“Money has no utility to me beyond a certain point.” These words, quoted from, Bill Gates, one of the most powerful men in the world, imply imperative information to understand, not just how he thinks but what values make him one of the most influential figures in today’s society. Bill Gates is a technologist improver, business leader, and philanthropist. He grew up in Seattle, Washington, with an extremely supportive family who encouraged his passion towards computers at an early age. By the time Bill was a kid, his family was wealthy, but remembering the challenges of the Great Depression, they encouraged their children to work hard and take nothing for granted, which motivated Bill to never give up on what he wanted the …show more content…
When Bill Gates was still a kid he had an impressive passion towards computers and programming, however, his private elementary school did not have the money to afford a computer laboratory due to the fact that was too expensive at that time. Time after, his school had a fundraiser and was able to rent a year’s worth of time on the general electric computers after the year established the school made an agreement with Seattle-based Computer Center Corporation (CCC) for more time with the computers. Gates was the kid that most enjoyed the computers, so that was banned from the computer laboratory due to the fact that he hacked the security systems of the computers and reset the meters, crashing them almost completely, “just for fun” (“Bill Gates”). Bill Gates passion for programming grew more and more over time, notwithstanding his parents didn’t seem to comprehend what his son really wanted to do. Gates wanted to create his own business with his partner Paul Allen, while his parents wanted him to finish school and go on to college where they hoped he would work to become a lawyer. Some years later, after Bill Gates entered Harvard and studied there for a few years, he dropped out during his junior year and dealt with his parents’ disappointment towards his dropping out …show more content…
Throughout Gates’s whole career he has been heavily criticized by all types of media, and their critics are debatable and most of the times are not wrong. If you consider (for example) the average American of reasonable but modest wealth. Perhaps he has a net worth of $100,000 while Mr. Gates' worth is 400,000 times larger than a regular person. This means that if something costs $100,000 to an average American, to Bill will cost 25 cents. Due to this fact, people claim that Bill Gates is too rich. Daily, people sarcastically argue “how rich Bill Gates can get?” (“Bill Gates Is Now worth $90 Billion.”). Notwithstanding, Bill Gates’ money is not coming from unknown sources and spend deliberately in expensive cars or houses, he has worked hard for it. “Gates is also mortal” (even if for some people is hard to believe); his monetary resources are being well administrated, “he is now engaged in the process of ridding himself of all that money in the hope of extending the lives of others less fortunate than himself.” (Tweedie). In 2000 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was founded as a private foundation by Bill