What kind of person is Bill Gates?
1. Bill Gates is a genius.
Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955, in Seattle, USA, to William Henry Gates, Srwas a well-known local lawyer, and his mother, Mary Maxwell Gates, was a director of the banking system, and his maternal grandfather, J w.Maxwell, J w.Maxwell) was the Governor of the National Bank.
Bill Gates was an excellent student, and at the age of 13 he independently wrote the first computer program that could be used to play the game of soft landing on the moon.
After three years at Harvard, Gates gradually realized that computers were a very big opportunity for the future, and he believed that in the future, whether it was at home or in the office, every desktop would need a computer, so he decided to drop out of school and founded Microsoft with his partner Paul Allen in 1975.
2. Bill Gates changed the world
1.Changing the world with technology.
Microsoft's main business includes operating systems, office software, browsers, games, and devices, covering almost the entire computer software ecological chain. Among them, the Windows operating system is one of Microsoft's most well-known products, and it has almost become the standard operating system for personal computers. From Windows 95 to Windows 10 now, every upgrade of the Windows operating system has led to a revolution in the computer interface. It has not only changed the way people work, but also greatly improved work efficiency.
On June 27, 2008, Bill Gates stepped down from management entirely, giving Chief Operating Officer Steve Balmer full control of Microsoft.
2.Improving the world with charity**
In 1994, at the suggestion of his father William Gates, Gates took out $94 million to found the William Gates Association. In 1999, Gates and his wife renamed the Bill & Melinda Gates Society. The association aims to improve global health and education issues, as well as poverty alleviation and living standards. As of 2023, the association has donated billions of dollars to charitable projects around the world.
In 2008, Bill Gates donated $58 billion of his personal money to the conference. When he celebrated his 50th birthday in London, he told reporters that the huge wealth in his name was not only a great right but also a huge obligation for him personally, and he was ready to donate all this wealth to the society and not leave it to his children as an inheritance.
3. Bill Gates' wealth and marriage
As of 2024, Bill Gates' fortune is estimated to exceed $130 billion, and he has consistently been the richest man on Forbes' list of the world's richest people.
Bill Gates married Melinda French on January 1, 1994, and they have two daughters and one son. Divorced in May 2021.
4. Friends of Bill Gates.
1.Paul Allen: He and Gates are junior high school classmates and co-founders of Microsoft, and the two have a close relationship, and Gates has said that he and Allen will always be best friends no matter what.
2.Steve Ballmer : He was a college classmate of Gates and later became the CEO of Microsoft, with whom he had a long-standing friendship and cooperation.
3.Warren Buffett : He is a good friend of Bill Gates, and the two often spend time together, and Gates once tweeted that he spends time with Buffett and is forever young. By 2022, he has donated a total of $35.7 billion to Bill Gates.
5. Anti-monopoly litigation.
Around 2000, Microsoft went through an antitrust lawsuit in which Bill Gates stepped down as CEO. Eventually, after a 3-year antitrust investigation, Microsoft and the U.S. Department of Justice reached a settlement in 2001 to save them from being spun up.
6. The other side of Bill Gates.
Some people say "Bill Gates is a boy who never grows up"; It was also said that "Gates was a straightforward and honest man." While his management style may be intimidating to some employees, Bill will yell at everyone"; According to Microsoft employees, Gates is known for berating his subordinates, and "this is the dumbest idea I've ever heard" is the CEO's mantra; Another current Microsoft employee said, "Gates is a clumsy guy when it comes to social activities." ”
7. Summary. From dropping out of school to establish Microsoft to becoming the richest man in the world, Gates only took 20 years and was praised by Americans as "the person sitting at the top of the world".
Bill Gates didn't succeed by luck, and Microsoft isn't a software empire built on chance, as does building charity** to help some people around the world.