Category: Bill Gates

William Henry Gates, commonly known as Bill Gates, made major contributions to the world of computer technology. As the president and the CEO of Microsoft Corporation, the market leader in supplying software for personal computers, he became the youngest billionaire in the computer industry. His life and achievements have left a legacy in the field of computer systems (McCrossan, 2000, p.99; Wallace & Erickson, 1992).

On 28 October 1955, Bill Gates was born in Seattle to a financially stable family. His father, William H. Gates II, is a famous attorney in Seattle while his late mother, Mary Gates was the director of First Interstate Bank. He learned at the private Lakeside School that placed him in an academically challenging environment. At Lakeside, he met his friend and associate, Paul Allen, and together they ventured into the field of computer programming. At the tender age of 15, Gates managed to crash the DEC and the CDC operating systems that were dreaded as the most complicated computer systems then. This achievement brought him some problems and made the way for his first business deal. Gates and Allen founded the Traf-O-Data company where they came up with a machine that was able to monitor progress of traffic in Seattle. This business adventure did not last long due to low returns.

Gates and Allen then signed a contract with TRW, a firm that made software products. They gained valuable experience in software development while working for this corporation. Bill Gates joined Harvard University in 1973 as a freshman, where he stayed a few metres from the present Microsoft president, Steve Ballmer. While studying at Harvard, Gates and Allen came up with the BASIC programming language for the initial microcomputer  the Mango Information Technology Systems (MITS) Altair 8800. In 1975, Gates and his boyhood friend founded Microsoft Corporation. Two years later, he quit Harvard to devote his energies to their company. Propelled by a conviction that the personal computer would become a necessity in every home and office, they started making software for personal computers.

In 1980, Microsoft signed a contract with International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) to have the rights to O-DOS operating system. They developed O-DOS to use IBMs new PCs. MS-DOS was developed a year later (Lesinski, 2007, p.42). In 1983, Gates ventured into the field of application software by launching WORD 1. Microsoft also introduced Graphical User Interface (GUI) referred to as Windows and the computer mouse, which transformed how a user interfaces with the personal computer. In May 1990, Microsoft launched Windows 3.0 and became the market leader in providing PCs software.

President George Bush recognized Gates role in making Microsoft the largest computer-industry corporation and crowned him with the reputable National Medal of Technology. Gates capitalized on the advancing use of the internet by launching Windows in 1998 that had Microsoft browser incorporated into the software. Under Gates management, Microsoft maintained its goal of advancing and improving computer software industry. He strove to ease, reduce costs and make it more pleasant for individuals to use computers. Although Gates resigned in 2000 as the Microsoft CEO, his role in technological innovation, ardent strategy in business, and aggressive competition skills in building the success of Microsoft, is applauded.

References

Cerf, V. et al., 1974. Specification of internet transmission control program. Web.

Network Working Group. Web.

Howe, W., 2009. A Brief History of the Internet. Web.

Lesinski, J., 2007. Bill Gates. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Company.

McCrossan, J., 2000. Books and reading in the Lives of notable Americans: a biographical sourcebook. Westport: Greenwood Press.

Ruthfield, S., 1995. The Internets History and Development. Web.

Wallace, J. & Erickson, J., 1992. Hard drive: Bill Gates and the making of the Microsoft empire New York: Wiley.

Wiggins, W., 1994.The Internet for Everyone: A Guide for Users and Providers. New York: McGraw-Hill.

William Henry Gates, commonly known as Bill Gates, made major contributions to the world of computer technology. As the president and the CEO of Microsoft Corporation, the market leader in supplying software for personal computers, he became the youngest billionaire in the computer industry. His life and achievements have left a legacy in the field of computer systems (McCrossan, 2000, p.99; Wallace & Erickson, 1992).

On 28 October 1955, Bill Gates was born in Seattle to a financially stable family. His father, William H. Gates II, is a famous attorney in Seattle while his late mother, Mary Gates was the director of First Interstate Bank. He learned at the private Lakeside School that placed him in an academically challenging environment. At Lakeside, he met his friend and associate, Paul Allen, and together they ventured into the field of computer programming. At the tender age of 15, Gates managed to crash the DEC and the CDC operating systems that were dreaded as the most complicated computer systems then. This achievement brought him some problems and made the way for his first business deal. Gates and Allen founded the Traf-O-Data company where they came up with a machine that was able to monitor progress of traffic in Seattle. This business adventure did not last long due to low returns.

Gates and Allen then signed a contract with TRW, a firm that made software products. They gained valuable experience in software development while working for this corporation. Bill Gates joined Harvard University in 1973 as a freshman, where he stayed a few metres from the present Microsoft president, Steve Ballmer. While studying at Harvard, Gates and Allen came up with the BASIC programming language for the initial microcomputer  the Mango Information Technology Systems (MITS) Altair 8800. In 1975, Gates and his boyhood friend founded Microsoft Corporation. Two years later, he quit Harvard to devote his energies to their company. Propelled by a conviction that the personal computer would become a necessity in every home and office, they started making software for personal computers.

In 1980, Microsoft signed a contract with International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) to have the rights to O-DOS operating system. They developed O-DOS to use IBMs new PCs. MS-DOS was developed a year later (Lesinski, 2007, p.42). In 1983, Gates ventured into the field of application software by launching WORD 1. Microsoft also introduced Graphical User Interface (GUI) referred to as Windows and the computer mouse, which transformed how a user interfaces with the personal computer. In May 1990, Microsoft launched Windows 3.0 and became the market leader in providing PCs software.

President George Bush recognized Gates role in making Microsoft the largest computer-industry corporation and crowned him with the reputable National Medal of Technology. Gates capitalized on the advancing use of the internet by launching Windows in 1998 that had Microsoft browser incorporated into the software. Under Gates management, Microsoft maintained its goal of advancing and improving computer software industry. He strove to ease, reduce costs and make it more pleasant for individuals to use computers. Although Gates resigned in 2000 as the Microsoft CEO, his role in technological innovation, ardent strategy in business, and aggressive competition skills in building the success of Microsoft, is applauded.

References

Cerf, V. et al., 1974. Specification of internet transmission control program. Web.

Network Working Group. Web.

Howe, W., 2009. A Brief History of the Internet. Web.

Lesinski, J., 2007. Bill Gates. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Company.

McCrossan, J., 2000. Books and reading in the Lives of notable Americans: a biographical sourcebook. Westport: Greenwood Press.

Ruthfield, S., 1995. The Internets History and Development. Web.

