Bill Gates.ppt

1、Bill Gates, the head of the worlds biggest computer software company Microsoft and one of the worlds wealthiest men, was born on October 28, 1955. He grew up in Seattle, Washington.,GatesattendedpublicelementaryschoolandtheprivateLakeside School.There,hediscoveredhisinterestinsoftwareandbegan progra

2、mmingcomputersatage13. In1973,GatesenteredHarvardUniversityasafreshman,wherehe metSteveBallmer,nowMicrosoftschiefexecutiveofficer.WhileatHarvard,GatesdevelopedtheprogramminglanguageBASICforthe firstmicrocomputer.,. This miraculous person had a mission: to put computer on every office desk and in eve

3、ry home. He has had this mission since he was a university student nineteen years ago. Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft in the 1970s, though Allen left the company in 1983. Gates oversaw the invention and marketing of the MS-DOS operating system, the Windows operating interface, the Internet E

4、xplorer browser, and a multitude of other popular computer products. During the 1990s rising Microsoft stock prices made Gates the worlds wealthiest man; his wealth has at times exceeded $75 billion, and employs more than 55,000 people in 85 countries and regions, making Gates a popular symbol of th

5、e ascendant computer geek of the late 20th century. Although he is so rich, Bill Gates never gives up. He is still very interested in his vision and he travels the globe, from Beijing to London, marking quick stops in cities to sell the new software products of his company. And now, Bill Gates compa

6、ny comes out a new system: windows vista which is the best system in the world. We should learn his spirit and make progress in our study!,BornonOctober28,1955,GatesandhistwosistersgrewupinSeattle.Theirfather,WilliamH.GatesII,isaSeattleattorney.Theirlatemother,MaryGates,wasaschoolteacher,Universityo

7、fWashingtonregent,andchairwomanofUnitedWayInternational. GatesattendedpublicelementaryschoolandtheprivateLakesideSchool.There,hediscoveredhisinterestinsoftwareandbeganprogrammingcomputersatage13. In1973,GatesenteredHarvardUniversityasafreshman,whereheliveddownthehallfromSteveBallmer,nowMicrosoftschi

8、efexecutiveofficer.WhileatHarvard,GatesdevelopedaversionoftheprogramminglanguageBASICforthefirstmicrocomputer-theMITSAltair.,Inhisjunioryear,GatesleftHarvardtodevotehisenergiestoMicrosoft,acompanyhehadbegunin1975withhischildhoodfriendPaulAllen.Guidedbyabeliefthatthecomputerwouldbeavaluabletoolonever

9、yofficedesktopandineveryhome,theybegandevelopingsoftwareforpersonalcomputers. Inadditiontohisloveofcomputersandsoftware,Gatesisinterestedinbiotechnology.HesitsontheboardofICOS,acompanythatspecializesinprotein-basedandsmall-moleculetherapeutics,andheisaninvestorinanumberofotherbiotechnologycompanies.

10、 PhilanthropyisalsoimportanttoGates.Heandhiswife,Melinda,haveendowedafoundationwithmorethan$21billiontosupportphilanthropicinitiativesintheareasofglobalhealthandlearning,withthehopethataswemoveintothe21stcentury,advancesinthesecriticalareaswillbeavailableforallpeople.,William (Bill) H. Gates is chai

11、rman 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$44.28 billion for the fiscal year ending June 2006, and employs more than 71,000 people in 103 countries and regions. On

12、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 more than $2 billion to improve learning opportunities, including the Gates Library Initiative to bring com

13、puters, Internet Access and training to public libraries in low-income communities in the United States and Canada; more than $477 million to community projects in the Pacific Northwest; and more than $488 million to special projects and annual giving campaigns. Gates was married on Jan. 1, 1994, to

14、 Melinda French Gates. They have three children. Gates is an avid reader, and enjoys playing golf and bridge.,Bill Gates (October 28, 1955-, ),Thomas Edison of our time.,Jobs is among the greatest innovators brave enough to think differently, determined enough to believe he could change the world an

15、d reliable enough to do it.,Gates grew up in a prosperous area of Seattle, Washington, with his parents and two sisters. The son of a lawyer and a schoolteacher, Gates attended a public grade school and then the Lakeside School, a private college preparatory institution. It was at Lakeside that he f

16、irst became interested in the relatively new field of computer programming, met his friend and future business partner Paul Allen, and developed his first computer software program at the age of 13.,In 1968 the Lakeside School was still purchasing computer time on a machine owned by General Electric

17、, as computers were extremely expensive in the late 1960s. Gates and his friends from Lakeside became fascinated with the machines and formed the Lakeside Programmers Group to try to make money in the computer field. The Programmers Group primarily earned its founders free computing time on machines

18、 owned by a company in Seattle. Gates and Allen then formed a company that they called Traf-O-Data. They put together a small computer for measuring traffic flow and made about $20,000. The company remained in business until Gates and Allen graduated from high school. Although Gates was interested i

19、n computers, he enrolled at Harvard University with the intention of becoming a lawyer like his father. By the time he was a sophomore in 1975, however, Gates was more interested in computers and electronics than in his pre-law studies.,At the beginning, the Apple computer did not sell well because

20、seldom people knew much about it and many held a wait-and-see attitude towards it, but finally, after his great efforts in sales, the Apple computer became a best-seller.,Steve Jobs cared about details very much, and he also preferred to come up with good ideas. So sometimes he had different managem

21、ent ideas from the Board, but he was unwilling to give in to them, and he also failed to persuade the Board to accept his ideas.,In 1984, Jobs left Apple , but later he changed his mind, and he made up his mind to go back to the company. And in 1997 he regained the CEO（Chief Executive Officer） posit

22、ion, and remained until 2011. During those time, Apple launched the iMac, the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad, and it became the worlds most valuable listed company.,It was Steve Jobs who made computers personal and the Internet put in our pockets, and it was Steve Jobs who brought joy to millions of

23、children and grown-ups alike. People around the world will remember him forever.,1.Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want a chance to change the world? 你想用卖糖水来度过余生，还是想要一个机会来改变世界？ 2.Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Lifes change age

24、nt. It clears out the old to make way for the new. 死亡很可能是唯一的、最好的生命创造。它是生命的促变者。它送走老一代，给新一代开出道路。 3.If you do something and it turns out pretty good, then you should go do something else wonderful, not do well on it for too long. Just figure out whats next. 你如果出色地完成了某件事，那你应该再做一些其他的精彩事儿。不要在前一件事上徘徊太久，想想接下来该做什么。,4. Theres a phrase in Buddhism, Beginners mind. Its wonderful to have a beginners mind. 佛教中有一句话：初学者的心态；拥有初学者的心态是件了不起的事情。 5.Being the richest man in the cemetery doesnt matter to me . Going to bed at night saying weve done something wonde