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Gates was born on October 28, 1955. He grew up in Seattle with his two sisters. Their father, William H. Gates II, was a lawyer in Seattle. Their late mother, Mary Gates, was a high school teacher, a trustee at the University of Washington, and chairwoman of United Way International.

Bill has been extremely energetic since he was a child. He could make the cradle rock as early as an infant. He has loved thinking since he was a child and can devote himself wholeheartedly to something when he is fascinated by it. From his grandmother's enlightening education to his parents' tireless efforts to find clubs and schools suitable for the development of Bill Gates' talents, they all provided fertile soil and fresh air for the development of his talents.

When Gates was three or four years old, his mother always took Gates with her when she went out. When he explained the history of Seattle and the museum to students in school, Gates always sat in the room. At the front of the class, although Gates is an active child, he is more focused and serious than other students in the classroom. Gates has loved reading since he was a child. Although he is a child, he likes to read adult books. In his own home, he can browse through his parents' book collection at will. Gates, a 7-year-old boy with sandy hair, likes to read the World Book Encyclopedia over and over again. He often read this big book, which was almost 1/3 of his weight, for several hours, reading it from beginning to end, word for word. He often fell into deep thought, and seemed to feel strongly that what a magical and magical world was hidden in the small words and huge books! The symbols of words can actually record and spread countless interesting things about our predecessors and people from all over the world. He also thought that human history will become longer and longer...then won't encyclopedias in the future become larger and bulkier? Is there any good way to create a magic box that is as big as a small cigarette box and can contain a large encyclopedia all-inclusively? How convenient it would be. This wonderful spark of thought was later realized for him, and it was smaller than a cigarette box and only needed a small chip.

Gates is reading more and more books and thinking about more and more questions. One time, he suddenly said to his fourth-grade classmate Carl Ed: "Rather than being a grass in the lawn, it would be better to be an oak tree standing on a bald hill. Because the grasses are all the same and have no individuality. The oak tree is tall and straight, holding its head high in the sky." He insisted on keeping a diary and jotting down his thoughts at any time. He was often as thoughtful as an adult at a young age. He wrote in another diary: "Perhaps, human life is a burning 'fire', and all a person can do is to try his best to save something from this 'fire'" Come out." This kind of awareness of "chasing life" is very rare among children of the same age.

Gates's grandmother especially likes to play games with the smart little Gates, especially games involving some intelligence. She taught Bill how to play checkers, chips, bridge and other things she loved to play. When playing games, grandma always likes to say to little Bill: "Think hard! Think hard!" She also often applauds Bill for making a good move or playing a good card. Grandma often asked Bill Gates to read and tell him stories, from which Bill Gates benefited a lot. Grandma was aware of Bill Gates' potential in thinking and memory, and she always took the opportunity to activate Bill's potential in this area. Sometimes the grandma and grandson would go for a walk in the park, and grandma would often exchange chess playing techniques with Bill Gates or watch a certain movie. This excellent piece of writing allowed Bill to find new ways of writing or to express more original and insightful insights.

Little Gates’ parents also encouraged and provided him with various opportunities as much as possible. When he grew up, his parents encouraged him to participate in Boy Scout camping activities, and once during the summer vacation, the Boy Scouts went on an 80-kilometer walking march. , it lasted for a week, and he wore a pair of brand-new high boots. Obviously, the new shoes did not fit well. The 13 kilometers of hiking every day, climbing mountains, and walking through the forest made him suffer a lot; on the first night , his heels were scratched and there were many blisters on his toes. He gritted his teeth and kept going.

The next night, his feet were extremely red and swollen, and the cracked skin was bleeding. His companions advised him to stop moving forward, but he shook his head and asked the team doctor for some cotton wool and gauze bandage, as well as some painkillers, and continued on his way. In this way, he persisted until he was inspected at a way station. When the leader found that his feet were seriously inflamed and ordered medical treatment, the march was stopped. Gates' mother came from Seattle. When she saw the ulcers on his feet, she cried sadly and complained about why her son didn't stop marching earlier. Gates said calmly: "It's a pity that I didn't reach the destination this time."

No matter what Gates does, he will devote all his time to completing it to the best of his ability. Once, the teacher asked his classmates to write a story of no more than 20 pages. Gates' imagination went wild and he actually wrote a 100-page magical and twists and turns story, which surprised both the teacher and classmates! Everyone said about him: "No matter what Gates does, he always likes to reach the top and become a blockbuster without making a fuss, otherwise he will not be willing to do it."

