at the Lakeside school to create programs
that managed student class schedules, in addition to Information Sciences, Inc. At
the age of 17, Gates and Allen founded Traf-O-Data which focused on calculating
traffic using the Intel 8008 processor.

Bill Gates' education at Lakeside School was completed in 1973. Gates took the SAT
test and got very high scores and was accepted at Harvard College. It was at this
university that Gates became acquainted with Steve Ballmer who would later
succeed him as CEO of Microsoft.

In his second year of college, Gates developed an algorithm for pancake sorting as a
solution to one of a series of unsolved problems in his combinatorics class by Harry
Lewis, one of his professors. Amazingly, Gates' solution holds the record for being
the fastest version for 30 years and its successor is only one percent faster.

In fact, Bill Gates has no plans to study at Harvard and prefers to spend his time
fiddling with school computers. In his third year at Harvard, the MITS Altair 8800
based on the Intel 8080 CPU was released. Bill Gates and Paul Allen saw this as an
opportunity to build their own computer software company.

Finally, Bill Gates left college and began to focus on building Microsoft with his best
friend Paul Allen. It was originally Microsoft's establishment to develop and sell the
BASIC translator for the Altair 8800. The company continued to grow and dominate
the personal computer operating system market with its MS-DOS in the mid-1980s,
followed by the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems.

Until now, Microsoft is still a pioneer of computer operating systems in the world and
has acquired various companies. Microsoft's success helped make Bill Gates reap a
lot of profits. One thing to note, when Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft,
they had a mission "a computer on every desktop and in every home". At first the
idea might not have made sense at the time. But who would have thought if their
vision could be realized.

The history and life story of Bill Gates does not always run smoothly. In 1990, he
was sued by the United States Department of Justice on charges of monopolizing
small companies. Various accusations say that Microsoft made a secret agreement
with computer manufacturers to install the Windows operating system on their
computers. Another allegation states that Microsoft forced computer manufacturers
to sell Microsoft Internet Explorer as a condition of using the Windows operating
system on their computers.

In 1999, he also had trouble with law business in the United States. The cases that
ensnared his company did not destroy Microsoft, in fact made it even more so that it
has grown to this day.

Bill Gates decided to resign as CEO of Microsoft in 2000 and handed the post to
Steve Ballmer. Gates became chief software architect, though he remained
chairman of the board of directors. In 2006, he wanted to devote more time to the Bill
and Melinda Gates Foundation and two years later he stepped down as Microsoft's
chief software architect on 27 June 2008.

Bill Gates also resigned as chairman of Microsoft and moved to a new position as an
advisor. technology in February 2014. A change of position also occurred to
Microsoft's CEO at that time, Steve Ballmer, who was replaced by 46-year-old Satya
Nadella. Bill and his wife Melinda Gates founded a charitable foundation called The
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) to help people around the world live
healthier and more productive lives. The organization founded by Bill Gates in 2000
was able to help 20,000 people to continue their studies. Two years later the
foundation helped install 47,000 computers in 11,000 libraries in 50 states. As a
result, 95% of libraries have computers with Internet access, up from 27 percent in
1996.

In 2010, Bill and Melinda pledged $0 billion over the next 10 years to help research
and develop vaccines in the world's poorest countries. Three years later, Gates
helped 5.5 billion dollars to eradicate polio in 2018. To this day, Bill and Melinda are
still actively running various charities to help people in need.

Facts about Bill Gates

As one of the most influential people in the world, Bill Gates certainly has many
interesting facts to know. Here are various facts from the former Microsoft CEO that
have been summarized:

1. Bill Gates' family

Gates married Melinda French on January 1, 1994. Bill Gates' marriage to Melinda
gave birth to three children namely Jennifer Katherine Gates (1996), Rory John
Gates (1999) and Phoebe Adele Gates (2002).

Gates and his wife are known as rich and generous people because they often carry
out social activities through their foundation, namely the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation. Various social activities were carried out starting from providing health
facilities, education and other assistance. With his positive image, not infrequently
many people want to know about Bill Gates' family life, ranging from religion,
education, and so on.

2. Wealth

Thanks to Microsoft, Bill Gates has become a permanent resident of the list of the
world's richest people since 1995. Gates' total net worth in 2020 reached 127 billion
US dollars, according to the report Bloomberg Billionaires Indexon October 13, 2020.
The man whose full name is William Henry Gates III has become one of the richest
people in America since the age of 30. In addition, the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation is said to have assets of more than 40 billion US dollars.

