Why is Bill Gates the most famous person in the world?

Chinese name: william gates III.

Chinese name: William Henry Gates III

Date of birth:1955 65438+1October 28th.

Place of birth: Seattle, Washington, USA

Height: 183cm

Weight: 78 kg

Constellation: Scorpio

Nickname: computer prodigy left-handed

Hobbies: table tennis, go ... computer software.

Favorite singer: John Lennon

Favorite food: hamburgers and coke.

Admirers: Napoleon Warren Buffett

Mottos: "I am the king" and "I can win"

Ideal: the speed to lead the world to the future.

Socialization: I don't want to contact people actively, but I can talk easily when I am depressed.

Faith: Atheist

Emotion: sudden panic and anger

Idea: In the 2 1 century, computers and the Internet will make the distribution of wealth and power more even.

Management: "propeller thinking" and "Darwinian management" are the most effective means to run Microsoft. Digital nervous system is the inevitable mode of future management.

E-mail :askbill@microsoft.com

Retirement date: June 27, 2008

Bill Gates (1955-) is one of the founders, former chairman and chief software architect of Microsoft.

Bill Gates is the chairman and chief software architect of Microsoft. Microsoft is a global leader in personal computing and business computing software, services and Internet technology. In the last fiscal year ending June 2008, Microsoft's revenue reached $62 billion, and it operated in 78 countries and regions. The total number of employees in the world exceeds 965,438+0,000.

Gates was born in 1955, grew up in Seattle, and has two sisters. Their father, william gates II, is a Seattle lawyer. Gates' late mother, mary gates, was a school teacher, a director of the University of Washington and the president of the United International Organization.

Gates attended a public elementary school and a private lakeside middle school in Seattle. There, he discovered his interest in software and started computer programming at the age of 13.

From 65438 to 0973, Gates was admitted to Harvard University. Now steve ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, and I have become good friends. At Harvard, Gates developed a BASIC programming language for the first microcomputer, MITS Altair.

In his junior year, Gates left Harvard and devoted all his energy to the Microsoft Company founded by him and his childhood friend paul allen in 1975. Guided by the belief that computers will become the most important tool in every home and office, they began to develop software for personal computers. Gates' foresight and his foresight in personal computers have become the key to the success of Microsoft and the software industry. Under the leadership of Gates, Microsoft constantly develops and improves software technology to make software easier to use, more economical and more interesting. The company is committed to long-term development, as can be seen from the current annual R&D expenditure of more than 5 billion US dollars.

From 65438 to 0999, Gates wrote the book Business @ The Speed of Thinking: Using Digital Nervous System, which showed people how computer technology can solve business problems in a brand-new way. This book is published in 25 languages in more than 60 countries. Future Speed won wide acclaim and was listed as a best seller by The New York Times, USA-Today and The Amazon.com Wall Street Journal. Gates' last book, The Way Forward, was published in 1995, and once topped the The New York Times bestseller list for seven consecutive weeks.

Gates donated all the proceeds of the two books to non-profit organizations to support the use of science and technology in education and skills training.

In addition to his passion for computers and software, Gates is also interested in biotechnology. He is a member of the board of directors of ICOS, a company specializing in protein matrix and small molecule therapy. He is also an investor in many other biotechnology companies. Gates also founded Corbis, which is researching and developing one of the largest visible information resources in the world-a comprehensive digital archive of art and photography works from public and private collections around the world. In addition, Gates also invested in Teledesic with Craig McCaw, a pioneer in mobile phones. This is an ambitious plan, using hundreds of low-orbit satellites to provide two-way broadband telecommunications services covering the whole world.

For Gates, philanthropy is also very important. He and his wife Melinda have donated $3.46 billion to set up a fund to support charities in the fields of medical care, health and education around the world. It is hoped that as mankind enters the 2 1 century, the scientific and technological progress in these key fields will benefit all mankind. Up to today, the foundation established by Gates and his wife Melinda Gates has spent $65.438+73 billion on global health, and more than $900 million has been used to improve people's learning conditions, including purchasing computer equipment for Gates Library and providing Internet training and Internet access services for public libraries in low-income communities in the United States and Canada. In addition, more than 260 million US dollars will be used for community projects in the Pacific Northwest, and more than 380 million US dollars will be used for some special projects and annual gift distribution activities.

