Bill Gates Biography - BBC Documentary 1 of 6

Bill Gates Biography - BBC Documentary 1 of 6. William Henry "Bill" Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate, philanthropist, author and chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen. He is consistently ranked among the world's wealthiest people[4] and was the wealthiest overall from 1995 to 2009, excluding 2008, when he was ranked third. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of CEO and chief software architect, and remains the largest individual shareholder, with more than 8 percent of the common stock. He has also authored or co-authored several books.

Gates is one of the best-known entrepreneurs of the personal computer revolution. Although he is admired by many, a number of industry insiders criticize his business tactics, which they consider anti-competitive, an opinion which has in some cases been upheld by the courts. In the later stages of his career, Gates has pursued a number of philanthropic endeavors, donating large amounts of money to various charitable organizations and scientific research programs through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, established in 2000.
Gates stepped down as chief executive officer of Microsoft in January 2000. He remained as chairman and created the position of chief software architect. In June 2006, Gates announced that he would be transitioning from full-time work at Microsoft to part-time work, and full-time work at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He gradually transferred his duties to Ray Ozzie, chief software architect, and Craig Mundie, chief research and strategy officer. Gates' last full-time day at Microsoft was June 27, 2008. He remains at Microsoft as non-executive chairman.

Bill Gates vs. Steve Jobs - Pirates of Silicon Valley (full movie)
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[mkadiri05]

he's the man

[MisterZombyWoof]

@drtyrell969

Typical Apple fanboy.

[Alxsezz]

Biil gates your Good But you could Never step to jesus Not you nor your family or family to come

[JESSExERA]

BILL GATES.......YOUR LIKE GOD TO ME!!!

[MsWatchy]

Change your title. This isn't a BBC documentary. It's a Biography Channel puff piece.

[VonManavis]

@drtyrell969

....what?

[a06araym1]

@drtyrell969

Actually Bill Gate & Steve Jobs both stole ideas from other people. At least Bill Gates knew things about Technology, Steve Jobs didn't really he was more an idea guy. But they actually took other peoples ideas. Ya and Apple, stolen from the Beatles company, Steve Jobs said they'd never sell music. Wow look what happened.

[baumich]

@drtyrell969 sorry, but you have no idea, do you really think, those 2 icons are (were) competing in a "pissing contest" who's cooler and better?

both will leave a huge footprint in this modern era of the world...

[drtyrell969]

Hmmm...he's a bad copy of Steve Jobs. Seriously.