Bill Gates, the chairman of Microsoft, has kept the position of the wealthiest person in the world for years. Starting with an interest in computer, Gates recognized opportunities, raised financial support and build his computer empire step by step.
First, his idea to set up a company started with a desire to explore computer technology. He was addicted to computers when he has the chance to use them at Lakeside school. The first program he wrote in BASIC computer language is tic-tac-toe which allows users to play games against the computer. That happened when he was 13 at Lakeside school. Later, he went into business with his friend Paul Allen and kept his dream of establishing a company till he went to university.
When he was in HarvardUniversity, he found an opportunity and started his real career. He learned about Altair 8800 mini-computer kit from Allen and reckoned that this computer showed a possibility to develop PC (personal computer). Then he dropped from the most famous university and started to work in MITS (Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems), which invented Altair computer. Later, based on the opportunity they found, Gates and Allen established the initial Micro-soft.
After the partnership was set up, to raise financial support is Gates’ next step to make Micro-soft take off. He made an announcement to computer hobbyists that program writers should be paid for their work. In this way, he had made $2.5 million by 1978 through writing and selling programs. He also made profit by gaining a share from IBC which is a company sold personal computers inserted with his MS-DOS (a computer system he purchased from another company).
The last step is to enlarge his business and explode in the whole world. In the year of 1985, Micro-soft launched Windows in which users use a mouse to operate the computer through images on screen. After that, Micro-soft has been making a rewarding profit from its Windows series. Over time, the company’s stack keeps increasing in value.
Overall, with his insight, competitive spirit and innovation ability Bill Gates has established his own computer empire after generating and executing the idea, gathering financial support and expanding the business.
Bill Gates Biography – Documentary
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http://www.biography.com/people/bill-gates-9307520