WHO IS THIS MAN?
He clocks 60 years today (born Oct. 28,
1955) and married to his wife, Melinda in 1994, who bore him 3 children.
According to Forbes, he is the world’s richest man with a net worth of $79.3
billion, though swiftly overtaken for some hours on Friday, Oct. 23 by 79 year
old fashion mogul, Amancio Ortega, but that only lasted for some hours as the
American billionaire retained back his No. 1 spot later that day, after a 10%
surge in Microsoft. He is also rated according to the American business
magazine as the #7 most powerful person on earth, a rating categorized by the level of influence to the world at large. His full name is, William Henry Bill Gates III.
You might have known this man today for
his wealth and for the company he co-founded 40 years ago, MICROSOFT which today is the world’s largest PC software company
but, here are some uncommon facts about the American billionaire business
magnate.
1.
As
child, he was a voracious reader,
spending hours over reference books such as Encyclopedia and also relished in
playing board games (Risk was his
favorite) & excelled at Monopoly and has grown to become a book writer, having written quite a
number of books.
2.
In
the family where he grew, competition is
encouraged; though it doesn’t matter the type of competition it is, there
was always a reward for wining and a penalty for losing.
3.
He
began to show interest in computer programming at the age of 13 at the Lakeside
school and went into business at age 15 with his pal, Paul Allen, developing a computer program that
netted them $20,000.
4.
He graduated from Lakeside school, a
private preparatory school at age 18 as
a National Merit Scholar, scoring 1590 out of 1600 on the highly
prestigious SAT, showing his intelligence as a young student.
5.
He got the vision of Microsoft at age 18
while he was at Harvard University, with his friend and senior at school, Paul
Allen and the vision then was "getting a computer in every person’s desk".
Though, the vision seemed audacious then but now, it is a proven fact that 84%
of U.S households own a computer.
6.
He launched Microsoft at age 19 while at
Harvard, with his friend, Paul Allen and just like his friend, Paul, he also dropped out of school that same year in
1974, even with the support of his parents who had once stopped him from
establishing the company while he was 15 years old, cos they wanted him to finish
school and go to college, hoping he
would become a lawyer.
7.
They
got the name MICROSOFT as a
portmanteau of the words “micro”
computer and “soft” ware.
8.
He
held the position of Chairman, CEO & Chief Software architect of the
company in the past before finally stepping down as chairman of Microsoft last
year and now focused on philanthropy through the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation.
Truly, hard work pays but only to a
visionary. He who has no vision can have no account of success in history. However,
with all of Bill Gates success and achievements in the public society, the
truth is that even with his generous philanthropy and contributions to human
and societal development, without an encounter with the Lord and savior JESUS CHRIST in his life, he would only
burn in hell. JESUS IS THE “ONLY” WAY TO
HEAVEN!!!
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