Gates and Melinda Gates of France got married in June 1994 65438+ 10/. They have three children. Gates likes reading, playing golf and bridge. Only Bill Gates in the world thinks Buffett is not a miser.

Gebir Gates and his wife Melinda Gates [3] Foundation donated US$ 6.5438+0.3 million (about 9.65438+0.3 million RMB) to the Ministry of Health of China during the devastating earthquake in Sichuan, China. This donation will be used to support the water safety control and disease control work of the Ministry of Health in the earthquake-stricken areas.

Today, the Gates Foundation sent a second email to Netease Technology again, confirming that the donation amount is $6,543,800+3,000, and the donation will be used to support water safety control and disease control in earthquake-stricken areas through the Ministry of Health of China.

The full text of the Gates Foundation's reply is as follows:

The Gates Foundation has donated $654.38 million+$300,000 to the Ministry of Health of China. This donation will be used to support the Ministry of Health's water safety control and disease control work in the earthquake-stricken areas. Thank you for your enthusiasm.

bless

Mara Persaud

I represent the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

[Edit this paragraph] Wealth idols

He is a genius. He/Kloc-started programming at the age of 0/3 and predicted that he would become a millionaire at the age of 25. He is a business wizard, whose unique vision always allows him to accurately see the future of the IT industry, and his unique management method keeps the growing Microsoft alive. His wealth is even more a myth. At the age of 39, he became the richest man in the world and topped Forbes for 13 years in a row. This myth, like dazzling fireworks in the night sky, stung the eyes of hundreds of millions of people. He is the chairman and chief software designer of Microsoft. Microsoft is a global leader in providing software, services and Internet technology for personal computing and business computing. By the end of fiscal year 2008, Microsoft's revenue was nearly $62 billion, and the total number of employees in 60 countries and regions exceeded 50,000.

[Edit this paragraph] Ranking of Rich List over the years

Gates 20065438+0-the richest man in the world in 2007! Ranked third in the world in 2008, and became the richest man in the world again in 2009!

Bill Gates, also known as William Henry Gates III, is an American businessman and billionaire. He is the founder of Microsoft. According to Forbes magazine, Gates is the richest man in the world (before 2008). According to another statistic, the wealth of Gates alone exceeds the sum of the wealth of the poorest 50% people in the world. It has been calculated that Bill Gates' wealth can buy 32 space shuttles, or 344 Boeing 747s, make 268 Titanic movies, and buy 6.5438+0.56 million Bentley continental luxury cars made by Rolls-Royce.

[Edit this paragraph] Gates's life

Nowadays, if you have a personal computer on your desk, it almost always has Microsoft's operating system. Bill Gates has made personal computers a daily necessity, which has changed the work, life and even communication of every modern person. So some people say that Bill Gates' contribution to software is just like Edison's contribution to light bulbs.

Bill Gates spent his childhood in Seattle, Washington, USA. Seattle is the base of American Boeing Company. Nearly half of the employees in this city work in this company, so people also call Seattle Boeing City. It ranks alongside San Francisco and Los Angeles as one of the three major gateways on the west coast of the United States.

Gates, a 7-year-old boy with sandy hair, likes to read the world encyclopedia repeatedly. He often reads word by word for hours, which is almost his weight 1/3. He is often lost in thought. Somehow, he seems to feel strongly that what a magical and magical world it is in small words and huge books! Words and symbols can record and spread countless interesting stories of predecessors and people all over the world. He thought, the history of mankind will be longer and longer, so the encyclopedia in the future will be bigger and heavier! Is there any good way to make the magic box so big and all-encompassing, and how convenient it is to put a big encyclopedia in it? This wonderful spark of thought was later realized for him, and it was smaller than a cigarette box, just a small chip.

Gates is reading more and more books and thinking more and more questions. Once he suddenly said to his fourth-grade classmate Carl Edmund: It is better to be an oak tree standing on a bald mountain than to be a grass in the lawn. Because the grass is the same and has no personality, while the oak tree is tall and straight, with its head held high in the sky. He keeps a diary and writes down his thoughts at any time. When he was young, he was often as thoughtful as an adult. He realized very early that human life is hard-won, and he should cherish this precious opportunity to come to the world. He wrote in his diary: Life is a grand date. For a person, the most important thing in life is to abide by the supreme promise made by the accumulated wisdom of mankind ... so what is the promise? Is to do something earth-shattering In another diary, he wrote: Perhaps, human life is a burning fire, and what one can do is to try his best to save something from this fire. This awareness of catching up with life is extremely rare among children of the same age.

