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Presented By:Rahul Bedi

MBA 1 B

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GNIMT


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CONTENTS

Early lifeMicrosoft

BASIC

IBM partnership

WindowsManagement style

Antitrust litigation

Appearance in ads

Personal life

Recognition

Investments

Bibliography

Books


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INTRODUCTION

William Henry "Bill" Gates III (born

October 28, 1955

Bill Gates an American business magnate,

author and chairman of Microsoft, the

software company


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Born in Seattle, Washington, to William H. Gates, Sr. and

Mary Maxwell Gates

His fatherwas a prominentlawyer

His mother served on the board of directors

Schooling from Lakeside School

Wrote first computer program of tic-tac-toe in 8th

standard

EARLYLIFE OFBILL GATES


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Gates graduated from Lakeside School in 1973

He scored 1590 out of 1600 on the SAT and

enrolled at Harvard College

In 1980, IBM approached Microsoft to writeprograms for its upcoming personal computer,

the IBM PC

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He studied FORTRAN LISP ,and

machine language and COBOL

Information Sciences, Inc. hired Bill

Gatesto write a payroll program in

COBOL


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Microsoft launched its first retail version ofMicrosoft Windows on November 20, 1985

Deal with IBM to develop a separate

operating system called OS/2From Microsoft's founding in 1975 until 2006,

Windows


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From Microsoft's founding in 1975 until 2006, Gates had

primary responsibility forthe company's product strategy

He aggressively broadened the company's range of

products

As an executive, Gates met regularly with Microsoft'ssenior managers and program managers

Management Styles


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BillGates stepped down as chief executive

officer of Microsoft in January 2000

He remained as chairman and created the

position of chief software architect

In June 2006,Gates announced that he wouldbe transitioning from full-time work at Microsoft

to part-time work and full-time work at the Bill &

MelindaGates Foundation

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He gradually transferred his duties to Ray

Ozzie, chief software architect and Craig

Mundie, chief research and strategy officer.Gates' last full-time day at Microsoft

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Criticism of Microsoft has followed various aspects

of its products and business practices

Issues with ease of use, stability, and security of the

company's software are common targets for critics

Criticism of Microsoft


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Microsoft is also accused of locking vendors and

consumers into their products

Comparisons of Linux as well as Mac OS X toWindows are a continuous point of debate

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Aquisition

Microsofthas acquired severalcompanies and

products during its history

FrontPage

WebTV (now MSNTV)

Hotmail

Direct3D

Internet ExplorerVision


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Gates appeared in a series of ads to promoteMicrosoft in 2008

The first commercial, co-starring Jerry Seinfeld is a90-second advertisement forshoe store

Appearance in Advertisement


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Gates married Melinda French from Dallas, TX onJanuary 1, 1994

They have three children: daughters JenniferKatharineGates and Phoebe AdeleGates and son RoryJohnGates

TheGates' home is an earth-sheltered house in theside of a hill overlooking Lake Washington in Medina.

Personal life


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Gates' home is an earth-sheltered house in the sideof a hill overlooking Lake Washington in Medina.

According to King County public records, as of 2006the total assessed value of the property (land andhouse) is $125 million, and the annual property tax is

$991,000.

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Gates was number one on the "Forbes 400" list from1993 through to 2007

Number one on Forbes list of "The World's RichestPeople" from 1995 to 2007 and 2009.

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In 1987Gates was officially declared a billionaire inthe pages of Forbes' 400 Richest People in America

World's youngest self-made billionaire, he has networthUS$54 billion billion

On November 2006, he and his wife were awarded

the Order of the Aztec Eagle

Honored with the Silver Buffalo Award by the BoyScouts of America

Recognititon


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Cascade Investments LLC a private investment andholding company, is controlled by BillGates

BgC3, a new think-tank company founded by BillGates

Corbis, a digital image licensing and rights servicescompany

TerraPower a nuclear reactor design company

Investments


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Gates has authored two books

The Road Ahead(1995)

Business @ the Speed ofThought(1999)

Bibliography


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Gates has appeared in film:

Waiting For Superman

Filmography


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Bill & MelindaG

ates Foundation, which is the largesttransparently operated charitable foundation in theworld

Given over $28 billion to charity

Gates has made TheGiving Pledge to donate overhalf of his wealth to charity

Gates and charity


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Bill & MelindaG

ates Foundation, which is the largesttransparently operated charitable foundation in theworld

Given over $28 billion to charity

Gates has made TheGiving Pledge to donate overhalf of his wealth to charity

Gates and charity


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