Wallace, J. & Erickson, J., 1992. Hard drive: Bill Gates and the making of the Microsoft empire New York: Wiley.

Wiggins, W., 1994.The Internet for Everyone: A Guide for Users and Providers. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Structural Violence and Societal Factors

Modern researchers, philosophers, and writers frequently discuss the theme of structural violence. In Farmers reading, this concept is explained as a line of human decisions that lead to suffering and death. Painful illnesses and social forces like hunger, torture, or rape as forms of structural violence constitute suffering (Farmer, 2003). Taking into consideration the connection between human actions that cause pleasure or suffering and the inability to get rid of fears and prejudices, people continue contributing to the promotion of violence in society. They establish social norms, rules, and standards that they have to follow or try to break under some conditions. In other words, the idea of the chosen reading is that structural violence is an outcome of human actions and decisions, and despite the intention to do something good, something bad could happen.

In the TED talk shared by Bill Gates, the same argument is developed in a more descriptive way. Gates (2015) speaks about human fears of the epidemic outbreak and underlines that modern society is not ready for it due to a number of factors. Although people could get themselves prepared for new health challenges (to strengthen the health system, run germ games, pair medical and military abilities, and create a medical reserve corps), they neglect their chances (Gates, 2015). As a result, they expose themselves to new threats, problems, and concerns. Suffering turns out to be an outcome of human inaction, showing how structural violence is shaped. According to Gates (2015), time is never on the peoples side, and it is necessary to react fast and predict the worst development of the events. Being equipped with enough human and technological resources, society has to understand how to use them and gain benefits. Such factors as education, wealth, and past experiences should help society to eradicate violence and suffering and promote global health equity in the face of potential epidemic outbreaks.

Inequality in Structural Violence

Despite the desire to become equal, people cannot forget about the differences that exist in society. In the chosen reading, Farmer (2003) focuses on racial or ethical, and gender biases that contribute to human suffering and structural violence. For centuries, women are confronted with sexism, an ideology that situates them as inferior to men (Farmer, 2003, p. 43). Racial differences exist to deprive many groups of basic rights (Farmer, 2003, p. 44). To find new ways to improve their lives, poor people use all the existing opportunities, neglecting the fact that some of them cause suffering and others lead to violence at various levels. Poverty is a problem in many countries, either developed or developing. Instead of solving it at a global level and supporting each other, it is easy for populations to gather in groups and find answers locally.

In the TED talk, this argument is also properly represented in the example of the African countries inability to deal with Ebola. In the majority of cases, serious diseases and viruses are originated from developing countries with weak healthcare systems and research abilities. Gates (2015) explains that todays global catastrophe is not a war or a missile that could take a human life within several seconds but a virus, the nature of which is not thoroughly investigated. Compared to rich countries where financial resources are enough to promote advanced research and development, developing countries (West Africa) cannot treat their populations and vaccinate them before a threat occurs. Rich people do not want to help the poor because they do not believe the problems of the latter could challenge them. However, viruses do not choose between wealth, dignity, or achievements. As soon as they reach a person or an animal, they start destroying cells and worsening health conditions. In addition to the individual characteristics of patients, treatments depend on access to resources and knowledge. Not to allow dramatic disease prevalence, the exchange of experiences globally has to be promoted.

References

Farmer, P. (2003). Pathologies of Power: Health, human rights, and the new war on the poor. University of California Press.

Gates, B. (2015). The next outbreak? Were not ready. TED. Web.

Owing to the need for finding an appropriate philanthropic organization to invest in, I hereby provide a recommendation of the most appropriate organization. I will discuss two possible organizations to fund, and between the two, recommend the best. These two organizations are Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (Gates Foundation) and Make-A-Wish Foundation. Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (Gates Foundation) is a private philanthropic foundation that was founded by the chairperson of the Microsoft Corporation Bill Gates together with his wife Melinda. The roles of the foundation include provision of quality healthcare and reduction of poverty around the world. Moreover, the foundation strives to improve education and access to information technology in America.

The foundation is concerned about the welfare of people in developing countries. For that reason, the Gates Foundations aim is to improve the livelihood of people in developing countries by helping them to fight diseases and poverty. On the other hand, Make-A-Wish Foundation is a philanthropic organization that takes care of children with life-threatening medical conditions. The organizations aim is to make the wishes of such children come true. In order for a child to qualify for help from this organization, it is important for a physician to prove that the child has a life-threatening medical condition. The family of Microsoft Corporations founder Bill Gates founded the Gates Foundation in the year 1997. Initially, the corporation was referred to as the William H. Gates Foundation, and had a financial portfolio of US$94 million.

However, as the foundation expanded and merged with smaller organizations, its name was changed to Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The organization was renamed in the year 2000 after incorporation of the Gates Learning Foundation that was established to improve the quality of education. In 2008, Bill Gates resigned from active leadership at Microsoft Corporation in order to dedicate his time to managing the Gates Foundation.

In 2010, The Commission of Education of Health Professionals was created as a constituent of the Gates Foundation to educate health professionals and thus improve delivery of quality health services. The Make-A-wish Foundation was founded in the year 1993 after the death of James Greicius who had Leukemia. He had a dream of becoming a police officer but his condition presented numerous obstacles. Tommy Austin, a customs police officer helped Greicius make his dream come true. He made arrangements that gave Greicius an opportunity to live his dream life for a day. The experience was aimed at lifting the mod and spirits of Greicius. Even though he did not live to pursue his dream career, his wish came true. After this incident, the Make-A Wish Foundation was founded to fulfill the wishes of children living with threatening medical conditions.

The table below compares the two organizations with regard to their annual income, investments, and people they serve.

Our company should give the money to Gates Foundation because of the scope of its activities than run across many sectors in the world. On the other hand, it has received international accolades for excellent work and financial accountability. The Foundations mission statement is to improve the lives of people by improving their health and empowering them to eradicate poverty. This is important especially in developing countries that experience widespread poverty and high mortality rate due to prevalence of diseases like AIDS and Malaria. In 2006, the Gates Foundation was split into two in order to improve its efficiency.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation trust manages the assets of the foundation while the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation assigns donations to various charitable organizations. The prospects of the foundation are bright because several billionaires have promised to give large portions of their wealth to the foundation. Berkshire Hathaway chairperson and founder Warren Buffet promised to give a large portion of his wealth to the Gates Foundation. The Gates Foundation has donated a lot of money to programs that fight diseases in developing countries. It has given more than $86 million for the eradication of poliomyelitis in Africa. This amount caters for 17% of the worlds budget for eradicating polio. By 2012, the foundation had given more than $1.3 billion for the fight against Tuberculosis, AIDS, and Malaria across the world.