Gates' promise is to catch up with what he wants to save in life, which is reflected in his daily actions. That is, he will devote all his efforts and spend all his time to finish any homework at school and assigned by the teacher, whether it is playing musical instruments, writing compositions or sports competitions.

The teacher assigned his fourth-grade students a composition about the special functions of the human body, which required four or five pages. As a result, Gates wrote more than 30 pages in one breath using the encyclopedia in his father's study and other books on medicine, physiology and psychology. On another occasion, the teacher assigned students to write a story of no more than 20 pages. Gates tried hard to extrapolate and wrote a magical and tortuous story of 100 page, which surprised teachers and classmates! People say that no matter what Gates does, he always likes to climb high and look far. If he doesn't talk, he will get ahead, otherwise he will not be satisfied.

Gates also showed this spirit in sports and social activities. During the summer vacation, there was an 80-kilometer March by Boy Scouts, which lasted for a week. Obviously, the new boots don't suit him very well. Walking on foot every day 13 kilometers, climbing mountains and crossing forests made him suffer a lot. The first night, his heel was worn out and there were many blisters on his toes. He gritted his teeth and walked on. The next night, his feet were very red and swollen and his cracked skin was bleeding. His companions advised him to stop, but he shook his head, just asked the team doctor for some cotton wool and gauze to wrap it up, and asked for some painkillers to eat, and continued on his way. In this way, he insisted on a checkpoint on the road. When the leader found that his foot was seriously inflamed, he ordered medical treatment and stopped marching. Gates' mother came from Seattle. When she saw his feet festering, she cried sadly, complaining why her son didn't stop the parade earlier. Gates said flatly, "It's a pity that I didn't reach my destination this time."

From 65438 to 0969, the Seattle Lakeside Middle School where Gates was located was the first school in the United States to offer computer courses. At that time, there was no PC, and the school only had one terminal, which was bought by raising a lot of money from the society and parents. The terminal is connected to a small electronic computer PDP- 10 owned by other units. It can only be used for a short time every day, and the cost per hour is also high. Like discovering the New World, Gates got into the computer room to operate the terminal whenever he had time, almost to the point of forgetting to eat and sleep. /kloc-at the age of 0/3, he independently wrote the first computer program, which can play the game of soft landing of the moon on the computer screen. July 20 this year happened to be the day when American astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin took the lunar module, which represented the first time that humans set foot on the surface of the moon. Gates thought, I can't go to the moon by spaceship, so let me use the computer to realize my dream of going to the moon!

But it didn't last long. After only half a year, Hubin Middle School can no longer afford to pay the rent of the expensive PDP- 10 minicomputer. This incident made Gates feel as painful as losing the opportunity to go to school, because he was already fascinated by computers. So he and his classmates ran around and finally found an opportunity to help a computer company called CCC catch bugs and pay their computer operating expenses with the reward of pest control. What is a Bug? This is what people in the computer industry call software errors, which is synonymous with annoying bugs. Because once you have this bug, it will cause the computer to export the wrong result or crash. The Mariner rocket launched by the United States to Venus and the Leona rocket launched by France failed to launch because of a computer software bug, and lost hundreds of millions of dollars. Gates excitedly made an appointment with several computer enthusiasts among his classmates. At about 6 o'clock every night, CCC employees come to work there by bike after work. There are many teleprinting terminals and all kinds of computer software to learn, which is really like a duck to water. Gates was so obsessed with computer software that he stayed there almost all night, just as he was determined to do something new when he was in elementary school. Every night, he fills the record book of CCC company with computer vulnerabilities discovered by him and his partners. Through this period of catching bugs, Gates learned a lot of computer software and hardware knowledge and skills that books and schools could not learn, which laid a solid foundation for future research and development.

