Someone

who exercises initiative by organizing a venture to take benefit of an opportunity and, as the decision maker, decides what, how, and how much of a good or service will be produced. An entrepreneur supplies risk capital as a risk taker

Presentation on Bill Gates

Founder and Chairman of Microsoft Corporation

Objective for selecting Bill Gates

He is one of the richest persons in

the world. He makes extensive use of technology in every aspect of his life. He encourages and imbibes interest & curiosity in us to know more about the principles he uses to be successful. His philanthropic activities show that he is working actively towards the betterment of the world.

Early Life of Bill Gates

Born on Oct 28, 1955 in Seattle,

Washington, America.
Wife Melinda Gates Children

Jenifer Katharine Rory John Phoebe Adele

Education Bill Gates had a normal schooling but dropped out of Harvard University in 1975 for the sake of building up the Software empire.

Love of Computer Technology

Debugged programs for CCCs*

PDP-10* with Paul Allen. Analyzed local traffic patterns and got 20k in fees. Created first computer virus and crashed a major network on Cybernet. Helped Allen with class scheduling program for their school computer.

*Computer center corporation * Programmed Data Processor Model 10

Entrepreneur in the Making

Traded knowledge for free

machine hours. Debugged software programs for a return of free usage of computer. Worked with undeterred determination from 1978 to 1984. Wrote codes, managed, executed & personally reviewed every line of codes written by employees. Corrected the codes before final shipment to clients.

His Management Styles

One of Microsoft's key strategies is, "Find smart people who know the technology and the business."

Labor intensive company Invests a lot on R&D His aim is to make every thing on top He emphasizes more on product simplification Aggressive & Robust Marketing strategies

Beginning of Microsoft
Registered on Nov 26, 1976 Headquarters Microsoft Way,

Redmond, Washington. IBM Project Project Chess in 1980 Launch of 1st retail version of MS- Windows on Nov 20, 1985. Development of MS DOS & sale of 100 million copies by 1990. Mission Statement To enable people and businesses throughout the world to realize their full potential.

Products of Microsoft
Operating System Versions MS-DOS (developed jointly with IBM) Windows 1.0 (Windows 1) Release Years 1980 Nov 20, 1985

Windows 2.0 (Windows 2)

Windows 3.0 (Windows 3) Windows 3.1x (Windows 3.1) Windows 3.2 (Chinese-only release) Windows for Workgroups 3.11 Windows NT 3.1 Windows NT 3.5 Windows NT 3.51 Windows NT (Full 32-bit kernel, no need of MS-DOS)

December 9, 1987
May 22, 1990 March 18, 1992 November 19, 1992 January 21, 1993 March 31, 1994 September 21, 1994 May 30, 1995

Products of Microsoft
Operating System Versions Windows 95 (Windows 4) Windows 98 (Windows 4.1) Windows NT 4.0 Windows Millennium Edition (Windows 4.9) Windows 2000 (Windows NT 5.0) Windows XP Windows Server 2003 Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs Windows Vista Windows Home Server Windows Server 2008 Windows 7 Release Years August 24, 1995 June 25, 1998 July 31, 1996

February 17, 2000 October 25, 2001 April 24, 2003 July 8, 2006

January 31, 2007 February 28, 2008 February 27, 2009 October 22, 2009

Corporate Portfolio
Chairman of Microsoft Corp. with

stock of 8% - $18.7 billion. Co-chair person of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Chairman of Corbis Corp. CEO of Cascade Investment Pvt.Ltd. Director at Berkshire, Hathaway ( Warren Buffet) BOD of Chiroscience R&D Inc.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

$29 billion endowment, gives

more than $1 billion to improve global health & learning. Funds for minority college students, AIDS, Polio and other diseases. Global Polio Eradication pledge $720 million dollars shortfall. Pledge by Warren Buffet & Mark Zukerberg to give half of their wealth towards charity. Bill Gates visits India for charity from rich Indians.

Achievements and Awards

IBM contract to develop their first personal computer.

Development of first computer virus.

Billionaire at the age of 32 with net worth

of $1.25 billion.
Wealthiest person 1995 to 2009. Conferred Knight in March 2005 by

HRH Queen Elizabeth II.

Presently worlds third richest person

with net worth of $56 billion dollars Forbes Magazine.

100 most influential people of 20th century Time Magazine. Doctorates from Harvard University and Royal University.

Achievements and Awards

Award of Order of the Aztec Eagle in Mexico for welfare

activities. Twentieth Distinguished Fellow of the British Computer Society in 1994. Name in Power List in 1999 by Sunday Times. Berkshire Hathaways request for directorship. Silver Buffalo Award by Boy Scouts of America in 2010. Authored Business @ the Speed of Thought and The Road Ahead. Appeared in film Waiting for Superman.

The Billionaires Club

Residence of Bill Gates

66k sq. ft land i:e 1.5 acre in

Medina, Washington. 7 bedroom, 24 bathrooms, 6 kitchens & fireplaces. 17 x 60 ft swimming pool with underwater music. 15k sq. ft theatre with luxurious seating, HDTV with popcorn machine. 2.1k sq. ft library rare collection worth $30.8 million. A gym much better than most of the health clubs. Reception hall with 2.3k sq. ft with capacity of 150 people.

Residence of Bill Gates

Pressure sensitive & heated

flooring. Pin transmits preferences of lighting, music, temperature etc everywhere. Average home 2k sq. feet, Bill Gates 30 times larger.

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