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by Ethan from San Diego

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Who is Bill Gates? Bill Gates is a technology mogul as well as a philanthropist.William Henry Gates III was born October 28, 1955, in Seattle, Washington. In 1963 Bill Gates enrolled in Lakeside School an first touched his computer. With his high school friend, Paul Allen, Bill Gates co founded Microsoft Corporation, which he built into a multi billion-dollar company. Bill gates changed the world from his philanthropy, his innovation in the technology world, and his determination to overcome his obstacles and succeed to help the world today.

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Bill Gates and his wife Melinda Gates created a foundation called The Bill And Melinda Gates Foundation. It was launched in 2000 and is the biggest foundation in the world today.  The foundation has four divisions. Bill Gates himself has pushed the foundation to cure and stop Malaria in third world countries as well as vaccines and treatment to such as HIV to third world countries. Bill Gates has given more than 28 Billion dollars to his own Charity and pledged to give 95% of his own funds, as well as 8 billion to health costs (GatesFoundation.org). That much money donated really affects these lands in poverty by giving food, clean water, shelter, clothing,etc. Also giving medication and treatments for people who can't afford it or can't get it that ultimately saves their lives. He brings the same drive to eradicate Polio as he did creating something new for Microsoft. This foundation helps countries that needs help the most and by splitting into four Divisions he could maximize the foundations reach on the world.
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Bill Gates is also known as "The King Of Software" by creating one of the biggest technology companies.He  designed and developed user-friendly software for the personal computer (PC). His innovations revolutionized the computer industry, enabling people without technological training to use PCs in both the workplace and the home. With his high school friend, Paul Allen, Bill Gates co founded Microsoft Corporation, which he built into a multi billion-dollar company. Their small company earned them $20,000 in fees for analyzing local traffic patterns.In January 1975, Allen showed Gates a cover story in the magazine Popular Mechanics about a $350 million microcomputer, the Altair, made by a firm Called MITS in New Mexico. When he saw the story, Gates knew he wanted to be in the forefront of computer software design. "What first got me so interested in software development, and eventually led to the founding of Microsoft. They started out small and grew over time to become the greatest. They started out in a garage, and overcame many obstacles which is why he is a hero to many today.  It has revolutionized technology from traffic lights, banking, engineering, even to video games. If "this" never happened, the world will be set back even farther away from our dreams of a hover board, flying cars, robots,etc. All of this came out of a garage.


One of the traits that might not meet a blind eye is his determination to overcome his obstacles. He dropped out of Harvard in 1973 only to create a beast in a garage. He  Harvard University in 1973 to study pre-law. By 1975 Gates had decided to pursue a career in computer software and dropped out of Harvard. It was when Microsoft first opened Bill Gates became very successful, but then when MITS found out Bill Gates age people all over the world stopped buying them for a while which led to financial problems which was a problem in developing stages of Microsoft. emotionally tough for his family and it was a big risk he was taking at the time. And he pulled it off. There are many more challenges Bill Gates has faced throughout his whole life, but he persevered through them to create one of the biggest software companies in the world and in history.  


Bill "The software king" Gates is one of the richest people in history and in the world from creating a multi-billion dollar company. He also founded with his wife The Bill And Melinda Gates Foundation which is also 26 billion dollars donated from Gates himself as well as 9 billion into healthcare. He also is a role model to most people for his bravery, commitment, responsibility, and hard work ethic to create his own career in life. Bill gates changed the world from his philanthropy, his innovation in the technology world, and his determination to overcome his obstacles and succeed to help the world today.


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