1. Bill Gates Short Biography Matsangides Maria. Department of Communication and Internet studies. Cyprus University of Technology.

3. Who is bill gates: William Henry Gates. He was Born : ◦ In Washington. ◦ October 28. Famous for : ◦ Richest man. ◦ Cofounder of Microsoft. ◦ Philanthropists.

4. Character: Intelligent. Ambitious. Competitive. Hard working person. “If you are intelligent and know how to apply your intelligence, you can achieve anything. ”

5. About his family: Father: Lawyer Mother: Served on the board of directors. Grandfather: Vice president of national bank. Elder sister: Kristi (Kristianne) Younger sister: Libby. In 1994, he married Melinda Ann French an American philanthropist.

6. Studies and Microsoft: 13 years old: Public elementary school. Discovered his interest in software. Write his first computer game. 1973 : Studying at Harvard University. Paul Allen :Together they worked on a version of the programming language BASIC. Paul Allen 1974: Stopped from the university. Became the biggest computer software company in the world named Microsoft Corporation.

7. Bill Gates and the Microsoft Corporation. Gates belief: “Every house should have a computer.” 1975: "Microsoft"® change the way people use computers. Microsoft: ◦ improve software technology for people to ◦ make it easier use the ◦ make it more cost-effective computers. ◦ more enjoyable

8. Bill Gates and the Microsoft Corporation. 1999, Gates wrote Business @ the Speed of Thought. Shows how computer technology can solve business problems in fundamentally new ways. The book was published in 25 languages and is available in more than 60 countries.

9. To sum up with: Really intelligent Pearson. Hard working character. He can achieve anything. It is really nice that in our days there still people who care about others. Bill Gates is one of them. Many times he spends a lot of money in philanthropy.

10. To sum up with: Microsoft corporation change the way people use their computers: ◦ Improve software technology. ◦ Make it easier. ◦ Make it more cost-effective. ◦ More enjoyable. Microsoft make Bill Gates the richest man in the world.

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12. References: Biographies of business leaders: Bill Gates Biography – Profile. Available from: http://www.woopidoo.com/biography/bill-gates.htm http://www.woopidoo.com/biography/bill-gates.htm Wikipedia. Bill Gates: April, 13, 2010, Available from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gates. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gates Anish Chandy. Bill Gates Biography. Available from: http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/7-19-2004-56835.asp http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/7-19-2004-56835.asp Microsoft news center. Bill Gates, Chairman, Microsoft Corp. Available from: http://www.microsoft.com/PRESSPASS/EXEC/BILLG/BIO. MSPX http://www.microsoft.com/PRESSPASS/EXEC/BILLG/BIO. MSPX