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Birth
“William Henry Gates III was born in Seattle, Washington on October 28, 1955, the second oldest of three children” (“Bill Gates”abc-clio.com). -
Harvard University
“He began attending Harvard University in the fall…and enrolled as a prelaw major” (“Bill Gates” abc-clio.com). -
Big break
“Microsoft’s big break came when International Business Machines (IBM) asked Gates to develop an operating system for its new personal computer” (“Bill Gates” abc-clio.com) . -
Becoming a billionaire
“Largely on the strength of Microsoft’s success, Gates amassed a huge paper fortune as the company’s largest individual shareholder. He became a paper billionaire in 1986, and within a decade his net worth had reached into the tens of billions of dollars – making him by some estimates the world’s richest private individual” (“Bill Gates” Encyclopedia Britannica). -
Family
“Gates and his wife, Melinda, whom he marries in 1994, currently live near Seattle with their three children: Jennifer, Rory and phoebe” (“Bill Gates” abc-clio.com). -
The Road Ahead
“In 1995, Gates coauthored The Road Ahead, a book illustrating his thoughts about how computers will affect society over the long run. The Road Ahead quickly became a best-seller and was published in more than 20 countries” (“Bill Gates” abc-clio.com). -
First microcomputers
“In 1975 Gates, then a sophomore at Harvard University, joined his hometown friend Paul G. Allen to develop software for the first microcomputers” (Gates, Bill” Encyclopedia Britannica). -
Business @ the Speed of Thought
“In 1999, Gates coauthored another book, Business @ the Speed of Thought, which further explained his ideas about how business problems should be solved digitally” (“Bill Gates” abc-clio.com). -
Untied States v. Microsoft
“In June 2000, in United States v. Microsoft Corporation(2000), District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson said he ordered the breakup because the company was unwilling to admit that it had violated federal antitrust law and had shown no willingness to modify its business conduct” (abc-clio.com) -
symbol - Grass
“Grass is the symbol for usefulness”. Gates was the one behind the invention of Microsoft software which became the most used system. -
Symbol - Zebra
A zebra “represents perfect balance, unity and harmony.” Bill Gates was the one to go up and beyond. He became one of the richest men abstaining from doing anything insane.
