The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundations is the largest philanthropic organization. The organization is involved in healthcare operations. For instance, in the control of tuberculosis and HIV spread. Due to the rise in the number of malaria and polio patients, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation participates in the control of these diseases by setting up strategies that will eradicate these deadly menaces that have caused the deaths of many individuals. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation was launched
platform for our topic. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation donates billions upon billions of dollars to 3rd World countries to help fight infectious diseases and treat the ill. The foundation helps give sick children and adults a second chance at life and gives them a better standard of living. We want to give people a better idea about what the foundation does, and to try and persuade people to donate money to the foundation or organizations like the Foundation. The purpose of our research was
Bill Gates shows the trait of a transactional leader because he applies the principle contingent reward. In an article written by Martin Gilliard, he wrote: “Bill Gates was known as a very demanding boss who encourages creativity and innovation and recognizes individual and team achievements.” This means he rewards his high performing employees. According to Barnes Center for Enlisted Education, the lesson in Full Range Leadership Development, contingent reward is a contract between leader and
Bill and Melinda Gates: Two Upstanders in America Bill and Melinda Gates are two philanthropists working in charity. Before getting involved in charity, Bill Gates was one of the founders of Microsoft and Melinda Gates worked at Microsoft. They were taught to be charitable through the way they were raised. They made charities such as the Gates Library Foundation Launch and the Gates Millennium Scholars Program, but their most notable charity is the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The Bill and
company Microsoft. Bill Gates, who was always independent and intelligent, and his wife have become two of the greatest philanthropists in the world. Bill Gates’ family had a big effect on Bill Gates. Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1995 in Seattle Washington (“Bill Gates”). His great-grandfather, who was called Bill Gates I, was a prospector in Alaska. He moved his family to Seattle and became a furniture seller after he earned some money from his prospection (Aronson 20). Gates’ grandfather, who
Bill and Melinda Gates, a very wealthy couple who owns microsoft, have found a generous and helpful way to give back to poor and impoverished third world nations. They created the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to “ give back to society” (Bill Gates). Why did they decide to help these struggling countries in need and how did they start? Well I the interview with Chris Anderson they stated they wanted to see that all people had equal chances. To have a sporting chance they believed that people
Bill Gates, the renowned billionaire who grew up as a small child fascinated in technological gadgets, which then lead him to completely change the computer industry. Bill Gates changed the whole industry by creating Microsoft, the first real company to bring computers small enough to fit at your home, as well as a computer being simple enough for the common person to understand how to use it. Although some people credit Apple with the revolution of technology, Bill Gates helped, advanced and changed
Bill Gates and the members of the Walton Family are both prestigious billionaires, who belong on Mount Rushmore for their achievements and donations. They are among the four presidents, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln, for the change they have made. There is room for one more face, and Bill Gates belongs on the mountain. Bill Gates and the Walton Family have donated large amounts, but Bill Gates has donated much more, and his numerous foundations do
Bill Gates Billionaire, Computer, Genius Technology, Microsoft, or Software are three words that come to people’s minds when they here the name Bill Gates. Many people know that Bill Gates was very rich, smart, and of course, the creator and chairman of Microsoft. However, he was much more than just that. As a billionaire technical genius, Bill Gates changed the world by noticing the lack of a microchip and technology, and took a big step and found Microsoft. He brought America a new revolution
Introduction The founder of Microsoft doesn’t need and introduction. Bill Gates is one of the wealthiest person in the world. He is well known for his harsh “do as I say, not as I do,” leadership style in the workplace. He was a visionary, and his vision was to build a company or product that would forever change the world The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation were created by them both .Their foundation is worldwide and its design to reduce inequity, health and the wellbeing not only in America
Bill Gates Bill Gates is the owner of Microsoft and has worked hard to get there. Mr Gates is now one of the wealthy on earth. “Microsoft co founder and former chairman Bill Gates became the wealthiest man in the world and one of the most influential personalities in the ever-evolving information technology and computer industries”. Bill has overcome many problems to get where he is now.”Gates wrote his first software program at the age of 13.”Bill is a very hard worker to get where he has come
Bill Gates Bill Gates is one of the most charitable men on the planet. At the age of 57 he has donated more than 28 billion to a charity foundation that he created. It is important when achieving a goal that the person trying to achieve the goal does not sit around waiting for others to do things for them. For example, Bill Gates didn’t sit around and say he can’t donate, no one has given him a trustworthy charity foundation. No, he stood up for himself and made his own charity foundation
wealth. Bill Gates is the founder and owner of multi-billion dollar company Microsoft. Bill and his wife Melinda Gates are the founders of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The main intention of their foundation is to provide grants for projects relating to global health care, education, libraries, and the Pacific Northwest. The foundation was founded in 1994 and sense then has received may donations and evolved from a small idea to one of the largest charities in the country. The Gates foundation
Bill Gates Without William Henry Gates III (Bill Gates), much of the world today, as we know it, would not be a reality. Bill Gates is currently the world’s richest man; this makes him one of the most influential people in the entire world. Bill is very invested in charity, he has pledged to donate more than ninety-five percent of his wealth to charity. Gates practically initiated the home computers using his revolutionary software. Bill’s company Microsoft even assisted Apple in writing the software
world. When it comes to individuals who influenced the American identity, Walt Disney, John D. Rockefeller, and Bill Gates all made America what it is today. These great men all blazed their own trails and built up some of the most successful businesses in American history. Through hard work and perseverance, Disney created one of the most revolutionary entertainment companies in history; Gates gave everyday Americans the power of the computer;
competitors”(T.J Stiles). While he is also deemed one of America’s leading businessmen, and is also credited for helping shape the United States. His fortunes were made unfairly in some cases but his million dollar contribution to the Navy was very generous. Bill Gates was a wealthy man who might have been greedy and only in for the money. He was also a generous man who employed a lot of people and donated $40 million. Most revered critics believe that Cornelius Vanderbilt was a Robber Baron. For example, he was
organizations, and other moral organizations to join in promoting world peace in the world to end war forever. The First World War shocked Carnegie and it showed that he failed in the beginning, but later after the war his ideas were used as the foundation for the League of Nations. Andrew Carnegie wanted to stop the death and destruction that eventually became the First World War so he wanted to help humanity by supporting world
. John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton once stated, “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” However, the usage of power can be implemented positively or negatively, depending on the intentions of an individual. By definition, power is stated as the capacity or ability to direct or influence the behavior of others or the course of events. Characters from The Epic of Gilgamesh by Sin-Leqi-Unninni and Lysistrata by Aristophanes demonstrate that not all who wield power results in
The late nineteenth century was a pivotal moment in American history. During this time, the Industrial Revolution transformed the nation, railroads had dissipated all throughout the country, and economic classes began to form, separating the wealthy from the poor. One of the wealthiest men of this generation was Andrew Carnegie, a Scottish immigrant who fled to America to make millions off the railroad, oil and even steel businesses. Carnegie is considered one of the richest men in history, and even
Margaret Sanger discusses the importance of female access to contraceptives in her piece titled “Birth Control”. Sanger argues that “no woman can call herself free who does not own and control her body. No woman can call herself free until she can choose consciously whether she will or will not be a mother”, implying that birth control is the key to any form of autonomy (Sanger 144). Sanger is aware that it takes two to tango, however emphasizes that a women’s body is hers and only hers to protect