Whether you think of him as a pioneering genius of the digital age or as the quintessential capitalist, Bill Gates left an indelible mark on the 20th century. This paper explores how Bill Gates revolutionized the world in which we live today by technological innovations, and how his incredible business strategies made him the world's richest man.
Bills family expected him to follow his fathers profession
Born on October 28, 1955, in Seattle, Washington. He was the only son with two sisters of a retired Seattle attorney, William H. Gates and late mother, Mary.
Bills family expected him to follow his father's profession but soon realized that he had his own plan and ambitions. Though Bill was very keen on maths and science from the very beginning
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Before Microsoft was founded, Paul Allen and Bill tried to use all the top chips they could to make software in it, they also sent out their Basic programs to all top companies, but no one answered them, they being teenagers could be one of the possible reasons for their programs rejection. Initially, Microsoft was a company that wrote applications and languages. They had no experience any operating systems but when IBM approached them for help on the IBM personal computer. Bill Gates saw this as the breakthrough they needed to make an impact in the computer world and even though they didn't deal with operating system Bill didn't want this opportunity to go away so he immediately purchased the operating system known as CPM DOS from a small software company in Seattle, Washington. He then showcased the operating system to IBM as MS-DOS. Initially, this seemed like a good deal, but Bill realized it later that the lease agreement gave IBM unrestricted use of DOS. Soon after when COMPAQ approached Microsoft about licensing MS-DOS, in order to make the deal profitable for Microsoft, Bill Gates leased the operating system to them on a per PC base. IBM was upset with the deal between COMPAQ and Microsoft because Microsoft was leasing MS-DOS to its competitors. IBM wanted to be better than its competitors and therefore soon negotiated for a new Operating system with Microsoft that …show more content…
Microsoft eventually won the lawsuit. Microsoft had yearly revenue of $16,005. In 2000 that number had grown to $22.96 billion, and Microsoft currently employs more than 39,000 people in 60 countries. Some attribute this tremendous growth directly to Gates and his focused leadership ability.Critics, on the other hand, claim that Gates has engineered a stranglehold over the entire industry with his ideas and products.Despite these challenges, Gates appears undaunted in his quest for preeminence. The Bill Gates with his immense hard work and the will to create something which complete changes our lifestyle has really made him the most acknowledged humans in history. He has made his mark in the world in which we live today and will definitely be remembered for what he has done for generations to come.Although it’s an ever changing industry, Gates does not foresee an end to the need for personal computers. He r wrote: “The PC has given the average American the kind of computing power that 10 years ago was found only in large corporations. Yet people now take this for granted—and want more” (“Why the PC Will Not Die,” Newsweek, May 31,