Bill
Gates (real name: William Henry “Bill” Gates, III) was born on 28th October
1955, to a middle-class family in Seattle, Washington. He is a man with many
colors, the business magnate, the philanthropist, the investor,
the computer programmer, and the inventor. Bill gates founded the
world’s largest personal computer software company- Microsoft with Paul Allen
on 4th April 1975. He is former CEO and chairman of Microsoft which is now
succeeded by Satya Nadella on 4th February 2014. Constantly, Bill Gates is
taking top 3 positions in Forbes list of wealthiest person in the world from
1995 to till date.
Education
Bill
Gates graduated from Lakeside School in 1973 and for further studies enrolled
to Harvard College in 1973.
Career
Bill
Gates, during his studies explored his interest in machines and finally with
support of his parents he dropped out from college and started his own company.
Prior to that, he joined Honeywell Company with Paul Allen (co-founder of
Microsoft). Bill gates stepped down as CEO in January 2000 and remained as
chairman till February 2014. From 27th June 2008 Gates became part-time worker
in Microsoft and transits as full time work in Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation.
At
Present
At
present he is working in Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, established in 2000
and also working as Technology Advisor to support the newly appointed CEO of
Microsoft. This foundation is donating
large amount of money to charitable organizations as well as to scientific
research programs.
Other
Business Ventures and Investments he is actively involved with are:
•
Cascade Investments LLC, headquartered in the city of Kirkland, Washington.
•
bgC3, a new think-tank company founded by Bill Gates.
•
Corbis, a digital image licensing and rights services company.
•
Terra Power, a nuclear reactor design company.
•
Research Gate, a social networking site for scientists.
Awards
and Honors
Bill
Gates and his wife Melinda Gates were awarded the Order of the Aztec Eagle in
November 2006 for their philanthropic work around the world in the areas of
health and education. Gates received the 2010 Bower Award for Business
Leadership from The Franklin Institute for his achievements at Microsoft and
his philanthropic work. In 2002, Bill and Melinda Gates received the Jefferson
Award for Greatest Public Service Benefiting the Disadvantaged. In 2006, Gates
received the James C. Morgan Global Humanitarian Award from The Tech Awards.
