Bill Gates Biography

The book “Bill Gates: Billionaire Computer Genius” is a detailed overview of the life of Bill Gates, the company he has started, and how he has become successful. William H. Gates III was your typical high school nerd. He was destined to be successful. After high school he moved off and started college at Harvard. Gates even made a perfect score on the math portion of the national college aptitude test. Although he was smart and never struggled in schooling, he left Harvard. Gates felt that he wasn’t getting the most out of his Harvard experience and it was just time to make something of himself. Gates had started in the computer industry in high school. It is that that inspired him to leave Harvard and move further into the computer industry. Gates had no idea that that decision would lead him to start a multi billion-dollar company and become one of the richest men in the world. Gates stared out as a computer programmer. But with a little help with his friend and now partner, Paul Allen, Gates became the Chairman and CEO of the Microsoft Corporation (Dickinson, 24).

It’s easy for most to find ways to criticize Bill Gates. One could argue that although he is very successful, he is not a good role model for children. Parents try to encourage kids to go to college. In fact, most of today’s youth is told that college is the only road to success. Bill Gates proved this wrong. Gates showed with motivation, inspiration, and believing in yourself and your abilities that a person can do whatever they want when they put their mind to it.

Bill Gates is also not just a critical name in the household, but also in the business world. Many businessmen and women respect him; however, there is a large number who do not. Gates has been accused of starting a monopoly and making too much money. Many critics argue that Gates drove away many other young, innovated thinkers like himself out of the market place because he was so successful. In fact, his success made the computer industry a very non-competitive industry for a while. “I’d hate to be in business competition with Bill Gates, but as a consumer, it’s hard not to like him.” (Sullivan, 5). However, once that is all said and done, people shouldn’t forget that without Bill Gate’s innovation and drive, that things could be a lot different for the every day person.

Dickinson, Joan D. . Bill Gates: Billionaire Computer Genius. Berkeley Heights,
NJ: Enslow Publishers, Inc ., 1997. Print.