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First of all I’d like to outline the main point of

First of all I’d like to outline the main point of

my talk
Introduction
Biography.
School and Education.
Microsoft Corporation.
Conclusion.
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Perharps I should start off by talking about his family William

Perharps I should start off by talking about his family
William Henry

Gates III is an American entrepreneur and chairman of Microsoft.
He was born and grew up in Seattle, Washington USA.
His father was an attorney and his mother was a school teacher and chairperson of the United Way charity.
Gates and his two sisters had a comfortable upbringing, being able to attend the exclusive secondaty Lakeside School
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I’d now like to turn my attention to first Gate’s programs

I’d now like to turn my attention to first Gate’s programs


He was only 15 when he wrote a program for how to regulate the traffic and earned 20 000 dollars for this project.
 Then in a year he created the first computer program.
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In 1973 following the family tradition, Gates entered Harvard University. He

In 1973 following the family tradition, Gates entered Harvard University.

He was going to become a lawyer as his father, but he was still unsociable and shy and this did not fit the chosen profession .At Harvard Gates makes friends with Steve Ballmer who holds the position of the head of Microsoft now.
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Now I want to tell you little about Gate’s corporation In

Now I want to tell you little about Gate’s corporation
In 1975

the company Microsoft was formed.
Microsoft helped to make the computer easier to use with its developed and purchased software, and made it a commercial success. The success of Microsoft began with the MS-DOS computer operating system that Gates licensed to IBM..
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Bill Gates is the chairperson and chief software architect of Microsoft

Bill Gates is the chairperson and chief software architect of Microsoft

Corporation, the worldwide leader in software services and Internet technologies for personal and business computing.
At the age of 31 he became a billionaire.
For such a rich person, his life is simple, and he spends little on himself and his family. Gates is very generous. He has already given huge amounts of money to charity, and says that he plans to give almost all of his wealth when he retires
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Gates wrote2 books In 1995 - “The Road Ahead”,in which he

Gates wrote2 books
In 1995 - “The Road Ahead”,in which he

described his views on the direction the society moves in connection with the development of the information technologies.
In 1999 – “Business the Speed of Thought”,which got a high appreciation of the critics , was issued in 25 languages and is sold in more than 60 countries of the world.
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In 2005 William H. Gates received an honorary knighthood from the

In 2005 William H. Gates received an honorary knighthood from

the queen of England. He was bestowed with the Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for his services in reducing poverty and improving health in the developing countries of the world.