William Henry. Gates III was born on October 28, 1955,in Seattle ,
Washington. Bill Gates is the founder of Microsoft. He is chairman of
Microsoft in the USA. He is 56 and very rich man. He was the second
child and only son of William Henry Gates . His father is a prominent
lawyer. His is name William Henry Gates Jr. His mother is name Mary
Maxwell. She is a former schoolteacher. . Kristi, his older sister, later
became his tax accountant and Libby, his younger sister, lives in Seattle
raising her two children. Since childhood, he loved sport , joined the
Cub Scouts, and spent summers with his family in Bremerton,
Washington. Although Gates's parents had a law career in mind for
their son, he developed an early interest in computer science and began
studying computers in the seventh grade at Seattle's Lakeside School. In
1986, at age 13. He early experiences with computer. When he was 14
years old, he has provided original learning programming with Paul
Allen. They founded the first company in the life Traf- O- Pata. Their
small company earned them twenty thousand dollars in fees for
analyzing local traffic patterns. Gates entered Harvard University in
1973 and pursued his studies for the next year and a half. Gates
dropped out of Harvard in 1975, ending his academic life and
beginning his career as a software designer. At this time, Gates and
Allen cofounded Microsoft.
He is married in 1994, and his wife’s name is Melinda French. . His
fortune at the time of his marriage was estimated at close to seven
billion dollars. By 1997 his worth was estimated at approximately $37
billion, earning him the title of "richest man in America". They have two
daughters and one son. Jennifer Katharini Gates was born in 1996.
Rory John Gates was born in 1999 and Phoebe Adele was born in 2002.
Bill Gates loves sport, including tennis and golf. In the morning he
always reads newspaper, watches news and hasbreakfact with his
family. Then ,he drives to his office at 8.00 am. At his office he talks to
customers and makes plans for the organization. He leaves the office at

about 6.00p.m and has dinner with his family. In his free time he likes
playing golf and running
It can be said William Henry Gates III - Bill Gates - who first
created the era of information technology (IT), the pioneer and
co-founder of Microsoft, who has completely changed the working style
and part of our life as a human being unique, special talent - who has
achieved real success in many ways that no one of us can achieve it.
With a real asset value estimated at $ 40 billion (9 / 2002), Bill
Gates has become the world's richest people also become a new
business
is the most powerful, the King of the Faithful computer.
How he do that? When analyzed meticulously the way Bill Gates of
Microsoft researchers showed 10 secret of his success.
1. Took the opportunity
In this era of knowledge workers, technical knowledge and creativity
are the new capital in the business quarter.
Combine these factors with business acumen and enjoy highly
competitive nature, you will become a rare employee
2. Technology enthusiasts
Bill Gates has long passion for personal computers. Right from the
beginning, Gates, Paul Allen and his colleagues realized that personal
computers will change everything. Two people usually talk all night
about the future of the world after the personal computer appeared.
They really believe that the computer revolution will take place.
"It's going to happen" is a creed for a fledgling, and they will write
software for this revolution when this becomes a reality.
3. Passion for winning
Bill Gates is a man of fierce competitive spirit and desire to always
win. This makes him an extremely dangerous opponent. He did not hide
this and always tell the public the determination to defeat his

opponent.
4. Hiring very smart people
Gates are certain to find and recruit the smartest people in the
computer industry.This is a strategy that Gates deliberately set out
to ensure the company can attract the best brains of the industry
elite Some criticize Gates too strict when given only recruit the best
talent for the company. However, he is one of the first entrepreneurs
to understand the importance of intellectual capital.
5. Learning to survive
At Microsoft, Bill Gates has created an apparatus of the human thirst
for knowledge . He believes that learning is the sign of a "corporate
intelligence", and is the only way to avoid repeating mistakes. . His
opponents are not so careful. Gates was so successful take advantage
of others mistakes
6. Do not expect appreciation
If Bill Gates had a bitter lesson learned then that is his
understanding that fame and notoriety never too far apart . You can
not hope to become the world's richest people without making enemies
with a few people asking plaintively. Particularly in the computer
industry, Gates has many enemies who more than anyone else.
7. Serve as a visionary
Bill Gates generation of business leaders a new style. Over the
years,
he repeatedly demonstrates that he holds the role almost like a
prophet of the computer industry. Thanks to the deep understanding of
technology integrated approach to school with their unique data, he
has to acquire a special ability to identify trends and future
strategic direction for Microsoft . This makes the threshold of
expectation from the fans and cause fear of Microsoft competitors.
8. Covering all the bases:

An important factor to success is the ability of Gates
simultaneously
operating many different projects Gates himself which is a
multi-tasking and people say he can conduct many different
conversations on the topic of technology in the same time. . He also
proved himself very good at first welcomed the fence to take advantage
of every opportunity, if any.
9. Construction enterprises, including small units
Compared with the market value of their stock, Microsoft is
still a small company . Internal review, the company also frequently
divided into small units to maintain a business environment. Sometimes
the change occurs so rapidly that we felt almost every week Microsoft
also is creating new divisions. Gates also based on maintaining a
simple structure to allow him to control the company.
10. Never take your eyes off the goal
Gates at the peak of his career nearly 20 years. During that time he
became the richest man in the world - not bad for someone who just
turned 40 as he. Although rich and successful, Gates never showed
signs of sagging.
Aside from being the most famous businessman of the late 1990s,
Gates also has distinguished himself as a philanthropist. He and wife
Melinda established the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which
focuses on helping to improve health care and education for children
around the world. The foundation has donated $4 billion since its start
in 1996. Recent pledges include $1 billion over twenty years to fund
college scholarships for about one thousand minority students; $750
million over five years to help launch the Global Fund for Children's
Vaccines; $50 million to help the World Health Organization's efforts to
eradicate polio, a crippling disease that usually attacks children; and
$3 million to help prevent the spread of acquired immune deficiency

syndrome (AIDS; an incurable disease that destroys the body's immune
system) among young people in South Africa. . In November 1998 Gates
and his wife also gave the largest single gift to a US public library,
when they donated $20 million to the Seattle Public Library.
Although many describe Gates as cold and distant, his friends find
him friendlier since his marriage and since the birth of his daughter,
Jennifer, in April 1996. Further, he recognizes his overall contribution
to both the world of technology and his efforts in philanthropy. In
Forbes magazine's 2002 list of the two hundred richest people in the
world, Gates was number one for the eighth straight year, coming in
with a net worth of $52.8 billion.