The leader I chose to write about for my leader in the news final project is Bill Gates. He was the creator of the world’s largest software business called Microsoft. It all started when he was 13 and wrote his first computer program for tic tac toe. Microsoft was founded on April 4, 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. Bill and his childhood friend Paul Allen had their first Windows 1.0 launched in 1985. In the beginning of Bill Gates career he was a hard-driving businessman and was respected by his peers and feared by his competitors. He was actively maintaining as a leader as well on the work schedule as Microsoft chairman and chief software architect. He is now leaving his role as the chairman of the board and is taking on new roles as …show more content…
Philanthropy is the desire to promote the welfare of others, expressed by the generous donation of money to good causes. He first created the William H. Gates Foundation in 1994 which mainly focused on global health. Then three years later, in 2000 Bill and his wife Melinda created a foundation called Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to help others around the world live a healthier, and a more productive life. This foundation also helped install computers in libraries in all 50 states. The foundation started with $365 million dollars and it have expanded over the next four year at $24.6 billion dollars. Bill then started to eventually slow down on giving. He still loves to help and give whenever he needs to. In 2002-2012 he gave $3.7 billion dollars towards the foundation. (Smith, …show more content…
He convinced everybody that the internet phenomenon is unbelievable. He is very smart and well bright. This comes to play when you are being aggressive in the business world. He was able bundle Microsoft and the Explorer browser with its Windows operating system. This is a very aggressive move. He can think of different things to improve and build upon what he has already came up with. He is creativity and able to think of new things. He is a very fast learner and even developed the first software at the age of 13. Bill also takes risks during his career path. Sometimes leaders have to be able to take risks and go with