1970, when Gates 15 years old, his computer talent was well known. A company named Information Science approached Gates, hoping to provide computer time using PDP- 10 in exchange for the software technology of Gates and his classmate Paul. Because minors can't be paid according to American law, the company decided to pay them computer time worth 1 10,000 dollars and asked them to design salary management software for the company. This gave them enough computer time for a school year, and they couldn't help but be overjoyed. 197 1, Hubin Middle School asked Gates to help the school design a set of computer course scheduling software. At that time, the timetable was completely manual. Due to the large number of students and the complexity and diversity of courses, people often arrange courses unevenly, which leads to overcrowding of some courses. Gates successfully completed this arduous task, extending his precious time in using the computer.

1973, TRW company, an American defense engineering contractor, wants to develop a computer monitoring system for reservoir management, but it can't eliminate all kinds of computer bugs, and the progress is slow, so it will be punished for breach of contract. At this critical moment, TRW Company learned about Gates and paul allen, two little computer geniuses, and asked them for help. The two boys agreed happily. This is a very professional and difficult job, and according to the regulations, middle school students can only get the low salary of work-study students. But Gates doesn't care. His main purpose is to improve and exercise his software design ability through this kind of work. Hubin Middle School is also very open-minded, allowing senior students to practice and work in enterprises after completing the prescribed courses. Thanks to the joining of Gates and Paul, TRW finally completed the project on time and avoided huge fines. Gates and Paul got specific guidance from a computer expert in the company, which improved their software skills.

1In the early 1970s, the young Gates wrote a famous "Open Letter to Enthusiasts", which shocked the computer world. Gates declared that computer software will be a huge commercial market, and computer enthusiasts are not allowed to copy computer programs without the consent of the original author. At that time, the computer industry was influenced by hacker culture, and thought that creativity and knowledge should be enjoyed by * * *. Gates then left the campus, founded one of the most successful enterprises in the world-Microsoft, and gradually industrialized the software.

1975, Gates, who was only 19 years old, predicted: "We realize that the software era has arrived, and we have enough insight into the long-term potential of chips. What does this mean? I will not seize the opportunity, I will finish my Harvard studies, and the software industry will never wait for me. "

However, Gates' business practices often attract criticism, one of which is the source of MS-DOS. At the end of 1970, IBM planned to enter the personal computer market. In 198 1 year, IBM PC was officially listed. IBM needs to find a suitable operating system based on Intel x86 series processors for its products. IBM found Microsoft after a brief negotiation with another company. Microsoft, on the other hand, found Seattle Computer Company without telling itself that it was negotiating with IBM, and bought their operating system from the company for $50,000 (Microsoft supporters said that Microsoft had an agreement with IBM at that time, stipulating that Microsoft should not disclose the negotiation matters to the outside world). Microsoft later authorized IBM to use the operating system (renamed PC-DOS). Microsoft also negotiated with other computer manufacturers to install the modified MS-DOS system on each new computer. Afterwards, Seattle Computer Company accused Microsoft of buying the company's products at a very low price without telling the facts, but the two sides finally reached an out-of-court settlement. In the late 1960s, a series of cases accused by the American government of Microsoft monopoly once again damaged Gates' reputation.

In the mid-1980s, Gates was optimistic about the future of CD-ROM as a data storage medium, so he actively promoted CD-ROM. But just last year, he announced that he would eliminate DVDs.

1983, when Apple introduced its new product Lisa, it applied the mouse to the user interface, which was a revolution in the personal computer industry. Gates immediately realized the importance of a friendly graphical interface.

1990, Microsoft introduced WINDOWS 3.0.

1995, Microsoft introduced the Windows 95 operating system, which is a truly epoch-making software. Let users get rid of tedious and boring DOS commands, thus making personal computers extremely simple and easy to use.

The Way Forward was published on 1995, and it topped the The New York Times bestseller list for seven weeks in a row. Some predictions in the book have come true.

Gates was also accused of business misconduct. Gates has been accused many times that under his leadership, many of Microsoft's business activities violated American laws (anti-monopoly law). And subject to many lawsuits, facing the danger of being split. Interestingly, at the end of the 20th century, two Bills (Bill Clinton and Bill Gates) encountered lawsuits and troubles almost at the same time.

1998, Microsoft launched the popular Windows 98, which consolidated its dominance in the computer software industry.

