1. Vocational Leadership and Agents of Change Presentation
Bill Gates
Vocational Leadership and Agents of Change Presentation

2. Early Life Seattle, Washington, 1955
Began experimenting with computer programming at a young age
In their early teens, Gates and Paul Allen created “Traf-o-Data”, analyzed traffic in Seattle, each received $10,000
Carried on with programming through his college career at Harvard, , before dropping out to create Microsoft with Paul Allen

3. Bill Gates and Vocation for Microsoft
His drive/passion for computers was strong enough to drop out of Harvard
"To win big, you sometimes have to take big risks."

4. Vocation for Philanthropy
Gates mother, Mary Maxwell Gates, persuaded him to raise money for the United Way, a social service agency
According to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, they have now given tens of millions of dollars to various local United Way chapters
As a 2016, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has given over $35 billion in grants
Gates and Warren Buffet founded The Giving Pledge, group of some of the world’s wealthiest who plan on giving at least half of their worth to charity
As of 2016, The Giving Pledge has reached $365 billion pledged