Bill Gates
Author: Jonathon Hardcastle

Bill Gates, the co-founder and chairman of the Microsoft
Corporation, has certainly reached legend status and not only
because he is considered as the world's richest man. As the
moving force behind a company that is considered "The Most
Innovative Company Operating in the U.S." (1993, Forbes
magazines), Gates is certainly in a league of his own. With
Gates at the helm, Microsoft launched a number of revolutionary
technological advancements that have changed the face of the
computer industry and the way people around the world use
computers.

History has acknowledged Microsoft's great contributions and
has judged Mircrosoft to be the first truly dominant player in
home computer operating systems. Even today, Microsoft's
influence is felt around the world through the broad usage of
Microsoft Windows, currently the most widely used operating
system in the world.

Gates first made his mark as is widely regarded as the prime
mover and innovator behind the Microsoft Corporation from the
time it was founded in 1975 until 2006. As the man responsible
for product strategy, Gates greatly expanded Microsoft's
product lines and established as well as defended the
leadership position in many of its key areas of operation.
Gates has not been perfect as some of his decisions have led to
antitrust litigation over Microsoft's business practices. But
his reputation as one of the most popular and respected
entrepreneurs of the personal computer revolution is
unquestioned. Gates is actually one of those men who is larger
than his area of expertise. To illustrate this point, New
Statesman magazine voted Gates as number eight among the
"Heroes of Our Time."

Of late, Gates has been delegating many of his key functions in
Microsoft. He announced last June that he would be naming
someone else as the head of operations of Microsoft by July
2008 although he did say that he will still sit as the
company's chairman and as an advisor on special projects.
Sources say that the leading candidate to succeed Gates as
operations hear is Ray Ozzie, former president of the Groove
company, which Microsoft purchased in 2005.

His latest focus has been in the area of philanthropy through
the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Some sources in the
press estimate that Gates has probably contributed over half
his fortune to charity.


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