Leadership and Success: Presentation on Bill Gates' Achievements

This presentation provides an overview of Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft. It begins with his background, including his upbringing and education, and then details his career at Microsoft, highlighting key achievements such as developing the first computer virus, inspiring the era of the home computer and developing software for IBM. The presentation also discusses the awards and recognition Gates has received, along with his philanthropic work through the Gates Foundation, focusing on healthcare and poverty reduction. Furthermore, it explores the reasons behind Gates' success, emphasizing his hard work, intelligence, ambition, and the importance of partnerships and learning from mistakes. The presentation concludes by summarizing the key aspects of Gates' life and career, emphasizing his impact on technology, business, and global issues. The presentation uses resources that are available on the internet. Desklib offers resources for students to enhance their learning.

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TABLE OF CONTENT
• Introduction
• Background Information
• Details of working life and achievements
• Reasons behind his success and significance of his achievement
• Conclusion
• References

INTRODUCTION
• This presentation has been prepared on the topic “Introducing a Leader”.
• This presentation will discuss the background information of Bill Gates.
• Contribution of Bill Gates will be discussed so as to gain knowledge of the work
life of Bill Gates.
• It will also cover the achievements of Bill Gates along with the reasons for the
success of Bill Gates.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION
• Bill Gates founded Microsoft Corporation, largest software
business of the world with Paul Allen. Bill Gates is an American,
author, humanitarian, investor, business magnate and
philanthropist.
• Full name of Bill Gates is William Henry gates III.
• Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955 in Seattle, Washington,
U.S.
• His father’s name is William H. Gates Sr. and mother’s name is
Mary Maxwell Gates.

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• Gates belongs to an upper-middle class family with his two siblings
kristianne (older sister) and libby (younger sister).
• Gates’ parents took him to psychologist when he was 11 or 12 years old due
to his behavior.
• Bill Gates has attended private Lakeside school at the age of 13.

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• In CCC, Gates learned different source codes such as fortran, machine code
and lisp.
• In the year 1973, Bill Gates got enrolled in Harvard University for studying
mathematics and computer science.
• Although interest of Bill Gates was more in pursuing coding and this interest
directed Bill Gates towards the opportunity available for founding his own
company.

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• In the year 1970, Bill Gates and Paul Allen started a business.
• They introduced a computer program “Traf-o-Data” for the purpose of observing traffic
patterns in Seattle.
• In the year 1975, Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Micro-Soft which was a mixture of Micro-
computer and software.
• In between 1979 and 1981, they developed software for IMB which formed a base for the
growth of Microsoft.

DETAILS OF WORKING LIFE
AND ACHIEVEMENTS
• Microsoft has been considered as one of the most valuable
companies in the world.
• Bill Gates with his co-founder entered into a contract with IBM in
the year 1980 for developing their first personal computer.
• Bill Gates has developed first computer virus. Bill Gates has
inspired the era of the home computer.

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• He has won numerous awards for his contribution to Microsoft and to the public welfare.
• Satellite special achievement award has been given to Bill Gates for his outstanding
contribution to the entertainment new media.
• Other awards received by Bill Gates are Presidential Medal of Freedom, Padma Bushan,
Lasker-Bloomberg public service award, Bambi-Millennium award, Silver Buffalo Award and
many more.

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• Bill Gates and his wife have founded a foundation which is known as Gates
Foundation.
• Gates and his wife has given Aztec Eagle award by the Mexican Government for
the philanthropic work they have done for health and education.
• This foundation is a private foundation which is operating with an objective to
enhance healthcare and to reduce poverty.

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• Bill Gates with Oprah Winfrey has promoted the health and education sector and those
global issues which were being ignored by the government.
• In the year 2015, Bill Gates have given $1 billion for the clean energy project for
providing support to the greener technologies for dealing with global warming.
• In the year 2014, Gates made an announcement regarding stepping down from the
position of the chairman so as to focus on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for
charitable work.

REASONS BEHIND HIS SUCCESS AND
SIGNIFICANCE OF HIS
ACHIEVEMENT
• Bill Gates always focused on the attainment of his goals by working hard.
• According to Bill Gates, if one is intelligent and knows how to use the intelligence then one
can achieve the goals set.
• His ambition, competitiveness, and intelligence have helped in the attainment of the targets set.