The organizations goal of fighting diseases is evident from the contributions made for research. It has donated more than US$287 million to organizations that conduct research on HIV and AIDS. The Foundation has done a lot with regard o improving global health. I our organization should give the money to the Gates Foundation because of the scope of its charitable activities. The Make-A-Wish Foundation is also an international charity organization. However, it has a narrow scope because its donations and activities target young children with life-threatening medical foundations. In contrast, the Gates Foundation targets all populations that are at risk of diseases that cause high mortality in developing countries. The organization targets two main aspects of growth and development in any country.

These vital aspects include health and education. For instance, the organization donates a lot of money to developing countries because diseases like Malaria and AIDS cause high mortality rates. The structure of the Foundation comprises three programs that include Global Health Program, Global Development Program, and the United States Program. Under the Global Development Program, the Gates Foundation has given grants to many developing countries. In order to improve its efficiency, the organization funds several charitable organizations that promote development in developing countries.

Examples of organizations funded by the Gates Foundation include Financial Access Initiative, Grameen Foundation, Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI), and Pro Mujer. The Gates Foundation also donates money to special initiatives. For example, the foundation funds exploration programs that involve improvement of water, sanitation, and hygiene projects around the world. For instance, during the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, the Foundation donated more than US$3 million to several organizations that include World Vision, Mercy Cops, Save the Children, CARE International, and International Rescue Committee.

We have arranged a meeting scheduled for 3 pm on March 20^th in order to explore the issue at length. The main agenda of the meeting will be to discuss why our organization should invest in the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. A thorough discussion of the merits of the foundation will demonstrate the reason for the recommendation. Our department looks forward to discussing the aforementioned decision during the meeting.

In this article you will explore 3 valuable lessons a billionaire teaches another billionaire, Warren Buffett teaches Bill Gates, it’s that Teachings that allowed Bill Gates to reach and maintain the # 1 position of the richest man in the world for many years. When they asked successful entrepreneurs what is the best advice they can give to new generation youth, the answer is almost always: ‘get a mentor”, somebody who teaches and guides you to the right path.

They know that when an experience is coupled with the innovation and burning desire to uncovering your talents, the results can be amazing. ‘Mentor-student’ relationships that have been historical. A stranger to many was Steve Jobs (Apple) and Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook). When Jobs died, these were the words of Zuckerberg on his wall:

‘Steve, thanks for being a mentor and a friend, thanks for showing me that what you built can change the world, I’ll miss you.’ When we think of successful people Bill Gates is on the list, he is currently the second richest man in the world after Jef Bezoz of Amazon, Mr. Gates with a fortune exceeding $ 96 trillion (May / 2019) and his legacy with Microsoft has shaped the lives of all directly or indirectly.

Being one of the greatest entrepreneurs in history, we tend to think that in a mentor-student relationship, he is the teacher; But this is not the case. Bill Gates has stated his dialogues with Warren Buffett, the third richest man in the world (82 billion in May / 2019), founder and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway; They have been invaluable.

They are now great friends, share their taste for table tennis and philanthropy; to the point that Warren has donated more than $ 2 trillion to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and let’s see 3 lessons learned by Bill Gates from Warren Buffett.

1. It is not just about investing.

For Bill Gates is to admire the way in which Warren looks at business, Not in vain do they nickname the ‘oracle’ and have combined a fortune of more than 80 billion dollars. Bill highlights the 7 strategies that Warren Buffett uses to invest. Before investing, Warren Buffett focuses on the competitive advantage of the company and what it can achieve in the future. He does not get carried away by the market moment; he overcomes it and takes advantage of its mistakes: the undervalued companies.

2. The employees are the base.

Companies slowly understanding the importance of excellent treatment for their employees; as they begin to see how a happy employee is a more productive employee.

‘The Berkshire system maximizes the possibility of having very experienced people running the business, giving them autonomy and letting them do their thing for decades … Even if they make mistakes, they know that Warren supports them. This is how you can put together an excellent team of workers, ‘writes Bill Gates on his blog.

3. Rate the time.

One of the things Bill Gates admires most about Warren Buffett is the use of his time. In spite of understanding that the day only has 24 hours and that money does not buy time, Warren optimizes his day by being very careful with the things he schedules; but he has no qualms about attending to his trusted people.

For Bill, this is a great advantage since Warren has been a great adviser since the beginning of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. ‘It turns out that the way in which Warren sees the world is so useful to attack hunger and disease as to build businesses,’ says Bill. Some information about Bill Gates

You might ask yourself when did bill gates become a billionaire? At 31 Bill Gates became the youngest billionaire ever. At 39 he was the richest man on earth. What have some of the milestones along his path been? As with other outliers, Gates has had an unusual confluence of circumstances, family, luck, personal qualities, and perfect timing that have shaped his path.

From age 8 Gates had access to a computer at his school, where he could learn to program – a luxury very few people at all had at that point in history – which just so happened to be the dawn of personal computing. This opportunity for an early start and his own ambition and perseverance (which got him banned from school for a while for hacking), helped him clock in the (Malcolm Gladwell approved) 10,000 hours of practice before even finishing high school.

What qualities made Bill Gates successful?

The key is to not lose key qualities like a humble attitude, vision, or empathy in the process. Great leaders like Bill Gates are successful in staying grounded which enables success. His qualities and achievements set a great example for rising leaders.

This is the difference in mentality between the poor and the rich. According to Oxfam Intermón, by 2015, 85 people were accumulating the ‘wealth’ that gathers 3,500 million people in extreme poverty. Curiously, in 2010, that same wealth was distributed among 388 people. It is true that inequality goes in a remarkable increase, we cannot deny it. However, the following question arises. Why do we always blame the government and the rich?

For this reason, we will not stop to analyze the consequences that this brings; we will look at the difference in mentality between the poor and the rich. Many lucky ones are born as they say with a Silver spoon in their mouth and inside multimillionaire empires, but others are born in nothing and are in charge of creating their own path to wealth, but how?

Money Blueprint

T.Harv Eker, entrepreneur, motivational speaker Gives an example of how many lottery winners end up losing everything because their ‘ money blueprint ‘ does not let them make more progress.

In addition, it gives examples of millionaires who have lost everything but soon recover it again and go even further. After analyzing and studying the minds of millionaires, Eker shares some thoughts that make the difference in mentality between rich and poor.

