How come Bill Gate so rich man ?
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William (Bill) H. Gates is chairman of Microsoft Corporation, the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential. Microsoft had revenues of US$39.79 billion for the fiscal year ending June 2005, and employs more than 61,000 people in 102 countries and regions.\n\nOn June 15, 2006, Microsoft announced that effective July 2008 Gates will transition out of a day-to-day role in the company to spend more time on his global health and education work at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. After July 2008 Gates will continue to serve as Microsoft’s chairman and an advisor on key development projects. The two-year transition process is to ensure that there is a smooth and orderly transfer of Gates’ daily responsibilities. Effective June 2006, Ray Ozzie has assumed Gates’ previous title as chief software architect and is working side by side with Gates on all technical architecture and product oversight responsibilities at Microsoft. Craig Mundie has assumed the new title of chief research and strategy officer at Microsoft and is working closely with Gates to assume his responsibility for the company’s research and incubation efforts.\n\nBorn on Oct. 28, 1955, Gates grew up in Seattle with his two sisters. Their father, William H. Gates II, is a Seattle attorney. Their late mother, Mary Gates, was a schoolteacher, University of Washington regent, and chairwoman of United Way International. \n\nGates attended public elementary school and the private Lakeside School. There, he discovered his interest in software and began programming computers at age 13. \n\nIn 1973, Gates entered Harvard University as a freshman, where he lived down the hall from Steve Ballmer, now Microsoft's chief executive officer. While at Harvard, Gates developed a version of the programming language BASIC for the first microcomputer - the MITS Altair. \n\nIn his junior year, Gates left Harvard to devote his energies to Microsoft, a company he had begun in 1975 with his childhood friend Paul Allen. Guided by a belief that the computer would be a valuable tool on every office desktop and in every home, they began developing software for personal computers. Gates' foresight and his vision for personal computing have been central to the success of Microsoft and the software industry.\n\nUnder Gates' leadership, Microsoft's mission has been to continually advance and improve software technology, and to make it easier, more cost-effective and more enjoyable for people to use computers. The company is committed to a long-term view, reflected in its investment of approximately $6.2 billion on research and development in the 2005 fiscal year. \n\nIn 1999, Gates wrote Business @ the Speed of Thought, a book that shows how computer technology can solve business problems in fundamentally new ways. The book was published in 25 languages and is available in more than 60 countries. Business @ the Speed of Thought has received wide critical acclaim, and was listed on the best-seller lists of the New York Times, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal and Amazon.com. Gates' previous book, The Road Ahead, published in 1995, held the No. 1 spot on the New York Times' bestseller list for seven weeks. \n\n\nTop row: Steve Wood (left), Bob Wallace, Jim Lane. Middle row: Bob O'Rear, Bob Greenberg, Marc McDonald, Gordon Letwin. Bottom row: Bill Gates, Andrea Lewis, Marla Wood, Paul Allen. December 7, 1978. \nGates has donated the proceeds of both books to non-profit organizations that support the use of technology in education and skills development. \n\nIn addition to his love of computers and software, Gates founded Corbis, which is developing one of the world's largest resources of visual information - a comprehensive digital archive of art and photography from public and private collections around the globe. He is also a member of the board of directors of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., wh
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He is the co-founder, chairman, former chief software architect, and former CEO of Microsoft Corporation. He is also the founder of Corbis, a digital image archiving company. The Forbes international rich list has ranked him as the world's richest person for the last twelve years straight. In 1999, Gates' wealth briefly surpassed $100 billion making him America's first centibillionaire. According to the Forbes 2004 magazine, Bill Gates's net worth was approximately $46.6 billion.
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the money grubbing man!
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First, perhaps some history:  In the late 1970's and early 1980's when personal computers were starting, the generally used operating system was called CP/M.  This was much like Linux is today.  Anyone could get the soruce code and use it.  The system was not copyrighted.\nBill Gates borrowed the code to write the original DOS which he sold to the IBM corporation.  What had been public property was now his personal stuff.  Thousands of computers programmers were shafted and Bill became rich and famous.\nNext Bill's blonders:  Bill never liked the internet because he could not control it and because of the opening of communications between humans not using his products.  He never really want to see personal computers link into local networks either, but changed his mind when he figured out how much additional money he could make.  These are the reasons why Windows products lagged so far behind Networks like Novell and internet servers which use Unix.\nLast, I met Bill at a convention one time.  He is a cocky arrogant sob who thinks he is better than almost anyone else.  His main claim to fame is that unlike Robin Hood, he steals for the poor and gives to himself.\nBut, of course, this is just my opinion.  I could have it all wrong, and Bill gates is really Mother Theresa in a suit.