As he grows older, the family members The environment can no longer satisfy the further development of Bill Gates' talent. Little Bill sometimes blames his mother for her lack of intelligence! Therefore, the parents turned their attention to society and actively looked for Bill's space. During an event, Bill Gates prepared a report for the class called "Investing in Gates Co., Ltd." This report became almost a family affair. His grandmother helped with the cover, and even his father stepped in to help. The atmosphere was very lively.

After graduating from elementary school, his parents sent him to Lakeside Middle School after seeking advice from Bill Gates. When he was studying at Hubin Middle School, he often arranged his studies according to his own interests and hobbies. Bill Gates worked hard on the courses he liked, learned very well, and became obsessed with computers, which made him devote his life to the future.

After graduating from high school, Bill Gates wanted to go to Harvard University to study. This was also the biggest wish of his parents. Fortunately, Bill Gates' parents do not regard their children as their own private property like other parents, and they must let their children do what their parents like. After calm reflection, the parents gave up the idea of ??letting their son become a lawyer and allowed Bill Gates to develop freely in the university field. This helped Bill Gates a lot.

But a year later, a bigger problem faced Bill Gates' parents: Bill Gates was leaving Harvard, giving up his studies at Jinxiu, and starting a computer company with others! Bill spoke to his parents many times and calmly expressed his thoughts. What can parents who know their son’s nature and aspirations say? Perhaps my son’s talent and computer career are the best match! Bill Gates resolutely left Harvard University, a place that hundreds of millions of students yearned for, and began to develop his ambitions in the software field. Bill officially founded Microsoft in 1975. More than 20 years later, he became the world's richest man, with personal assets of nearly US$20 billion!

Bill Gates’ success is the result of the combination of personal talent and family education. Bill's story tells us:

First, we should constantly activate children's talents and focus on the cultivation and protection of children's talents.

Second, it is very important to cultivate children's concentration.

● His father, William, was a corporate lawyer, and his mother, Mary, was a school teacher.

● At the age of 17, Gates sold his first computer programming work, a time table system, to his high school for $4,200.

● Gates scored 1590 on the SAT (American College Admissions Test) standardized test, out of a perfect score of 1600.

● Gates told his college teacher to become a millionaire by the age of 30, and by the time he was 31 he was already a billionaire. In other words, Gates knew that he would be very rich in the future, but he did not expect to be so rich.

● While attending Harvard, Gates co-wrote Altair BASIC, which became the first product of Microsoft (then known as Micro-Soft).

On the Forbes list[2], Gates was the world's richest man from 2001 to 2007! Ranked third in the world in 2008, and became the richest man in the world again in 2009! In 2010, it narrowly dropped to second place in the world. In September 2011, Bill Gates topped the list of the 2011 Forbes "400 Richest Americans" with a net worth of US$59 billion. This was the 18th consecutive year that he topped the list. [3]

He is a genius. He started programming at the age of 13 and predicted that he would become a millionaire at the age of 25. He is a business wizard whose unique vision enables him to always see IT accurately. The future of the industry and unique management methods enable the growing Microsoft to maintain its vitality; his wealth is even more of a myth. He became the world's richest man at the age of 39 and topped the list of Forbes for 13 consecutive years. This myth is like the night sky. The dazzling fireworks stung the eyes of hundreds of millions of people. He is chairman and chief software architect of Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft Corporation is a world leader in software, services, and Internet technology for personal and business computers. In the fiscal year ending 2008, Microsoft had revenue of nearly $62 billion and a total of more than 91,000 employees in 78 countries and regions.

2011 America's Richest List

On September 22, 2011, the "Forbes" magazine website released the "2011 America's 400 Richest List". Bill Gates' wealth is as high as 59 billion US dollars. , ranking as the richest man. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg ranks 14th, with a wealth of US$17.5 billion, an increase of US$10.6 billion from last year. Zuckerberg has the highest wealth growth among the top 20 richest people.

Gates’ wealth has increased by US$5 billion compared with last year. He is the sixth richest man in mainland China, Liang Wengen, Chairman of Sany Group (US$9.3 billion), and the second richest man, Baidu CEO Robin Li (US$9.2 billion). twice as much.