The Difference Between Rich vs Poor Mindset.

The rich people:

1. They are convinced that they create their lives; poor people believe that life is a sum of events that they cannot control.
2. They play the money game thinking about what they can earn, the poor people play thinking about what they can lose.
3. They are fully committed to being rich, poor people simply want to be rich or they would like to be rich.
4. They think big, poor people have small goals.
5. They focus on opportunities, poor people focus on obstacles.
6. They admire successful people, poor people feel envious.
7. They surround themselves with positive and successful people, poor people with negative people.
8. They are willing to promote themselves and their values, poor people do not.
9. They are bigger than their problems; poor people believe that their problems are bigger than them.
10. They are excellent receivers; the poor people dwell on negative thinking
11. They choose to be paid for their results; poor people prefer to be paid for their time.
12. They focus on their assets, poor people on their salary.
13. They manage their money, the poor people miss use it or waste it.
14. They make their money work hard for them; poor people work hard for their money.
15. They act despite fear and uncertainty; poor people let fear stop them.

Our thoughts are what define our actions and what we bring into our lives. That is why it is important to change our way of thinking. In addition, it is important to remember that we are all able to educate ourselves financially, creatively and motivationally. The problem is that few of us are willing to be the best version of themselves

Conclusion

If you learn to invest, you treat your employees well and take care of your time; You are attacking vital flanks to have a stable life. That will allow you to be well economically, and have peace of mind and family stability, to enjoy what you earn.

We hope these teachings also resonate in your life as they do in the life of Bill Gates And remember, if you are really interested in creating your own business, you can read our book ‘How to create a company while you work: Discover how to manage your time, manage your money and motivate yourself while you create a company and work for another’, where you will find all the information You need to start your own business, without having to quit your job

“Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.” Bill Gates.

Bill Gates is a technologist, business leader, and philanthropist. He was born in (Seattle, 1955) and grew up there with his supportive family who encouraged his interest in computers at an early age. He has two sisters. His dad, William H, is one of the co-chairs of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. His mother, Mary Gates, was a schoolteacher, chairwoman of United Way International. His wife’s name is Melinda French and they have three children. Gates dropped out of college in 1975 to pursue his business, Microsoft, with his friend and partner Paul Allen. This was his first step to success, later, he became a billionaire. Since then, Gates has been one of the top 400 wealthiest people in America. (‘Bill Gates’, 2019).

‘Bill was a voracious reader as a child, spending many hours poring over reference books such as the encyclopedia. Around the age of 11 or 12, Bill’s parents began to have concerns about his behavior. He was doing well in school, but he seemed bored and withdrawn at times, and his parents worried he might become a loner. Though they were strong believers in public education, when Bill turned 13, they enrolled him at Seattle’s exclusive preparatory Lakeside School.

He blossomed in nearly all his subjects, excelling in math and science, but also doing very well in drama and English’. (‘Bill Gates’, 2019) Whenever we hear the name of Bill Gates It first comes to our minds the technology and computers. He created the largest computer and technology business in the world, ‘Microsoft’. Gates and his company have created both computers and software that has transformed everything in America and the world. Although, in early days, companies don’t think that it would change both America and the world from that point on. What is more interesting is that the company continues to grow and transform the ways in which Americans live out their lives. Most importantly, Gates makes people comfortable with his software by making it operate easier and more enjoyable. (‘Bill Gates Essay’).

“No matter how much money you have, you can’t buy time.” Said by Gates. Although, Bill Gates was a rich figure, he appreciates the value of time and work. He is not like other rich people who depend on their wealth to live. He depends on his thoughts, his love to work, and his love to be a creative person to gain both many and knowledge. Unwisely spend of time can never be gotten back. Therefore, we should make it our utmost goal to enjoy the time we have by spending it on tasks or people that matters most to us.

There are some very interesting things inspired me about Bill Gates. First of all, I think Bill Gates is a courageous man. He showed courage when he continues his work even though when he had many obstacles in his way. These hellacious circumstances, disappointments and mistakes mixed with failure didn’t discourage him. “It’s fine to celebrate success, but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.” (Lebarty, 2017). This is one of his says about failure. He teaches us that failure is not the end of the world. We all can reach our goals like he did if we believed in ourselves.

In 2010, Bill and his wife Melinda pledged $10 billion over the next 10 years to help research, develop, and deliver vaccines for the world’s poorest countries. They established a charitable foundation that has grown to be among the largest of its kind. In addition to the foundation’s work, Bill has separately taken on some projects to address issues that interest him personally, such as delivering clean energy to everyone who needs it. In all his works he’s focused on what he calls ‘catalytic philanthropy’: investments in innovations that will improve life for the poorest.[footnoteRef:1] His humility and kindness make him a lovable person. [1: Bio. Retrieved from https://www.gatesnotes.com/Bio]

Gates is a good and positive role model because he devoted his time and his money to the poor people and to the charities. He has donated more than $ 40 billion in his lifetime. In the mid-1990s, he has had a charity with his wife, Melinda Gates, whose goal is to eradicate disease, poverty and ignorance in the world, especially in the poorest regions of the world. Since 2008, he resigned from his job at Microsoft and make himself completely free to travel to the poorest regions of the world to establish his charity. Here are some of the achievements he has succeeded in:

• Eliminating poliomyelitis in the world in 2012 (after 20 years of combat and perseverance!)
• Create a machine to turn human waste into very clear drinking water. The invention is called ‘Omni Processor ‘ it aims to supply 783 million people in the world with clean water.
• Billions of dollars have been spent on strengthening education and setting up schools in the world’s poorest countries.
• Producing a vaccine against malaria and this disease was completely disappeared from four countries.
• Complete elimination of black fever (the second largest killer parasite after malaria).
• Establish very strong campaigns to raise awareness of the harmful effects of smoking, particularly on poor areas, where they have not heard about the damage and do not know how to deal with it. and establish health institutions to deal with these extremely damaging effects.

Bill Gates’ achievements are a lot and to mention some of them, first of all, he Inspired the era of the home computer, commercializing the operating system, launching Windows 95, and becoming one of the richest men in the world. (Evans, 2008). Surely, he received a lot of rewards such as:

• National Medal of Technology and Innovation (1992).
• Distinguished Fellow of the British Computer Society (DFBCS). (1994)
• Satellite Special Achievement Award for Outstanding Contribution to Entertainment New Media (1997).
• Lasker-Bloomberg Public Service Award (2013).
• Distinguished Fellow of the British Computer Society (2013).

