3. William Henry Gates III
Born October 28, 1955 in Seattle Washington
Attended a public elementary school and excelled
above all expectation
About Gates…
4. Enrolled into the prestigious and private Lakeside
School. Here he met Paul Allen, And wrote a his first
software program at age of 13.
Gates and his friends became attract to the computer ,
And they started forming a Lakeside Programmers
Group.
Gates Vision of career….
5. Micro-Soft is founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul
Allen.
The original name was Micro-Soft which was an
abbreviation of Microcomputer Software.
Gates dropped out of Harvard during his junior in
order to devote energy to Microsoft .
The beginning of Microsoft
6. On November 1, 1978 the Microsoft went international
and opened a sales office in Japan
7. Contributor to economy of his
country…
Microsoft’s power and reputation grew, and especially
as it attracted the attention of the U.S.
He invested more than US$250 million in grants to
create new small schools.
The Bill Gates announced March 2007 US$122 million
initiative to send hundreds of the District of
Columbia's poorest students to college.
8. Microsoft develops the MS-DOS
MS-DOS puts Microsoft on the map
MS-DOS is licensed to IBM in 1980,when IBM
approached Gates and Allen to make a home
computers.
As a leader of company…
9. In 2001 Windows XP was introduced…
Gates receives the National Medal of Technology for
Technological Achievement
Microsoft Windows for
Workgroups wins an award
for technical excellence
from PC Magazine
10. In recent time…
July 2008, Gates will step down
as Chief Software Architect.
He still remains the Chairman.
Gates wants to spend more
time with family and charitable
events.
11. Philanthropist
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Bill Gates had donated US$28 billion to the
foundation.
Global Health Program
Global Development Program
United States Program
Contributor in Social Life…