Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

The main protagonist in Bringing Down the House, Kevin Lewis, is your typical MIT grad student. This ethnic man finished at MIT with straight A's, he obtained an electrical engineer major, and he covered all the premed requisites. How much better could a 20 year old's resume get? In the first chapter of this novel Kevin is characterized as being shy, edgy, and genius. He was at the casino and as he sat at the poker table, he "tried to hide his trembling hands" (Mezrich, 2003, 1). The mannerisms…

William “Bill” Gates developed software for the personal computer. He founded Microsoft, making him one of the richest people in the world ("William Henry,” p. 232). Gates was born in Seattle on October 28, 1955, and is yet to pass away ("Gates, William," 1999, p. 360). He began exploring computers in middle school and invented the first computer virus ("William Henry,” p. 233). William Gates’s first notable project was a BASIC interpreter for the Altar brand of computers ("William Henry," 2004,…

Bill Gates is one of the best entrepreneurs of our time. Only starting at the age of thirteen. To becoming one of the richest and powerful men in the world. His idea of a company was one of the best company ideas in history . In this five paragraph essay I will be talking of his early life , his first interest in computers , and his billion dollar company. Born on October 28, 1955, in Seattle, Washington, first showing an interest in computer programming at the earliest age of 12 or 13 at…

created a program that monitored traffic, and created microsoft; yep Bill Gates. Bill Gates was born William Henry Gates III on October 28, 1955, in Seattle, Washington. He began to show a great passion with computers at the age of 13 at the Lakeside School (Not the one you all hate). He followed said passion throughout his college years. He started in the beginning with his acquaintance and business partner Paul Allen, Gates had found himself at exactly the right place at exactly the right…

success. All they say is never to give up. They very much are correct. Bill Gates is a very good example to this situation. He invented one of the best operating systems in the whole world many people today use Windows. Also as a side note one of the world’s competing gaming consoles on demand. Bill has a very expansive knowledge to technology. His school even let him in charge of the tech in the school. Throughout his career Bill never lied. If he did we might never have Windows or even…

What Comes From Failure A lot of people do not know how to react to failure. Failure is going to come regardless, whether you like it or not, it’s all about how you cope with it. Failure comes in sports, personal issues, businesses, and everyday life. Everybody wants success and it is one of the grandest things to feel. What people do not know that the people with major success, are the same people that transform their failure to success. Is it possible to transform failure into success? One…

Ethnographic Method Throughout the modern world, technology companies are shaping the way people live their lives. One of those companies is Microsoft. Back then, Paul Allen and Bill Gates created a partnership called Microsoft in 1975. Paul Allen and Bill Gates’ vision in 1975 was that a computer should be placed on every desktop and in every home. Their vision has changed into a mission. Their mission now is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Now,…

rely on typewriters. Bill Gates and Paul Allen see that personal computing is a path to the future. I believe in this 100% because anything we do today and in the near future will have something to do with a computer. Like most start-ups, microsoft begins small, but like most programs it has a huge vision. Microsoft is on every computer software in over 90% of homes. Just like apple microsoft has been changing and will continue to change throughout the years. In June 1980 Gates and Allen hire…

However, in Steven Levy’s text, he indicates a hacker as someone who is trying to push the limits farther, as being a visionary or adventurer. What Steven tried to accomplish was to bring forward the contributions that these innovators laid the foundation for. He was not trying to tell the story of the richest or the most popular, but the story of those that spent countless hours in intimacy with the machine itself, the real story behind the computer revolution. Steven Levy organizes the book…

Gates III was born October 28, 1955 in Seattle, Washington. His dad, William H. Gates II is an attorney, and his late mother, Mary Gates, was a schoolteacher, University of Washington regent, and chairwoman of United Way International. Gates attended public elementary school and the private Lakeside School. There, he discovered his interest in software and began programming computers at age 13 (Microsoft, 2011). As young teenagers Bill Gates and his childhood friend, Paul Allen, ran a small…