To conclude, Bill Gates’s achievements are countless and cannot be confined to this report. We need a lot of people like him to make this world full of goods, peace, modesty, and wisdom. His impact on the world in general and in the poor people in specific is unforgettable.

References

1. Bill Gates. (2019, January 17). Retrieved from https://www.biography.com/people/bill-gates-9307520
2. Bill Gates Essay. Retrieved from https://www.bartleby.com/essay/Bill-Gates-PK3FTEYVJ
3. Bio. Retrieved from https://www.gatesnotes.com/Bio
4. Evans, D. (2008, June 26). In focus: Bill Gates’ five greatest achievements. Retrieved from https://www.techradar.com/news/computing/in-focus-bill-gates-five-greatest-achievements-409392
5. Lebarty, A. (2017, November 09). 5 Inspiring Lessons from Bill Gates That Will Change Your Life. Retrieved from https://www.geeflix.com/inspiring-bill-gates-lessons-life/

Childhood

William Henry Gates was conceived in Seattle, Washington on October 28, 1955. He was the centre offspring of William H. Entryways II, a conspicuous Seattle legal advisor, and Mary Gates, who filled in as an educator before she had children. Bill had a more seasoned sister, Kristi, and a more youthful sister, Libby. Bill wanted to play table games and was focused all things considered all that he did. He was a wise understudy and his best subject in evaluation school was math. In any case, Bill got effectively exhausted with school and wound up stumbling into hardship a great deal. His folks kept him busy with outside exercises like Boy Scouts (he earned his Eagle Scout identification) and perusing sci-fi books. At the point when Bill turned fourteen his folks sent him to Lakeside Preparatory School trusting it would demonstrate all the more a test for him. It was at Lakeside where Bill met his future colleague Paul Allen. He additionally was acquainted with PCs at Lakeside.

Education

Bill Gates also known as child of William H. Gates, studied at the Lakeside School where he built up an enthusiasm for processing. He was only 13 when he composed his first programming project on the school’s PC and when he was in secondary school he, alongside a portion of his companions, had modernized their school’s finance framework. He moved on from secondary school in 1973. He was a National Merit Scholar and scored 1590 out of 1600 on the SAT. He selected at Harvard College later that year. As an undergrad he invested a ton of energy in the PCs however he was very little keen on considering different subjects. His companion Allen recommended that Bill drop out of school to begin a business. At 17 years old, Gates collaborated with Allen to frame an Endeavor called Traf-O-Data, to make traffic counters dependent on the Intel 8008 processor. Bill was an insatiable peruser as a youngster, spending numerous hours poring over reference books, for example, the reference book. Around the age of 11 or 12, Bill’s friends started to have worries about his conduct. He was doing great in school, however he appeared to be exhausted and pulled back now and again, and his friends stressed he may turn into a recluse.

Family Life

In 1987, a 23-year-old Microsoft item administrator named Melinda French grabbed the attention of Gates, at that point 32. The exceptionally brilliant and sorted out Melinda was an ideal counterpart for Gates. In time, their relationship developed as they found a cozy and scholarly association. On January 1, 1994, Melinda and Bill were hitched in Hawaii. Following the staggering demise of his mom to bosom malignant growth only a couple of months after their wedding, Bill and Melinda Gates took a break in 1995 to travel and get another viewpoint on life and the world. In 1996, their first little girl, Jennifer, was conceived. Their child, Rory, was conceived in 1999, and a subsequent girl, Phoebe, touched base in 2002.

Bill gates was inspired by only 1 person and that is Edward Roberts who died at the age of 68. He had been battling pneumonia for several months. Propelled Bill Gates and his cherished companion Paul Allen to think of Microsoft in 1975 after they saw an article about the MITS Altair 8800 in Popular Electronics.

There isn’t any quotes that inspired Bill Gates but there are quotes that bill gates said who inspired a lot of people, and some these are:

• Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.
• To win big, you sometimes have to take big risks.
• Don’t compare yourself with anyone in this world. If you do so, you are insulting yourself.
• I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it.
• If you born poor it’s not your mistake, but if you die poor it’s your mistake.
• I failed in some subjects in exam but my friend passed in all, now he is an engineer in Microsoft and I am the owner of Microsoft. Life is not fair, get used to it.
• When you have money in hand, only you forget who you are. But when you don’t have any money in your hand, the whole world forgets who you are. It’s life.

Connect with the people

The Gates Family, including Bill and Melinda’s 16 year old little girl Phoebe, eat together as frequently as could be expected under the circumstances. When such a large number of individuals are stuck to their gadgets, spending facetime with friends and family and examining the occasions of your day is an incredible method to de-stress.

Leadership plays a salient role in the success of any organization. It is a positive force based on solidarity and mutual trust, including perspective and commitment. Bill Gates is a great leader with a great vision. From his earliest years, he was impressed with the founding of Microsoft. Despite the tension throughout the journey, Gates continued to pursue his dream.

Including to the above, successful leadership necessitates the goal and objectives to be determined and to lead by example. These skills have been in Bill Gates from the very beginning and he has built his own company with attention on pursuing goals. As per Bill Gates’ opinion, “If you don’t build your dreams, someone hires you to build their dreams.” (Medeiros, 2018) Therefore, the victory of Microsoft could be a testament to the leadership and entrepreneurial skills of Bill Gates.

Background to the Organization

William Henry Bill Gates was naturally a very intelligent man, born in 1955 in Washington’s upper-middle-class family. He is a co-founder of Microsoft Corporation, the world’s enormous computer software company.

At the age of thirteen, while studying at Lakeside School, he has developed the first computer software program together with his friend and future business partner, Paul Allen. Gates began his studies at Harvard University in 1973, however, was so busy with computers and software that he eventually left Harvard and founded the world’s massive computer software company. (Pratama, 2017) Through his company Gates created both computers and software that revolutionized everything in America and also the world. As a result of this company, he was consistently stratified among the richest individuals in the world.

Bill Gates was a software developer who continuously tried to develop new software using new technologies. Accordingly, the Microcomputer software, structured in 1975, turned into very popular quickly. Gates is not solely fascinated by computer software but conjointly in different businesses. He has investments in Corbis Corporation, Berkshire Hathaway Inc, and Teledesic Corporation. (Helal)

Gradually, Gates fell into a management role and has become a successful manager of his company. As Chairman and CEO of Microsoft Corporation from 1975 to 2006, Bill Gates effectively delineated his management and executive role, leading to Microsoft becoming a number one player in the market.

