Biografi Bill Gates

 

Biography of Bill Gates

Full name William Henry Gates III or better known as Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955, in Seattle, Washington. He is the second of three children.

His father William Henry Gates was a corporate attorney with many contacts in the city. While his mother Mary Maxwell an employee of First Interstate Bank, Pacific Northwest Bell and a member of the United Way National Level.

Childhood

Bill Gates was a bright kid, but he was too energetic and tended to have a lot of trouble at school. When he was eleven years old, his parents decided to make a change in him and sent him to Lakeside School, a prestigious elementary school exclusively for boys.

Getting to Know Computer

It was at Lakeside that in 1968 Bill Gates was first introduced to the world of computers, in the form of a teletype machine connected by a telephone to a time-sharing computer.

He quickly mastered BASIC, a computer programming language, and along with the hackers who were self-taught at Lakeside.

He spent hours writing programs, playing games, and generally learning a lot about computers.

“He was an eccentric,” as one teacher gave him that nickname. Bill Gates attended Harvard University in Cambridge starting in 1975.

There he met Paul Allen during school together. Together with Paul Allen, Bill Gates continues to develop his talents in the field of computer programming. However, Bill Gates decided to drop out to donate his time to Microsoft.

Microsoft Monopoly

In Bill Gates' biography, it is known that in 1990 Bill Gates received a lawsuit from the United States Department of Justice on charges that Gates had a monopoly on small companies.

And once again Bill Gates stumbled by the laws of United States business law in 1999. In 2000, Bill Gates resigned from his position as Chief Executive Officer

Bill Gates chose to return to his old profession that he loved, namely Head of Software Research and Development at his own company, Microsoft Corp.

And in early 2008, Bill Gates decided to resign from Microsoft management and concentrate on philanthropic work through the social foundation he founded, namely the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Bill Gates Family

In his personal life, Gates married Melinda French on January 1, 1994. They have three children, Jennifer Katherine Gates (1996), Rory John Gates (1999) and Phoebe Adele Gates (2002).

In Bill Gates' biography it is known that he and his wife, Bill Gates have founded the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which is a Social Foundation that pays attention to AIDS sufferers, scholarships for universities and care for the third world.

Critics say this is a testament to the anger of many about his monopolies, corporate superpowers and some of the crimes he has committed, but some close to Bill Gates say he has long planned to donate most of his fortune.

In 1999 the Washington Post reported that “Gates has stated that he has decided to donate $5 billion to their organization.

This is certainly not surprising because according to a Forbes Magazine survey, Bill Gates has always been the richest person in the world in a row during 1996 – 2004 with a total of $ 90 billion.

With hard struggle and determination, Bill Gates has now achieved his goals. To achieve success requires sacrifice and hard struggle, but Bill Gates' hard work and unyielding attitude have produced results that he can enjoy today.

1. Bill gates reached the top career in Microsoft as ….

a. the Founder

b. The chairman

c. The stock holder

d. The chief software architect

e. The good man

 2. How long has Bill Gates consistently been ranked as the world’s wealthiest person ?

a. 13 years.

b. 14 years.

c. 15 Years

d. 16. Years

e. 18. Years

3. When the bill gates born ?

a. on October 28, 1955,

b. on October 26, 1955,

c. on October 29, 1955,

d. on October 22, 1955,

e. on October 20, 1955,

4. who is the wife of bill gate

a. Melinda

b. Jennifer Katherine.

c. Rory

d. Adele

e. Katherine

5. How many child bill gete have?

a. 3.

b. 4

c. 5

d. 6

e. 8

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