Biography and Life story of Bill Gates - Motivational Life Lesson

When it comes to Microsoft everybody knows about Bill Gates, the richest person in the world currently holding 96.3 billion USD (2020) in his account. He is known as the smartest and hardworking person in the world whose invention is a wonder of science and technology and will be used in the future. The owner of Microsoft corporation was not the only guy who lead Microsoft but the several men behind its creation with him. It is a misconception that people think only he had done everything but it is wrong because he himself said many times that he credits goes to his near friends who helped and managed things with him when he used to ask. You can say that he is the one who thought about starting a machine business and innovation in computer software. He didn’t just think about the machine but also human for which he initiated Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation whose mission statement is to develop the lifestyle and lift the poor people and eliminate poverty from all over the world so they can rise and manage their families.

Biography:

He was Born on October 28, 1955, in Seattle, Washington. His families were educated as his father was a lawyer and mother was a teacher.

Bill Gates favorite books:

He loves to read books. Bill Gates's favorite books are SEVENEVES (by Neal Stephenson) and THE POWER TO COMPETE (by Ryoichi Mikitani and Hiroshi Mikitani).

He became familiar with hacking when he hacked the only computer hosted in his school at the age of 13.

Bill Gates Education:

He was so intelligent that he scored %90 in the college Final exams. After being graduated from college he took admission to Harvard University in the field of Computer Science that is all about Bill Gates Education.

Life Story:

• His only childhood friend Paul Allen became so close to him that they both left University in 1975 and started Microsoft. In 1983 Paul Allen could not continue to work for Microsoft because he had cancer.
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• He was upset to lose Paul Allen because of his trust and childhood friend, later in 1984, he worked Steve Jobs to grow Apple Company. They both shared ideas with each other and focused to improve the User Interface of their program.
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• In 1985 he introduced the first Operating System called “Windows” which led him to be the top of the world’s richest people.
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• In 1989 he introduced the first MS Office package to solve the office problem related to documentation and data management.
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• In 1993 he married to Melinda French in Hawaii and after a few years, he became the world’s richest man with a fortune of 12.9 billion USD and is still the richest person in the world.

Bill Gates Charity, Bill Gates Donations & Bill, and Melinda Gates Foundation:

In 2000 the poor and needy people started to develop with the help of Bill and Melinda Foundation which is the largest foundation in the world. The Bill Gates donations helped many poor children to go to school. The disabled person got aid from Bill Gates Charity.

Turning Points of his Life:

1. When he hacked the one and only computer in their school:

The principle of their school was so shocked to see this kind of action and didn’t see it before.

2. When he got the contract to work for a company:

He and Allen worked all day long and created an OS called BASIC.

3. Services in Apple Company:

He learned many things from Apple. After a few years, he quit Apple and focused on Microsoft.

4. Trip to Africa (Bill Gates philanthropy):

In Africa, he saw the poverty of the people and the way of life. He changed his mind and Bill Gates's philanthropy led him to start Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Nearly 30 billion USD was given by Bill Gates Donations. The Bill Gates charity helps the disabled person to live without burden.

Achievements & Success:

1. He is the founder of Microsoft Corporation, a highly profitable and growing company.
2. He bought Nokia’s (Mobile Company) phones and manufactured them as Microsoft.
3. He is the founder of the largest private foundation (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation).
4. He is the richest person in the world.
5. Won many main medals and wards & more.

Challenges:

1. Financial problems to run Microsoft.
2. After being a dropout from College.
3. Resignation of Allen Paul.

Barriers:

1. Understanding MAC and LINUX OS.
2. Fighting against HID and AIDS in Africa.
3. Reduction of demands after Nokia smartphones changed to Microsoft.

Conclusion:

We learn from this article that there can be a lot of coming challenges and barriers, we even can be knocked down in our life but we should never give up and must be enough to revive ourselves.