Gates is taken as account one in the foremost successful entrepreneurs and business leaders in the history of the globe. He perpetually strived to line the company’s long-term goal and solve all the issues of the business. Therefore, Bill Gates is considered one of the world’s greatest contributors to his success and his journey is an example to all leaders greatly.

Strategic Leadership

The hallmarks of leadership success in implementing strategies for achieving end-to-end results are a favorable corporate climate, strategic objectives and benefits, flexible structures that support business demands, and effective organizational culture.

It is discovered that organizational success, productivity, and employee efficiency are entirely dependent on the leadership of the organization. With its global philanthropy, Gates has developed leadership skills at each stage of his massive business success. Bill Gates conferred a more democratic leadership vogue. He believes in the value of input from his employees for the success of the entire company. Through the delegation method, Gates was able to develop a company that utilized the skills of its team members. This suggests that Bill Gates is a performance-oriented leader who desires performance from his subordinates they have to work to achieve the company’s goals.

Bill Gates’s commitment to successful leadership and his robust leadership style will be important to other leaders and followers as he has been on the list of the world’s richest people for more than thirty-one years. Bill Gates has been a hard worker since the beginning of his life. Once Microsoft started, Bill Gates slept solely six hours a day. Bill Gates, toil is the key to the success of the company.

His success in executing business decisions appears to be outstripping him. He enforced each plan he developed. He pursued his own graphic software and turned it into Microsoft software. Gates has played an important role in Microsoft’s success. He has been instrumental in strengthening the company’s product development, human resources, and marketing efforts.

Main Approach to the Leadership

Corporate management requires effective leadership. For instance, Bill Gates’s leadership approach focuses on company performance and prioritizes the Microsoft community for achieving the required outcomes. Bill Gates has developed capabilities such as providing services, considering client tastes and preferences, and coming up with evidence-based programs. Under this, employee job satisfaction becomes the sole factor.

Bill Gates’ tenure at Microsoft has been a key consider his effective leadership recommendation. Bill Gates’ leadership may be an outstanding characteristic of the highest priority. The strength of his leadership vogue is that he is continuously on top of things of activities and helped to bring the company to the place he dreamed of once it started.

Bill Gates completely up transforming the Microsoft world in an approach that no one might have notional. In the end, Microsoft has become the world’s leading visible radiation software and web supplier. (Ivypanda.com,2019)

• Name of Entrepreneur: Bill Gates
• Name of Business: Microsoft
• Industry: Information Technology Industry (Computer software, Computer hardware, Consumer electronics, Social networking, Service Cloud computing, Video games, Internet Corporate venture capital).
• Student Name: Shantaye Bent
• Student Number: 320017119
• Course name and Number: Introduction to Entrepreneurship MGMT2224
• Tutor’s Name: Jeanette R. M Marcelle
• Date: June 8, 2019

Introduction:

The main reason to choose Bill gates and Microsoft is because it’s a top leading IT Company and Bill gates is among the richest persons in the world. It’s an American-based company that is best known for its IT-related products and has been ruling the industry for many years. This essay is about the basic and advanced information about Microsoft and Bill gates. It includes information about the market share, the success rate, and Bill gate’s ventures in business and some future plans. This essay also includes entrepreneurial theories and shows their link with successful entrepreneurial practices.

Development:

As to state the reason about why Bill gates started Microsoft, this was a result of a project done by Bill gates and his childhood friend Paul Allen. They once seen an article in a magazine regarding Altair 8800 micro-computer and then they called MITS who are the makers of Altair. They then offered their services to write a form of new Basic Programming Language for Altair. It was also the first product sold which was the reason of the idea of starting their own company, and it was then named as Microsoft.

The reason why Bill gates had chosen this industry was his passion. Bill gates was a computer lover as he spent most of his study time in Harvard’s computer center and he kept on improving his programming skills. Later on his friend Paul Allen also moved to Boston as well. Then Gates skipped Harvard so that both of them can continue their full-time work on their programming job. At that time, they didn’t know what to do in the future. But when they offered their services to MITS then they were crystal clear that they are going to start an IT firm.

As to talk about its revenue, it is one of the world’s largest and most successful technology companies. Its global market revenue is increasing day by day and in 2018 it was around 110 billion U.S. dollars. Its market share ratio according to different segments is as follows:

• Productivity Business Processes—29.22%
• Intelligent Cloud—27.3%
• More personal computing—43.47%

2018 Calculations

Gross profit margin = 100 × Gross margin ÷ Revenue = 100 × 72,007 ÷ 110,360 = 65.25%

Initially, Microsoft has founded to focus on programming and Basic in particular. it pivoted as an opportunity provided by igetting into operating systems. Then it went from a non-graphical operating system to a graphical operating system. Both of these provided 80 to 90% of their revenue. Almost all of that was domestic.

Only a tiny portion of the revenue is from OS and Office. This is a huge pivot. However, the business depends on those remaining, even if revenue is not directly from those products.

Microsoft generates significant revenue from its aspect of cloud computing, and servers, and is not abandoning its programming platforms.

Given that they no longer have a single product that generates a majority of their revenue, they are diversified. This has some strengths and weaknesses. Apple made it big with a single focus: phones, after decades of stumbling and focusing on computers. They are now huge. Being dominant in one product can lead to a lot of revenue. However, it has the danger of being a one-legged stool, it can fall over. Apple realizes this and is changing. Microsoft is already here (diversification).

Short Term future: Microsoft is well poised to continue growing in the areas it is working on. Cloud Computing will continue to grow. Even if Amazon’s share remains the same, there is growth there. I suspect that Microsoft and Google’s share will grow, as the meaning and use of cloud computing evolve.

Ignoring the iOS on mobile, Microsoft is pretty well poised to grow here, partially back to Cloud and also with mind share of products. Their office suite is now available on the cloud and on mobile devices, all for free.

Partnerships remain fairly strong with the developer communities and business communities.

Mid-Term:

Microsoft has NOT completely figured out mobile. Multiple times they have (for instance) abandoned casual games. Casual (mobile) games continue to evolve. They are a $70 BILLION dollar industry. Now, with mobile games now a bigger percentage than desktop games. The focus on Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality is a good one. They do need to figure out the killer app but it may be that the killer app is a suite of products, inter-related.

