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Bill Gates Short Biography

Bill Gates Short Biography . Matsangides Maria . Department of Communication and Internet studies. Cyprus University of Technology . Who is bill gates:. William Henry Gates . He was Born : In Washington. October 28. Famous for : R ichest man. C ofounder of Microsoft.

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Bill Gates Short Biography

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  1. Bill Gates ShortBiography Matsangides Maria. Department of Communication and Internet studies. Cyprus University of Technology.

  2. Who is bill gates: • William Henry Gates . • He was Born : • In Washington. • October 28. • Famous for : • Richest man. • Cofounder of Microsoft. • Philanthropists.

  3. Character: • Intelligent. • Ambitious. • Competitive. • Hard working person. • “If you are intelligent and know how to apply your intelligence, you can achieve anything. ”

  4. About his family: • Father: Lawyer • Mother: Served on the board of directors. • Grandfather: Vice president of national bank. • Elder sister: Kristi (Kristianne) • Younger sister: Libby. • In 1994, he married Melinda Ann French an American philanthropist.

  5. Studies and Microsoft: • 13 years old: Public elementary school. • Discovered his interest in software. • Write his first computer game. • 1973 : Studying at Harvard University. • Paul Allen :Together they worked on a version of the programming language BASIC. • 1974: Stopped from the university .

  6. Bill Gates and the Microsoft Corporation. • Gates belief: “Every house should have a computer.” • 1975: "Microsoft"® change the way people use computers. • Microsoft: • improve software technology for people to • make it easier use the • make it more cost-effective computers. • more enjoyable

  7. Bill Gates and the Microsoft Corporation. • 1999, Gates wrote Business @ the Speed of Thought. • Shows how computer technology can solve business problems in fundamentally new ways. • The book was published in 25 languages and is available in more than 60 countries.

  8. To sum up with: • Really intelligent Pearson. • Hard working character. • He can achieve anything. • It is really nice that in our days there still people who care about others. Bill Gates is one of them. Many times he spends a lot of money in philanthropy.

  9. To sum up with: • Microsoft corporation change the way people use their computers: • Improve software technology. • Make it easier. • Make it more cost-effective. • More enjoyable. • Microsoft make Bill Gates the richest man in the world.

  10. Questions???

  11. References: • Biographies of business leaders: Bill Gates Biography –Profile. Available from: http://www.woopidoo.com/biography/bill-gates.htm • Wikipedia. Bill Gates: April, 13, 2010, Available from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gates. • AnishChandy. Bill Gates Biography. Available from: http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/7-19-2004-56835.asp • Microsoft news center. Bill Gates, Chairman, Microsoft Corp. Available from: http://www.microsoft.com/PRESSPASS/EXEC/BILLG/BIO.MSPX

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