William Henry Gates was born October 28, 1955 in Seattle, Washington. As the main Microsoft founder Bill Gates is one of the most influential and wealthiest people on the planet. According to recent estimates, his wealth put him on the $ 56 billion, which is equivalent to the combined GDP of a number of African countries. In recent years, he retired from full-time at Microsoft, and instead focused on the work with his charitable foundation "Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation"

Bill Gates at Microsoft




Bill Gates founded Microsoft GatesBill in 1976 when he formed a contract with the mitts (Micro-Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems) for the development of the base operating system for its new microcomputers. In the early days of Bill Gates will consider each line of code. He was also involved in several aspects of Microsoft's business, such as packing and shipping orders.

The big breakthrough for Microsoft came in 1980, when IBM approached them for the new base operating system for its new computers. In the early 1980s, IBM became the leading PC manufacturer. Nevertheless, more and more, there developed many IBM PC clones; (PC, developed by other companies that are compatible with IBM 's). Microsoft worked hard to sell its operating system for these other companies. Therefore, Microsoft managed to get a dominant position in the software industry, as well as the personal computer market has started to grow. From the beginning of his reign, no other company has come close to displacing Microsoft as the dominant supplier of software for computer-controlled operating.

Bill Gates - Windows


In 1990, Microsoft released the first version of Windows. It was a breakthrough in the operating software, as it replaced the text-based interface with a graphical interface. He soon became a bestseller and was able to capture a large market share of operating systems. In 1995, Windows 95 was released, setting new standards and capabilities for operating systems. This version of Windows, was the basis for all future versions of Windows 2000 to the latest XP and Vista.

Throughout his time in office, Bill Gates was interested in Microsoft's business diversification. For example from the Microsoft Internet Explorer was the dominant web browser, although this is mainly because it comes pre-installed on most new computers, and has seen its share of the market slip in recent years.

One area where Microsoft has never been successful in the field of search engines. MSN Live Search has struggled to get more than 5% market share. Therefore, Microsoft was small compared with Google. However, the Microsoft success in turning various aspects of the software market has led, in some cases, anti-trust. In 1998, the United States against Microsoft, Microsoft was very close split into three smaller firms. However, the Microsoft has been able to address in order to survive as a company.

Philanthropy - Bill Gates


Bill Gates married Melinda French (married in 1992). They have three children, Jennifer (1996), Rory (1999) and Phoebe (2002). With his wife, Gates formed the Bill & Melinda. Bill Gates said that much of the inspiration came from the example of David Rockefeller. Like Rockefeller, Gates seeks to focus on global issues ignored by the government; He also expressed interest in improving the public school in the United States standards. He has appeared with Oprah Winfrey, to help in achieving this goal. As for charitable, philanthropic Gates Foundation has also received support from the investor Warren Buffett, who has given $ 17 billion, through the Gate.

Since 2008, Gates worked full-time on his philanthropic interests. According to estimates, Gates and his wife Melinda have given $ 28 billion through a charitable foundation - including $ 8 billion to improve health worldwide.

Gates said that he had no use for money, and leave only a small percentage of his wealth to his children. In an interview with Daily Telegraph, Gates said:

"I, of course, well taken care of in terms of food and clothing," he says, redundantly. "Money has no utility to me beyond a certain point. Its usefulness is entirely in building the organization and receive resources of the poorest in the world."
Its main areas of interest were philanthropy improve health, in particular, helps to reduce diseases such as polio, that affect young children. He is also to pay more attention to environmental issues. In 2015, he gave $ 1 billion in clean energy project because he sees support for new "green" technologies as a way to help cope with global warming.