1. Bill gates

2. Basic info Birth – October 28, 1955; Seattle, Washington, USA
Parents – William Henry Gates and Mary Maxwell Gates
Spouse – Melinda Gates
Children – Jennifer Katharine, Rory John, and Phoebe Adele
Net worth – US$86 billion

3. Early life Lakeside School – started programming and met Paul Allen
Harvard – met Steve Ballmer and dropped out to start his own company
A yearbook photo from 1973

4. Microsoft 1975 – started working for MITS (Micro
Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems) with
Paul Allen, they named their partnership „Micro-Soft“
1976 – Microsoft became independent of MITS and continued to develop programming language software
1981 – IBM asked Microsoft to make an operating system for their upcoming PC -> PC DOS
First logo from 1975

5. Paul Allen and Bill Gates in 1981
1983 – Allen left for health reasons
1985 – Microsoft launched the first version of Windows
1989 – Microsoft Office was introduced
1995 – Microsoft released Windows 95 with brand new user interface including start button, followed by Windows 95 Plus! with Internet Explorer browser
2000 – Bill Gates was succeeded by his college friend Steve Ballmer as CEO and became Chief Software Architect
Paul Allen and Bill Gates in 1981
Windows 1.0

6. Philantropy 2008 – Bill Gates was succeeded by
Ray Ozzie but continued as the company's
chairman, head of the board of directors
and an adviser and started to focus
on philantropy
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation – founded in 2000, the primary aims are global healthcare, reducing poverty and education
Bill Gates, Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett – trustees of the Gates foundation

7. Thanks for attention