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Bill Gates

by Aria from San Diego

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The man who is one of the top ten richest people on earth started his career at an age of thirteen in his parents' garage.  Bill Gates is most known for making the first software for PCs or "Personal Computers" (Bill Gates).  Bill Gates is a hero because he is charitable, successful, and he never gave up.


 Henry Gates III or Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955, in Seattle, Washington; he started to do computer programming at the age of 13 in high school in his house. Bill Gates grew up in a very good family; he had two sisters, and his father was a lawyer. His mother was a school teacher.  Bill Gates found a very good friend named Paul Allen in high school.  Paul was two years older than Bill Gates.  They were both interested in computer software designing. Gates and his partner, Paul Allen, built Microsoft, the biggest company in the world. When they started their own company, Gates' parents wanted him to finish school and go on to  a good college.  His parents hoped he would become a lawyer at college and forget about making computers because his dad thought making computers and making a company would be a bad career choice for Bill.

 Bill Gates got accepted to Harvard University.  However, during his freshman year he spent more of his time in the computer lab than in class. (EPSCO) Gates got low grades and dropped out in 1975 because he realized that what he wanted to do with his life was focus on computer software and making computers.   Now, Bill Gates is a billionaire, but he is a very down to earth person because he does not have the biggest house in the world or have a best car in the world. The car that he uses to go to places is a 30 thousand dollar car and he drives himself to his work.


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Bill Gates is a hero because he is one of the most charitable people in the world. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is the largest private foundation in the world, founded by Bill and Melinda Gates  (World Biography). He also did the one of the biggest charity drives in the world; he raised 125 million dollars to enhance healthcare world-wide, and in America, to expand educational for people give them computers for their school work. "In 2007, its founders were ranked as the second most generous philanthropists in America." (World Biography) Bill gates was very smart because when he made the biggest foundation he became more popular everywhere and people bought his software making him even more rich.  Bill Gates Foundation is about medical and education for kids and other  people who need help like school problems or those people who have medical problems. In 1994, the foundation was formed as the William H. Gates. In 1999, the foundation was renamed the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation because Gates married Melinda Gates. The Gates family is very charitable.

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Another reason is a hero is because he became successful because he believed himself and never gave up on himself. This quote shows that he believed himself and did what he wanted to do not what his parents told him to do "Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose."(world biography). Gates remained in contact with Paul Allen who, after attending Washington State University for two years, dropped out and moved to Boston, Massachusetts, to work for Honeywell. In the summer of 1974, Gates joined Allen at Honeywell. During this time, Allen showed Gates an edition of Popular Electronics magazine featuring an article about computers. Gates and Allen formed a partnership they called Micro-Soft, a blend of "micro-computer" and "software." Allen an Bill Together they started a small company called Traf-o-Data, they sold a small computer outfitted with their program that could count traffic for the city and they made 20,000 dollars out of their small company."  Bill Gates told his teachers at high school that he would be a millionaire by the time he was 30, this was one of the few times he believed himself. Bill became a billionaire at 31 years old.  He believed himself and never backed down.

Bill Gates is also a hero because he never gave up.  For example, he used to get  bullied at high school and middle  school for being smart and getting A's at the classes and doing computer stuff he never gave up because he loved what he was doing and he did it and he became successful.

Bill Gates is so successful because he did not underestimate himself. He always believed in himself. It's very interesting that even with all that money, he did not change that much. Bill still drives himself to work in an average family car, and he even flies coach instead of first class. Bill Gates said that he would become a millionaire before he became thirty, and he made it!  He is an inspiration for everyone.


Works Cited

"Bill Gates." Business Leader Profiles for Students. Ed. Sheila Dow and Jaime E. Noce. Vol. 2.

  Detroit: Gale, 2002. Gale Biography In Context. Web. 25 May 2012.

Encyclopaedia, Britannica. "Gates, Bill." Britannica Biographies (2012): 1. History Reference

  Center. Web. 25 May 2012.

"World Biography." Bill Gates Biography. Web. 25 May 2012.


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