Bill Gates' other wealth is managed through Cascade Investments. Through

Cascade, Gates is known to have stakes in hotel chain The Four Seasons and in
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway group. In addition, there are shares in several
other companies such as Rp. 27.3 trillion in Republic Services (a waste management
company), Rp. 27.3 trillion in Ecolab (provider of cleaning equipment), 10 percent in
Canadian National Railway, Rp. 9.2 trillion in AutoNation (company). national car
dealerships), and 7 percent at Arcos Dorados.

3. Winner of charity

Not only included in the list of the richest people in the world, Bill Gates is also listed
as the most generous person in the United States (US). According to Forbes, Gates
has donated US$90 billion (Rp572 trillion). Together with Melinda Gates, the two
often travel the world in order to eradicate poverty. Both are committed to improving
the quality of life for everyone. through a foundation that was founded

4. Have a wise attitude to their children

Perhaps not many know that Bill Gates does not give his children a smartphone until
the age of 14 years. In addition, Gates also hates it when his children want to live by
expecting to inherit this abundant wealth. The former Microsoft CEO also gave
savings to his children, but the amount was not much.

Bill Gates' children will only get a savings of USD 10 million per person. Although
that number is large for most people, it is certainly not much and is only 0.15% of Bill
Gates' total wealth. The rest will go to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Bill
Gates believes that leaving a lot of money to his children will only spoil and spoil
them.

5. Purchase a manuscript of Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Leicester

Bill Gates owns a manuscript of Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Leicester, which dates
back to the 16th century. He bought it at auction in 1994 for $30.8 million and made
it the most expensive book in the world. Sometimes he lends the precious object to
the museum.

6. Awarded

knighthood Queen Elizabeth of England awarded Bill Gates an honorary knighthood

for his charitable work and achievements in technology, in 2005. Gates and his wife
met with the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh at Buckingham Palace for the
ceremony for which he received the title of Knight Commander Order of the British
Empire aka 'KBE'. Because he is not British, Gates cannot be called 'Sir' or 'Mr.'

7. Funding a vaccine company

Some time ago the company Inovio became a concern because it received funding
from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to make a vaccine for the Coronavirus. But
there are other facts revealed. As is known, Inovio's shares immediately skyrocketed
after announcing that it would conduct clinical trials of the Corona virus in April. Bill
Gates immediately injected funds of USD 5 million so that Inovio could quickly
complete the Coronavirus vaccine.

8. Hisin Microsoft remains at 1.3%

stakeDespite being one of the founders of Microsoft, Gates' total stake is only 1.3%.
Because he donated 64 million shares of Microsoft worth USD 4.6 billion, according
to a report to the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC). This donation is the
largest since 1999 where he donated shares worth USD 16 billion and USD 5.1
billion in 2000. Unfortunately it is not known where Gates donated his shares.
Previously, the 65-year-old man donated his shares and wealth to the Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation, a charitable organization he and his wife created.

9. Memorize the license plates of his employees' vehicles.

As one of the people who has a brilliant brain, Gates is blessed with strong memory
abilities. He admitted that he knew very well the license plates of his employees'
vehicles and that they could be used to monitor his employees. He was able to find
out with anyone who was caught out during working hours. But that was of course
when the employees numbered in the tens, and it's hard to do now that Microsoft has
150,000 employees worldwide.

10. Biggest Regret

What makes one of the richest people in the world like Gates regret? Drop out of
college? As it turned out, the former Microsoft CEO regretted that he knew nothing
about languages other than English. Mastering a foreign language is certainly very
useful to support communication with people from different social and cultural
backgrounds. Apparently that was the biggest regret for him.

Tips for Success from Bill Gates

As one of the most successful humans on earth, Bill Gates has various tips that have
made him where he is today. Here's a row of success tips from this former Microsoft
CEO:

Doing the best in their fields. Bill Gates has a principle of life to do everything to the
maximum. Failure will make you wiser and mature to move forward

Produce useful products. The former Microsoft CEO released a product that almost
everyone who has a computer can use and makes the work of millions of people
easier.

Positive and optimistic. Bill Gates' career in developing Microsoft has not been a
straight line. Every challenge faced, succeeded in bringing Bill Gates to the next
stage of life.
Keep learning all the time. The difference between successful people and not is the
way they view a problem. Every time there are problems and successful people are
able to see problems as opportunities that can be turned into gold

Hard work. There is no success without hard work. If you want to have billions, you
have to work smarter and harder than most people.