1. BILL GATES “I wish i wasn't the richest man in the world”

2. Quick Factfile  american businessman  in 1975 he puts the basis of a new company: Microsoft  until 2006, his prime responsibility was to ensure the succes of his company  the company he started, Microsoft, is worth $197 billion

3. Business Areas  microsoft is a public multinational company - Washington  produces software for computers  the most influential on the market  dominates the software market  its software it’s used all around the world

4. Family  married Melinda French from Dallas on January 1, 1994  three children: Jennifer Katharine Gates, Phoebe Adele Gates and Rory John Gates (born 1999)  Father died when he war 24  Succeded on his own without much help from others

5. Education  at 13 he enrolled in the Lakeside School  Gates graduated from Lakeside School in 1973  he scored 1590 out of 1600 on the SAT and enrolled at Harvard College  joined Honeywell during the summer of 1974

6. First Business Success  Gates took a leave of absence from Harvard to work at MITS in Albuquerque in November 1975  within a year the trade name "Microsoft" was registered with the Office of the Secretary of the State of New Mexico

7. Major Business Success  In 1980, IBM approached Microsoft to write the BASIC interpreter for its upcoming personal computer  Microsoft made a deal with SCP to become the exclusive licensing agent, and later the full owner, of 86-DOS  the sales of MS-DOS made Microsoft a major player in the industry

8. Business Philosophy  “Never give up to what is your’s”  he thought that money and power is something that comes only to those that are brave enough to take it

9. Personality Traits  he aggressively broadened the company's range of products, and wherever Microsoft achieved a dominant position he vigorously defended it  firsthand accounts describe him as verbally combative

10. Recognition  in 1987 Gates was officially declared a billionaire in the pages of Forbes' 400  Gates was number one on the Forbes 400 list from 1993 through to 2007

11. Illustrative Quotes  “When I was young, I thought that money and power would make me happy...I was right”  “ The best employee it’s a man about 35 years old, with 40 years experience in the field”

12. In my opinion, Bill Gates it’s the example o succes through inteligence. He used his exceptional skills to obtain all that he wanted. Also, the self- confidence had a great role in his carrear, because without such qualities succes can not be acheaved. Andrei Nemeş

13. In my opinion, Bill Gates is one of the most succesfull business man that have ever existed. By combinig courage and inteligence he became the man that he is today…one of the most powerfull man on earth. Delia Sorostinean