magnate – Blog EBE https://englishbookgeorgia.com/blogebg English Book Education Tue, 21 Apr 2015 06:26:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://englishbookgeorgia.com/blogebg/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/cropped-English-Book-Education-Symbol-02-32x32.png magnate – Blog EBE https://englishbookgeorgia.com/blogebg 32 32 Happy Birthday Bill Gates! https://englishbookgeorgia.com/blogebg/happy-birthday-bill-gates/ Tue, 28 Oct 2014 08:58:41 +0000 http://englishbookgeorgia.com/blogebg/?p=1988

Today is Bill Gates birthday and we’d like to honor him by looking back at previous articles we’ve posted about him.

Please enjoy.

 William “Bill” GatesIf I Had’t Given My Money Away… ]]> William “Bill” Henry Gates III https://englishbookgeorgia.com/blogebg/william-bill-henry-gates-iii/ Wed, 22 Oct 2014 07:50:05 +0000 http://englishbookgeorgia.com/blogebg/?p=1934 William “Bill” Henry Gates (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate, investor, computer programmer, inventor and philanthropist. Gates is the former chief executive and chairman of Microsoft, the world’s largest personal-computer software company, which he co-founded with Paul Allen.

Bill Gates Holding Microsoft Windows 1.0 Disk

During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of CEO and chief software architect, and remains the largest individual shareholder, with 6.4 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. But he has also 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.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iADTpgRXYrk

For more information on Bill Gates, go to the links below:

Bill Gates – Forbes Profile Bill Gates Biography – Academy of Achievement

 

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