Bill Gates is the founder, former chairman and CEO of Microsoft, the world's leading provider of personal computer software. From 1995 to 2007, Bill Gates became the richest man in the world for 13 years. In 2000, Bill Gates established the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. In 2008, Bill Gates announced that he would donate $58 billion of personal property to charitable foundations, and he would return to be the richest man in the world in 20 14.
Herman melville is one of the greatest American novelists, essayists and poets in the19th century. Melville did not receive due attention before his death, but became famous in the 1920s and was generally regarded as one of the pinnacles of American literature. Mao Mu, a British writer, thinks Moby Dick is one of the top ten literary masterpieces in the world, and its position in literary history is even higher than that of Mark Twain and others. Melville is also called "Shakespeare" of America.
1870 john davison rockefeller, who founded Standard Oil Company, once monopolized 90% of the oil market in the United States, and his total wealth was equivalent to more than 400 billion dollars today, making Rockefeller the first billionaire in modern human history and the richest man in the world.
Thomas Alva Edison is a world-famous American electrician and inventor. In addition to his inventions and contributions in phonograph, electric light, telephone, telegraph and film, he also has many famous creations and opinions in the fields of mining and architecture. Edison had about 2,000 inventions in his life, which made great contributions to the progress of human civilization.