2. True name: William
Henry Gates III
Born on Oct 28,
1955 in Seattle,
Washington
Son of William H.
Gates II and Mary
Gates
Has two sisters:
Kirsti and Libby
3. Did his schooling in
Lakeside School
Fascinated by
computer from
early age
At 13, wrote his
first computer
program of Tic Tac
Toe
4. In 1973, entered Harvard
University
In junior year, dropped out of
college
Saw a lot of potential in
computers
5. With childhood
friend Paul Allen,
started developing
BASIC program for
Altair 8800
Sold a computer to
Seattle city that
could count city
traffic
6. Founded Microsoft on April 4, 1975 with Paul
Allen
Guided by the belief that computer would be
a valuable tool in future
In 1980, developed MS-DOS for IBM
7. During 82-85, developed Windows 1.0
First GUI based OS from Microsoft
Followed by Windows 2.0 and 3.0
8. Game changing Windows 95
Even better Windows 98
Windows XP: The most successful OS
Vista
Windows 7 & 8
9. One of the most recognized brands
Leading Tech Company in the world
The most popular OS
Over 70% of computers run on Windows
Microsoft revenue: $74.30 Billion
10. Made computers personal
The man who changed computing
One of most powerful people
One of most influenced people of 20th
century
Richest man on earth. For last 19 years.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19652594
12. A visionary business person
Earns about $250 every second
Taken over many companies: hotmail, skype,
ubisoft and many more
13. Many charity foundations
William H. Gates Foundation with an initial
stock gift of $94 Million
Donated $86 M in 2006 for Polio eradication
$287M to various HIV/AIDS research
Collaboration with UN, World Bank, UNICEF to
provide cheap medicines
14. Life’s not fair, get used to it.
If you are born poor, it’s not your fault. But if
you die poor, it is.
