William Henry "Bill" Gates
Today I am sharing with you a famous
Founder who founded The Unique software company The Microsoft. Microsoft
A corporation is an American multinational software corporation but the
Company lead all over the world. Headquartered in Redmond, Washington USA that
Develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and
Services related to computing software etc. The company was founded by Bill Gates and Paul
Allen on April 4, 1975. Microsoft is the world's biggest software maker
Measured by revenues. It is also one of the world's most valuable companies.
Microsoft was established to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair
8800. It rose to dominate the privacy computer operating system market with MS-DOS
In the mid-1980s, followed by the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems.
The company's 1986 individual public
Offering, and subsequent rise in its share value, created an estimated near 3 billionaires
And 12,000 millionaires from Microsoft employees. Since the 1990s, it has
Increasingly diversified from the operating system market and has made a number
Of head acquisitions. In May 2011,
Microsoft acquired Skype Technologies for $8.5 billion in its largest
Acquisition to date. As of 2013, Microsoft is market dominate in both the PC
Operating system and office suite markets (the latter with Microsoft Office).
The company also produces a wide range of other software for desktops and
Servers, and are active in areas including internet search (with Bing), the video
Game industry (with the Xbox and Xbox 360 consoles, and the upcoming Xbox One
Console), the digital services market (through MSN), and mobile phones (via the
Windows Phone OS). On June 2012, Microsoft declared that it would be entering
The PC vendor market for the first time, with the launch of the Microsoft
Surface tablet computer. On August 20, 2013, Microsoft announced that its CEO, Steve
Ballmer, will retire from the company after a
William Henry "Bill" Gates III (born October 28, 1955) Is an American head of business
Magnate, investor, programmer, inventor And philanthropist. Gates is
The former chief executive and current chairman of Microsoft, the world’s
Largest personal-computer software company, which he co-founded with Paul Allen.
He is consistently ranked in the Forbes list of the world's wealthiest people
And was the wealthiest overall from 1995 to 2009—excluding 2008, when he
Was ranked third; In 2011 he was
The wealthiest American and the world's second wealthiest person. According to the
Bloomberg Billionaires List, Gates is the world's richest person in 2013, a
A position that he last held on the list in 2007.During his career at Microsoft,
Gates held the positions of CEO and chief software architect, and remains the
Largest individual shareholder, with 6.4 percent of the common stock. He has
Also authored and co-authored Same books. Gates is one of the best-known
Entrepreneurs of the individual computer revolution. Gates has been criticized
For his business tactics, which have been considered anti-competitive, an
An opinion which has in some cases been upheld by the courts. In the later stages
Of his career, Gates has pursued a number of philanthropic endeavors, donating
Large amounts of money to various charitable organizations and scientific
Research programs through the Bill & his wife Melinda Gates Foundation,
Established in 2000.
Gates stepped down as chief executive officer of Microsoft
In January 2000. He remained as chairman and created the position of chief
Software architect for himself. In June 2006, Gates announced that he would be
Transitioning from full-time work at Microsoft to part-time work, and full-time
Work at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He gradually transferred his
Duties to Ray Ozzie, chief software architect, and Craig Mundie, chief research
And strategy officer. Gates’ last full-time day at Microsoft was June 27, 2008.
He remains at Microsoft as chairman.
After finishing reading the January
1975 issue of Popular Electronics
That demonstrated the Altair 8800, Gates
Contacted Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry
Systems (MITS), the creators of the new microcomputer, to inform
Them that he and others were working on a BASIC
Interpreter for the platform. In
Reality, Gates and Allen did not have an Altair and had not written code for
It; they merely wanted to gauge MITS's interest. MITS president Ed Roberts
Agreed to meet them for a demo, and over the course of a few weeks they
Developed an Altair emulator that ran on a
Minicomputer, and then the BASIC interpreter. The demonstration, held at MITS's
Offices in Albuquerque were a success and
Resulted in a deal with MITS to distribute the interpreter as Altair BASIC. Paul Allen was hired into MITS, and
Gates took a leave of absence from Harvard to work with Allen at MITS in
Albuquerque in November 1975. They named their partnership
"Microsoft" and had their first office located in Albuquerque.
Within a year, the hyphen was dropped, and on November 26, 1976, the trade name
"Microsoft" was registered with the Office of the Secretary of the State of New Mexico. Gates never returned to
Harvard to complete his studies. Microsoft's BASIC was popular with computer
Hobbyists, but Gates discovered that a pre-market copy had leaked into the
Community and was being widely copied and distributed. In February 1976, Gates
Wrote an Open Letter to Hobbyists in the
MITS newsletter saying that MITS could not continue to produce, distribute, and
Maintain high-quality software without payment. This letter was unpopular with
Many computer hobbyists, but Gates persisted in his belief that software
Developers should be able to demand payment. Microsoft became independent of
MITS in late 1976, and it continued to develop programming language software
For various systems. The company moved from Albuquerque to its new home in Bellevue,
Washington on January 1, 1979.During Microsoft's early years, all employees had
Broad responsibility for the company's business. Gates oversaw the business
Details, but continued to write code as well. During the first five years, Gates
Personally reviewed every line of code the company shipped, and often rewrote
Parts of it as he saw fit.
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