From 65438 to 0999, Gates wrote the book Future Speed, which showed people how computer technology can solve business problems in a brand-new way. This book is published in 25 languages in more than 60 countries. Future Speed won wide acclaim and was listed as a best seller by The New York Times, USA-Today and The Amazon.com Wall Street Journal.

In 2000, Gates appointed Steve Ballmer, his long-time friend, as the CEO of Microsoft, and he himself was the "chief software architect".

At the end of 200 1, Microsoft introduced Windows XP. Gates personally came to Times Square to promote Win XP.

On April 6th, 2006, China president Hu Jintao visited Microsoft Headquarters. Gates and steve ballmer met with Hu Jintao and led President Hu Jintao to visit Microsoft's "Home of the Future". At about 6:5438+08:30 pm, Hu Jintao attended a dinner hosted by Gates at home. During the dinner, Hu Jintao's toast to Gates was rejected!

On June 5, 2006/KLOC-0, Gates announced that he would retire in July 2008, when he would resign as the chief software designer and no longer participate in the management affairs of Microsoft. When he announced the news, Gates seemed relatively calm, but it was hard to hide a little sad atmosphere, and some employees even burst into tears. After retirement, Gates will focus on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Gates will donate tens of billions of dollars to this charity foundation, and said that he will leave only a few million dollars to his three children. An employee of Microsoft said: "There is no doubt that his generosity has brought hundreds of thousands of people back to life." Soon after, Warren Buffett announced that he would donate $310.70 billion to the Gates Foundation, provided that the Gates are still alive!

On June 30th, 2007, Windows Vista arrived as scheduled. Gates is now busy with his last big event as chief software designer. After July 2008, the most sacred position of Microsoft will be handed over to Ray Ozzie. After that, he will devote himself to his own foundation, but this does not mean that he will be indifferent to Microsoft-he said that after retiring, he will still pay attention to the development of Microsoft and put forward constructive opinions at an appropriate time.

Gates will devote himself to his foundation in the future. In addition to his passion for computers and software, Gates is also interested in biotechnology. He is a member of the board of directors of ICOS, a company specializing in protein matrix and small molecule therapy. He is also an investor in many other biotechnology companies. Gates also founded Corbis, which is researching and developing one of the largest visual information resources in the world-a comprehensive digital archive of art and photography works from public and private collections around the world. In addition, Gates also invested in Teledesic with Craig McCaw, a pioneer in mobile phones. This is an ambitious plan, using hundreds of low-orbit satellites to provide two-way broadband telecommunications services covering the whole world.

It is reported that Gates and Saudi Prince will buy the famous Four Seasons Hotel.

On June 7, 2008, in Las Vegas, USA, Bill Gates delivered his resignation speech at the global CES2008 exhibition. He is going to resign from all his posts in July 2008. On June 26, 2008, the South Korean President's Global Advisory Group was formally established, bringing together 15 celebrities from all walks of life, including Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, to advise President Lee Myung-bak.

Life has given us the truth:

Bill Gates was born in Seattle in the northwest corner of the United States. He attended Richmond Elementary School and Lakeside Middle School in Seattle.

Bill was full of energy since he was a child. As early as infancy, he was able to shake the cradle by himself. He likes thinking very much since he was a child, and he can devote himself to something as soon as he is fascinated. From grandmother's persuasive enlightenment education to parents' painstaking efforts to find clubs and schools suitable for Bill Gates' talent development, all these provide fertile soil and fresh air for his talent development.

Grandma especially likes playing games with clever little Bill, especially games involving some intelligence. She teaches teenage Bill checkers, chips, bridge and other things she likes to play. When playing games, grandma always likes to say to little Bill, "Think about it! Think about it! " She often applauds Bill for his next good move and playing a good hand of cards, and her grandmother often lets Bill Gates read books and tell him stories, from which Bill Gates benefits a lot. With the help and guidance of his grandmother, he became a wide-ranging and sleepless scholar-reading became a good way for him to kill energy. He likes the summer reading contest held in the library near his home very much. He always takes the first place among boys and occasionally wins the championship. My grandmother realized Bill Gates' potential in thinking and memory, and she always seized the opportunity to activate Bill's potential in this respect. Sometimes my grandparents and grandchildren go for a walk in the park, and my grandmother often exchanges chess skills with Bill Gates or reads famous works, so that Bill can look for newer methods or express more original and incisive opinions.

