Bill Gates & Global Economy
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Early Life
William Henry Gates III ( also known as Bill Gates), is known world-wide as the chairman of Microsoft(the world wide leader in software), the software company he founded with Paul Allen, an American entrepreneur,ranked the fifth richest American in the world. William Gates is also an American entrepreneur and a philanthropist (someone who engages in philanthropy; that is, someone who donates his or her time, money, and/or reputation to charitable causes). William was born on 28th October, 1955 in Seattle, Washington to William H. Gates, Jr. (now Sr.) and Mary Maxwell Gates, William has one older sister, Kristi (Kristianne), and one younger sister, Libby. He grew up in a wealthy family; his father was a prominent lawyer,and his mother served on the board of directors for First Interstate Bank. William Gates was very smart as a child and excelled in elementary school, particularly in mathematics and science. As a youth, William Gates was active in the Boy Scouts of America where he achieved its second highest rank, Life Scout. He enrolled at Harvard College in the fall of 1973 intending to get a pre-law degree, but did not have a definite study plan. While Bill was at Harvard, he met Steve Ballmer, his future business partner, whom he later appointed as CEO of Microsoft.Later in his junior year, Gates left Harvard University to devote his energies to Microsoft, the company he had begun in 1975 with his childhood friend Paul Allen. Guided by a belief that the computer would be a valuable tool on every office desktop and in every home, they began developing software for personal computers. Gates vision for personal computing have been central to the success of Microsoft and the software industry.
Global Economy
The global economy gives businesss the ability to market products and services all over the globe. William Gates has greatly benefited from global economy as it gives his company the opportunity