Bill Gates
By: Janos Kisvari
What made Bill Gates well known?
For creating the software company: Microsoft.
Three things that helped Bill Gates to be successful
- Bill was allowed to code on computers while at school. From this he learned BASIC coding, the most common and helpful coding.
- Before Bill made Microsoft , Bill and three of his friends made the lakeside programmers group. They got hired at C-cubed. Bill and his friends learned COBOL coding and got plenty of practice.
- Bill always got good grades in math. This later helped him as a problem solver.
Three important things to Bill Gates
- Paul Allen; Paul Allen is a life long friend of Bill Gates and cofounder of Microsoft.
- IBM; IBM is the company that paired up with Microsoft to create the IBM PC. This Personal computer at the time was wonderful and improved the reputation of both by a great amount.
- C-cubed; C-cubed is the first hired Bill Gates and got him into business.
5 interesting facts about Bill Gates
- Bill Gates read an entire set of encyclopedias by age 9.
- He is left handed.
- When a kid, he wrote more than 30 pages on a 4 page essay.
- Gates got a perfect score on his math SAT.
- Bill was accepted into Harvard, Princeton, and Yale.
Some life lessons learned from Bill Gates
- Take any possible opportunities.
- Plan ahead.
- Think outside the box.
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