Microsoft’s innovation management framework is designed to help other companies develop a comprehensive, integrated approach to implement and support an innovation management strategy. The framework includes best practice processes and solutions that offer a strategic roadmap. It offers techniques that are proven through experience to improve the quality of the innovation as well as the innovation management performance.

The five basic framework components focus on five main innovation sub-processes:

1. Envision: The Envision process should put in place the strategy and plan to achieve the innovation goals in the business strategy.
2. Engage: The key in the engagement process is to get closer to the customer, what they desire, how they will make their lives better, and how your product will displace something.
3. Evolve: The third process, Evolve, takes the output of the Engage process to the next level. In this process, companies evolve ideas as individuals or as teams to increase their quality and value.
4. Evaluate: It’s important to be able to organize, de-duplicate, and merge ideas and take them to the next step in order to turn ideas into money.
5. Execute: The Execute sub-process takes the input from the previous processes and executes a formal project to further develop the idea or commercialize it.

The major decisions taken by bill gates are as follows:

• The decision to divorce IBM.
• The company didn’t merge with any other and it remained itself around windows and office.
• The decision to have consumer-focused windows.
• His best decision was to broaden the company from a desktop-oriented company to an enterprise-Company.

The Challenges Bill gates had to overcome are as follows:

• When Macintosh’s (introduced by Apple) graphical user interface was introduced and was easy to use than Microsoft’s MS-Dos and it threatened to make Microsoft’s program obsolete. This was a very severe threat to which Bill gates responded so quickly and that was the announcement of Microsoft that they are developing their own graphical user interface (GUI) based operating system which was called as Windows. It was claimed as a rip-off of the Macintosh operating system and Apple sued Microsoft. The case was then dragged until the mid of 1990s when the courts finally decided that Apple’s suit had no merit.

Conclusion:

To conclude the topic, we can say that Bill gates have achieved so much with his hard work and dedication. The main reason to choose Bill gates and Microsoft is because it’s a top leading IT Company and Bill gates is among the richest persons in the world. This essay is about the basic and advanced information about Microsoft and Bill gates.

As to state the reason about why Bill gates started Microsoft, this was a result of a project done by Bill gates and his childhood friend Paul Allen. It was also the first product sold which was the reason for the idea of starting their own company, and it was then named Microsoft.

The reason why Bill gates had chosen this industry was his passion. Bill gates is a computer freak as he spent most of his study time in Harvard’s computer center and he kept on improving his programming skills. Its market share ratio according to different segments is as follows:

• Productivity Business Processes—29.22%
• Intelligent Cloud—27.3%
• More personal computing—43.47%

Initially, Microsoft was founded to focus on programming and BASIC in particular. Microsoft generates significant revenue from their aspect of cloud computing, servers, and not abandoning their programming platforms. I suspect that Microsoft and Google’s share will grow, as the meaning and use of cloud computing evolve.

Ignoring the OS on mobile, Microsoft is pretty well poised to grow here, partially back to Cloud and also with mind share of products. Their office suite is now available on the cloud and on mobile devices, all for “free.” They continue to be the de facto standard for Office products (I am not claiming superiority, that would be a different discussion, but rather mind share and positioning). I suspect that MEDICAL will be this area and focus and Microsoft has some business units strongly focused on medical.

When Macintosh’s (introduced by Apple) graphical user interface was introduced and was easy to use than Microsoft’s MS-Dos and it threatened to make Microsoft’s program obsolete. This was a very severe threat to which Bill gates responded so quickly and that was the announcement of Microsoft that they are developing their own graphical user interface (GUI) based operating system which was called Windows. It was claimed as a rip-off of the Macintosh operating system and Apple sued Microsoft.

Introduction

The leader is one of the main key players and holds very important roles in every country or organization to accomplish its goals, mission and vision. Despite the leader holding the power to influence his follower but also have huge responsibility to take up the risk of the nation or organization encountering a challenging situation. According to Kelly (2004), “leadership is the ability to provide direction towards preferred future aspirations and aligns the followers towards goal achievement” Moreover, leadership is termed as “a dynamic interactive process that involves various dimensions, including planning, organizing, directing and controlling. The activities of an organized group can be influenced by a process in which the efforts to achieve the goals and tasks are managed by leadership” (Roussel, Russell & Swansburg, 2006).

The report begins with a brief outline of the chosen leader. Then primarily will focus on a critical analysis of the leader’s development, capabilities, achievements, and communication with key stockholders and also find out of strengths and weaknesses of the leader. Lastly, possible recommendations will be made to the leader to improve his/her leadership.

There are many great leaders who inspired many people around the globe. However, the leader that I came to know when I am young was Bill Gates who is the founder of Microsoft and also became the world’s richest man who appears regularly in Forbes. He is one of the great business leaders that inspired many people and also admired business leaders, personally to me. Therefore, this report brings every aspect of being as a leader.

Background

The world’s well-known entrepreneur William Henry Gates well known as Bill Gates was born on 28 October 1955, in Seattle, Washington (Becraft, 2014). He dropped out of Harvard because he is afraid to miss out the opportunity to bring the personal computer revolution (Business Inside, 2015). Now He is the principal founder of Microsoft; he is also known as the most influential and richest person in the world. A recent estimate of his wealth is US$ 105.4 billion as of August 2019, which is equivalent to some of the combined GDP of African economies (Forbes, 2019). Moreover, he is the Co-chairman of the Bill & Melinda Foundation, Chairman of Branded Entertainment Network, Chairman of TerraPower, CEO of Cascade Investment and technology advisor at Microsoft. In recent years he has retired from working full-time at Microsoft and had instead concentrated on working with his charitable foundation” the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Analysis

Failure is the one that a business should encounter to start the business and to achieve its goals. Bill Gates mainly struggled with self-confidence and feared that his business may fail or go bankrupt in the 1980s before Microsoft has become successful as his core plan is to become a professor in mathematics during his high school (CNBC, 2018). Moreover, he was aware that success cannot be accomplished overnight and requires a lot of hard work. However, while growing up, he was captivated by computers and spent most of his time learning how to program (Paver, 2012). Thereafter, following his passion, he spent coding and writing computer programs from his garage.

According to Day (2010), Gates understood that a leader should not be consistent and must be vigorous in thinking in the business let him endures to put his long hour’s hard work in order to recognize the target audience and developed the products that would bring more success to their business even after his setting up Microsoft and tasting was successful at the initial stage. Moreover, he thinks the position of leadership is already maintained; they had to keep persistent in improving to stay ahead of the competition. Therefore, they not only focus on the software packages but also further brought Microsoft Office, web browsers, and other enterprise solutions to their product lines.