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The top 20 richest Americans:

Ranking Name Personal net worth (100 million U.S. dollars)

1 Bill Gates/Bill Gates 590

2 Warren Buffett/Warren Buffett 390

3 Larry Ellison/Larry Ellison 330

4 Charles Koch/Charles Koch 250

5 David Koch/David Koch 250

6 Christy Walton & family/Christy Walton & family 245

7 George Thaw Ross/George Soros 220

8 Sheldon Adelson/Sheldon Adelson 215

9 Jim Walton/Jim Walton 211

10 Ai Alice Walton/Alice Walton 209

11 Robson Walton/S. Robson Walton 205

12 Michael Bloomberg/Michael Bloomberg 195

13 Jeff Bezos/Jeff Bezos 191

14 Mark Zuckerberg/Mark Zuckerberg 175

15 Sergey Brin/Sergey Brin 167

16 Larry Page 167

17 John Paulson 155

18 Michael Dell 150

19 Steve Ballmer 139

20 Forrest Mars Jr 138[4]

● He met his future wife, Melinda French, at a Microsoft launch event in Manhattan in 1987, when Melinda was a Microsoft employee. They got married on New Year's Day 1994.

Photos of Gates’ life (13 photos)

●Whenever Gates is thinking or concentrating, he will rock back and forth in his chair. This quirk can be traced back When he was a child, he liked to swing on the rocking horse for hours - later, Microsoft employees were accustomed to seeing him thinking, listening, and swinging his head while attending meetings...

● In 2005, Gates was awarded the Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.

● "Forbes" magazine in March 2007 once again named Bill Gates the richest person in the world. This is the 13th consecutive year that he has won this title. He is currently worth $58 billion.

● On June 15, 2006, Bill Gates attended a press conference at the Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, USA. On the same day, Bill Gates announced that he would withdraw from the daily affairs of Microsoft within the next two years and focus on health and education philanthropy.

● Currently there is a building named after Gates at Carnegie Mellon University (a university in Pennsylvania, USA) - the Gates Computer Science Building.

Photos of Gates attending business events (20 photos)

● Gates is the author of the "Leicester Codex" - a 72-page Leonardo da Vinci The latest owner of the strange codex. This manuscript contains observations on the properties of water, astronomy, rocks, and fossils. Gates puts the manuscript on public display in different cities around the world once a year.

● Bill Gates earns $67.5 per second, $5.832 million per day, and $2.13 billion a year.

Study

Gates attended private and public elementary schools in Seattle. He discovered his interest in software and studied hard there, starting computer programming at the age of 13 and continuing for 15 years. When he graduated from high school, he won the "American Merit Scholarship", the highest honor for American high school graduates.

In 1973, Gates was admitted to Harvard University. He became a good friend with Steve Ballmer, now the CEO of Microsoft. While at Harvard, Gates developed a version of the BASIC programming language for the first microcomputer, the MITS Altair.

Gates is also very interested in biotechnology. He serves on the board of directors of ICOS, a company focused on protein-based and small molecule therapeutics. He is also an investor in many other biotech companies.

Honor

·CEO of the Year in 1994 by CEO Magazine.

·"Sports News" ranked the 100 most powerful people in sports in 1997.

·No. 1 among Time magazine’s 50 Internet Elites in 1998.

· Named one of the most powerful people in 1999 by the British Sunday Times · Ranked second among the "Upside" 100 elites in 1999.

·Was named one of the 100 most influential people in journalism in 2001 by the British Guardian.

·In 2004, he was knighted by the Queen of England.

·In 2005, he, his wife Melinda, and Bono***, the lead singer of the rock band U2, were selected as Time's Person of the Year in recognition of their contributions to charity.

·On November 15, 2006, he won the 2006 James Morgan International Philanthropist Award.

·Ranked first in the second rich list of the Financial Times in 2006.

·On June 7, 2007, 30 years after leaving Harvard, he received an honorary bachelor's degree in law from Harvard University and was awarded the honorary degree of doctor of laws[1].

·On April 19, 2007, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Tsinghua University, becoming the 13th honorary doctorate of Tsinghua University. Bill Gates·On April 20, 2007, he was awarded the honorary director of Peking University and the honorary committee member of Guanghua School of Management.

·Entomologists also named a flower insect the Gates' aphid after him.

·There is a street named after him in Seattle.