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About Bill Gates
Article Overview: Bill Gates is the co-founder of one of the world’s largest corporations, and is himself one of the wealthiest men in the world. Sure, you already knew that. But, just how much do you really know about Bill Gates? Did you know that in university, he told his professors he would be a millionaire by the age of 30? Or that he used to sign up for classes that had the prettiest girls and no sessions on Fridays?
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About Bill Gates
Bill Gates is the co-founder of one of the world’s largest corporations, and is himself one of the wealthiest men in the world. Sure, you already knew that. But, just how much do you really know about Bill Gates? Did you know that in university, he told his professors he would be a millionaire by the age of 30? Or that he used to sign up for classes that had the prettiest girls and no sessions on Fridays?
Scott McNealy of Sun Microsystems said of him, he is “probably the most dangerous and powerful industrialist of our age.” Indeed, the billionaire entrepreneur has found himself in the number one spot on Forbes’ World’s Richest People list for twelve years in a row. What is it about him that has made him the success he is today? As Stewart Aslop once said, “Gates it the ultimate programming machine.”
He may be one of the most public figures in the world, but there is still much that many people don’t know of his personal life. For instance, the very first computer program that he wrote at the age of 17 – a scheduling system for his high school – he was able to sell for $4,200. And, in a survey conducted by the City University of Hong Kong, he was found to be more idolized than even Chinese Communist leader Mao Tse-Tung in a poll of teenagers throughout Hong Kong and China.
What else is there to know about Bill Gates? How about the fact that he scored 1590 on his SAT standardized test, where the top possible score is 1600. Or, that this American was given the title of Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II of England. Did you know about Bill Gates and how he met his wife, Melinda French, at a Microsoft press event in 1987? At the time, French was working for the company; seven years later, the two would marry in Hawaii on New Year’s Day.
Despite all his achievements and the popularity of Microsoft products, not everyone likes what the Microsoft cofounder. American comedian Dennis Miller said of him, “[He] is a monocle and a Persian cat away from being the villain in a James Bond movie.” Similarly, British author Douglas Adams once said, “The idea that Bill Gates has appeared like a knight in shining armour to lead all customers out of a mire of technological chaos neatly ignores the fact that it was he who, by peddling second-rate technology, led them into it in the first place.”
Love him or hate him, admire him or loathe him, one thing for sure can be said about Bill Gates: he is a passionate entrepreneur who has been able to turn his love for all things computer into a multi-billion dollar fortune, and revolutionize the world in the process. He may be turning his back on the company to pursue more philanthropic causes, but the world has certainly not heard the last about Bill Gates.
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Re: Who inspired you to start?
- Hi Evan,
I was inspired by Mr. Bill Gates ever since I was a student learning Computers. But I was motivated for Internet as my Business, when I read his book "The Road Ahead" in 1995. It was in this book that Gates laid out his vision of an interconnected world built around the Internet.
Based on the premise that life will be transformed by the convergence of inexpensive computing and inexpensive communications, Gates drew from his experience at the center of the personal computer revolution to give insights on the growth, evolution and impact of technology.
I had always looked up to Bill Gates as my idol. When I read this book, it made me more focussed on Microsoft and Internet, The Internet was one of the upcoming things in this time. So I took over to the Internet as my primary business.
Regards,
Re: Question of the Week: Who is your favorite entrepreneur of a
- Great feedback Peter. I did a Facebook poll and Bill Gates was the #1 pick!
You don't need a degree to be an Entrepreneur
- You don't need a dergree to be an entrepreneur, if in doubt please ask
Bill Gates
Micheal Dell
Richard Branson
and host of others
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Re: Citizen Journalism: There's no such thing
- I agree with ideasuniversity and OmnivoreInk, Steve should appoint a successor now. He should follow the example of Bill Gates who had left Microsoft in the hand of his able men
Re: Question of the Week: Who is your favorite entrepreneur of a
- This is a tough question but mine is Bill Gates.
Not to age myself but I remember chatting with one of my professors in university talking about this "new" personal computer thing and how he thought it was going to revolutionize the world.
He was right.
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