Bill Gates' parents are also very concerned about their children's growth. They are more concerned about their children's growth and education in a simple way of life, and always stay with their children as much as possible after work. The family keeps playing all kinds of games, from chess to puzzles, almost all of which are puzzles.

With the growth of his son's age, the family environment can no longer meet the further development of Bill Gates' talent. Little Bill sometimes blames his mother for her lack of wisdom! Therefore, parents turned their eyes to the society and actively searched for Bill's own space. In an activity, Bill Gates prepared a report for his class called Investing in Gates Limited ... This report almost became a family matter. His grandmother helped make the cover, and even his father helped. The atmosphere is very lively.

After graduating from elementary school, his parents sent Bill Gates to Lakeside Middle School after asking for his advice. In Hubin Middle School, Bill is obsessed with computers, which will make him devote himself to his future life.

When Bill Gates was studying in Hubin Middle School, he often arranged his studies according to his hobbies. Bill Gates works hard on his favorite subjects, such as math and reading, and he does well. Every time my parents saw the report card Bill got back, they didn't pull a long face and blame Bill Gates, even though they knew Bill would do better in some courses.

After graduating from high school, Bill Gates really wants to go to Harvard University, which is his parents' greatest wish. Fortunately, Bill Gates' parents don't regard their children as their private property like other parents, so they must let them do what their parents like. After calm thinking, the parents gave up the idea of making their son a lawyer and let Bill Gates develop freely in the university field. This is a great help to Bill Gates.

But a year later, Bill Gates' parents faced a bigger problem: Bill Gates was leaving Harvard, giving up his splendid studies and starting a computer company with others!

Bill talked with his parents many times and expressed his thoughts calmly. What can parents who know their son's nature and ambition say? Perhaps the son's talent and computer career are the most suitable! Bill Gates resolutely left Harvard University, which made hundreds of millions of students yearn for, and began to make great efforts in the field of software.

Obviously, Bill Gates' success is the result of the combination of personal talent and family education. Bill's case tells us: First, we should constantly activate children's talents and pay attention to the cultivation and protection of children's talents. Second, it is very important to cultivate children's concentration.

[Edit this paragraph] Inside story of Gates

Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft and the richest man in the world, is a household name, but the following information about him may not be so widely known. Do you think it's weird?

● William Henry Gates 19551October 28th was born in Seattle, Washington, USA.

His father William is a company lawyer and his mother Mary is a school teacher.

When Kloc-0/7 years old, Gates sold his first computer programming work-a timetable system. The buyer is his high school and the price is $4,200.

● Gates got a perfect score of 1600 in the standardized SAT test.

Gates told his university teacher that he became a millionaire at the age of 30, and by 3 1, he had become a billionaire. In other words, Gates knew that he would be rich in the future, but he didn't expect to be so rich.

While at Harvard, Gates helped write Altair BASIC, which became the first product of Microsoft (then called Microsoft).

Biography of Bill Gates ● He met his future wife Melinda French at a Microsoft launch ceremony in Manhattan in 1987, when Melinda was an employee of Microsoft. They got married on New Year's Day on 1994.

When Gates is thinking or absorbed, he will swing back and forth in his chair. This quirk can be traced back to his childhood, and he liked to swing on the wooden horse for hours. Later, Microsoft employees got used to seeing their leaders think, listen and sway while attending meetings. ...

● In 2005, Gates was awarded the Commander Medal of the British Empire (KBE) by Queen Elizabeth II.

● In March 2007, Forbes magazine once again selected Bill Gates as the richest man in the world, which was the first consecutive year 13. At present, his worth is $58 billion.

Gates recently announced that he would gradually quit his job at Microsoft and devote more time to charity.

At present, Carnegie Mellon University (a university in Pennsylvania, USA) has a building named after Gates-Gates Computer Science Building.

● Gates is the latest owner of leonardo da vinci's 72-page manuscript The Leicester Code. This manuscript contains observations on the nature of water, astronomy, rocks and fossils. Gates publicly exhibits manuscripts in different cities around the world once a year.

● Bill Gates earns $67.5 per second, $5.832 million per day and $265.438+300 million a year.

The national debt of the United States is about $562 billion. If Bill Gates returns, he can bear 1/9 alone.