Making money is not for everyone to accomplish, but in Bill Gates case it was simple to achieve. Bill Gates is the founder of the world’s largest software business, Microsoft Windows. Bill Gates was born in Seattle Washington on October 28, 1955. Gates was born in a middle class family, with his sister, Kristianne, younger sister Libby and his two educated parents, William H. Gates Sr. and Mary Maxwell. Bill attended Harvard but shortly after dropped out and moved because he knew college was not enough to get him to where he wanted to be. His decision then led him to move to New Mexico, where he started his first small business, Microsoft. From there, he and his business slowly progressed to becoming the billionaire company it is today with the help of the following traits of S.O.A.R, which include being a seeker, outstanding citizen, achiever and being a responsible individual. In the beginning of his path to success, Bill Gates communicated his thoughts in a computer lab. He often found himself on a computer rather than in his college classes. His parents also noticed his …show more content…
In 1992 he won the ¨National Medal of Technology and Innovation¨ as well as many more influential medals. He started to become noticed when he launched Windows 95. In the evidence found it states ¨It powered business servers, mobile phones, PDAs, cash machines, retail displays, set-top boxes and old Sega Dreamcast consoles. Windows is everywhere. Windows 95 was arguably the game-changer.¨ (DeanEvens2). Meaning he had created something so modern in that time, which would lead him to making money every time someone used his program. ¨Bill Gates became the richest man on the planet at the age of 39¨(DeanEvens4). He never settled for anything less other than to make a impressive title to be known as a ¨genius¨ for the rest of his