Bill Gates Leadership

Bill Gates mainly followed the understanding so-called product line, and accordingly, he brought new product ideas and hence created a successful company.

Apart from being a great leader he also put more effort in philanthropy and humanitarianism, along with his wife Melinda Gates they have initiated and pledged to spend and use the majority of their finances for philanthropic and other charitable causes all over the world. For example, according to Serfontein (2012), they have contributed in tackling global issues such as malaria, cancer, and AIDS. Moreover, they have a goal to eradicate malaria and a well-defined strategy and strategize that which makes him a great leader.

Leadership qualities of Bill Gates

There are various leadership qualities that Bill Gates follows:

The most important quality that the leader must have focus as it remains utmost to keep focused on the goal. A good leader always insists his followers to focus on a specific goal. Likewise, Bill Gates remained focused on the software industry. Although he would have been successful in other industries rather than software but he thinks that is not his goal, however, he continued to software and programming as he knew that it is very fundamental to stick onto one core competence (Serfontein, 2012). As a result, he came up with Microsoft products.

The second significant quality that must have by the leader is clear thinking. According to Hedayati (2014), Bill Gates dreamt big and wants to pursue his goal or vision with strong determination. He always wanted to compete with other big companies and never moves away from his thought. Therefore, he gives clear thought to moving on with his Microsoft software business.

The next is passion, as being a leader because of his passion for learning software and computers has brought him well-known to the world. For example, even today we can see that he is pursuing his passion on creating quality products even after thirty years running of his business which is the utmost strength that he possesses in working towards his company (Cris, 2015). Therefore, he has created singly handily worldwide operating software that none of the other companies could have done.

According to (Serfontein, 2012), He is also driven to learn new things from everyone thinking that he wants to improve his knowledge and skills that he has. Moreover, Microsoft spends more than five billion of dollars a year on research to produce efficient products (Wilson, 2008). Therefore, he is good at continuous learning in his career and also put his resources on researching in his company.

Bill Gates was never discouraged by his failure where he believes that whatever odds things happen in his business he understood that he should not be disappointed. For example, he has battled the court case for twenty-seven years against him but that challenge did not distract him from following and working his dream, nevertheless, he is successful in making great products (Rampton, 2016). At the end of the day, he was the winner and that’s what makes him a great leader.

Leadership style

Bill Gates has a transformational leadership style and is also a visionary leader who he brought lot of changes that made and transform at Microsoft in the computing industry. The trait theory could use to explain well about leadership style of Gates. The trait approach explained that certain person is born with special traits that make them great leader (Cherry, 2019). For example, some of the traits that Gates has are intelligence, skillfulness, competitiveness, determination, high integrity and sociability.

He is also a Task-oriented leader who he always expects good performance and results from his employees because he believes and considers that the work is more important to achieve the goals of the company rather than giving importance in building the relationship with the employees (leadership and management, 2012).

Bill Gates also demonstrated as Autocratic leadership. Management is centrally monitored and handled by him as he really knows about his work and thus he is the one who take a decision on every major decision in the company. However, initially, he is quite reluctant to delegate work. But later he came to know that delegation is very important and he performed as a skilled managers to a team and thus he delegates his work reff.

Due to his more technical competence than interpersonal skills and with his experiences he has adopted the traits of a transformational leader where he motivates and supports his employees. Moreover, he also influences the employees by rewarding the power and deciding the increments and promotions in the organization. However, in order to monitor the employee activities that perform in the organization, he has established a system that systematically controls through appraisals (Corbridge, 2010).

Bill Gates has never threatened and pressured his employees for his personal gains despite being an autocratic leader; rather he enjoys a high level of Expert Power because of his extensive skill and subject knowledge. He also enjoys a high degree of Referent Power which is a measure of a leader’s personal relationships with other influential and significant leaders (Hanson, 2015). Therefore, employees stay longer tenure at Microsoft Company than most of other companies.

By looking at his leadership style, there are also positives from the particular point of his leadership style that he paid paramount attention to details of the job, which has benefited to build of high effectiveness and efficiency. Because of his delegation and rigorous hiring process in his organization he has made potential to create strong and good future leaders. Moreover, because of his high-level expertise and knowledge, he is able to gain the loyalty and trust of the employees (Murphy, 2018).

Weakness/ criticism

A Bill gate has great leadership qualities, style, and skills. However, many critics have criticized his popularity as a philanthropist and his leadership in his organization. According to Boje and Smith (2010), Gates has been rich twenty years or so before, but he has started to take part or engaged in philanthropy to a later degree where critics said that he could have started it earlier, but he said that giving away money requires much time to think as making money.

Although Bill Gates exhibited with his fascinating traits and transformational leader he failed to keep relationships because he is always much more focused or concentrated on work and less focused on employee welfare, this is another important aspect that a leader should have and there he could have improved in the related field (Babbitt, 2014). Also, due to his aggressive philosophy, when he is out of the life of Microsoft, he had been faced with several legal charges and Microsoft lost numerous cases. Another major criticism that had is Microsoft was not an innovative company because people argued that Bill Gates only updated existing products and had never invented new products (Williams, 2010). And also he was criticized that never allowing building competition but rather focusing on winning where he would buy the competing company at the beginning or would buy all together to ease the competition. This tolerates the operating industry to come up with innovative products. Therefore, he should focus on winning as well as in coming up with innovative products.

Conclusion

The report discusses the leadership analysis of Bill Gates’s leadership, the qualities and attributes of leadership, his leadership style, and several weaknesses or criticism with the recommendation from the critics. One of the great leaders is considered when a leader has multiple followers because it is difficult to judge the leader without the followers. In that regard, he is an effective leader as almost to the whole world not only follows him but also consider as one of the greatest business leaders. He is also one of the most influential transformational leaders of the twenty-first century because of his exemplary skills and mindset that he possesses. He is known to be a charismatic and visionary leader as he exactly knew what he wanted to achieve and put his full efforts towards his passion. Therefore, it helps him to be one of the top richest men of the world over thirteen continuous years. He has achieved a high degree of success with his business venture. Currently, he is engaging his mind to philanthropy where he dedicated a lot of his profit or money towards helping the African, Asian and other nation’s economies and now he is reaching hundreds and millions of people through his generosity and that will bring him the success in philanthropy apart from the great leadership qualities he has. When he was seventeen Bill Gates quoted “wanting to rule the world”. Today, I can truly say that Bill Gates is the one person one who has ruled the world.