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I think we're all making him rich by buying his books.  He doesn't say anything new, but he markets his product very well. We should do as he does, not as he says.  To get rich you should write books about getting rich.\n\nOne thing I remember reading in his book is to have somebody else clean your home because it makes economic sense.  It does and I'm very happy.
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It definatly is NOT BILL GATES with his 50 billion or so.\n\nI would have to say Lord Rothschild of the UK. His family has been billionairs before computers were even invented. He is so rich and controls so much wealth he can even hide it from the mainstream press. His family helped set up the FEDERAL RESEVE BANK and is one of the prime stock holders. Think about that since 1913 he and his family have been making money from the Federal Reserves loans. Who do you think we owe our national debt too? Its sad how uninformed the vast majority of americans are. Our debt is in the trillions every year we pay hundreds of billions to service that debt, Mr. Rothschild gets, via the corporations he is on the board of (board members are owners) a fat chunk of those intrest payments into his coffers each year. The Federal Reserve has NEVER been subject to an external audit, so its not known just how rich the stock holders are.
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Whoa!!!!\nClinton was not born of money, but he sure gained privilege.\nHe got lots of help to dodge the draft, live his whole life off taxpayers, and make a fortune in corruption.\nBill Clinton is the only president that never held a job for even one day in his life.\nReagan and Nixon grew up poor.\nThey both worked menial jobs, not live off the taxpayers like Clinton did.\n\nGood Question if you had your facts correct.  You missed it on Clinton, Reagan, and Nixon.
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Course I can.  I'm Bill Gates and I don't like being rich.  Really.  Just come to Seattle and I'll give you the money.
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Richest man, money is power:)
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such a thing, and i don't even want to say it, is just one of the zillions of stuff that analysts and so called stock market gurus use to give you a fair glimpse of market behavior. but none of them is ever reliable. evereything in the market is still a crap shoot! that's why bill gates never plays it. he only invests in his own corporation because it's part of being an owner. and even at that, it's still a gamble.in the case of warren buffet, he just got lucky with a washington utility and that was his spring board that he guarded all his life.
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First, I think that most of the poor in America are, frankly, not that poor compared with other countries. If you travel to some third world countries and visit more than the tourist places, you'll understand what I mean. Second, we don't get a vote in what Bill Gates does with his money. He doesn't even have to give it charity if he doesn't want to. Third, he is not giving to individuals--he is trying to address societal health and education issues. "Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, etc." To me (and apparently to Warren Buffet), Bill Gates has a good sense of how to make his money go a long way to benefit the world.
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mistress of a very rich man
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Bill Gates' wealth totals about $70 billion. (The exact amount varies with the stock market.)\n\nThe President is probably not a BILLIONaire, but he certainly has MILLIONS of dollars.\n\nBut you should understand that he had millions of dollars BEFORE becoming President of the US. His presidential salary is not large enough to have had a big effect on his net worth.
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Rush is an entertainer, just like Jerry Springer, and by you asking this question he has won.\n\nYou sound like a liberal who thinks all Conservatives are rich and all liberals are poor.  If so, why not look into the net worth of Senators, 7 out of the top 10 are Democrats.  If that isn't enough, had Kerry been elected to the Presidency he would have been the third richest man ever to hold the office, behind two other Democrats.  Oh yeah, Bush doesn't even get an honorable mention on the wealth charts.\n\nIncidentally I am not a Republican.  I am an atheist and so much farther right than Rush that I can barely see him.\n\nOne more thing, don't worry about any entertainer who talks about politics.  It isn't their area of expertise, most of them know less than a curious voter.
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They have the mysterious power to relieve the naive of their money. Thats just gotta be supernatual.
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It is my understanding that Bill Gates does not want to give a really large estate to his children. You're probably right, that the bulk of his estate will go to charity. Note that Bill and Melinda have already given 52% of their total wealth to charity.
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wild guess.... when he became rich.