The foundation of Bill Gates and his wife Melinda was also noted to have close ties with the seed company Monsanto. With several investments the foundation supports this company, accused of keeping Africa in poverty and to control agriculture in much of the world with its plants and patented seeds.
The US magazine “Forbes” is placing William “Bill” Henry Gates III in the position of richest man in the world, which should the success of Microsoft.
With the founding of the company in the 70s paved the way to the computer age. Along with his friend Paul Allen, Gates discovered the potential of the software. In fact, not only created Microsoft, but really the whole software industry.
Unlike the charismatic Steve Jobs, founder of Apple, Gates has always been considered a “freak” of the somewhat aloof computers. But at least in developed countries his vision became reality: almost every household has a PC, which 40 years ago seemed like science fiction
In the revolution of mobile devices and Gates instead. the company left behind its competitor Apple, even though Gates had in the program Windows laptops and smartphones before Jobs.
Today, Gates’s life no longer revolves around the computers, smartphones or software, but seven years is devoted almost exclusively to charitable work.
He and his wife Melinda are among those most donations make in the world. The two gave last year 1,300 million for charitable purposes, according to “Forbes” and stood in second place behind the American investor Warren Buffett. An estimated Gates’ fortune is 79,200 million.
He and his wife grew up in families where great value to voluntary work and personal commitment was given, it is noted on the website of its foundation. “When life is good one, use this gift so well and wisely as possible,” adds
Among its first projects. In the 90s equipping public libraries counted in United States with Internet access through the Gates Library Foundation. In his company Microsoft, Gates learned the importance of access to the network for education, explained.
Soon their interests diversified into other areas worldwide, such as combating diseases such as malaria, AIDS and polio and combating climate change. In 2010 Bill and Melinda Gates put 10,000 billion available over the next decade for research and distribution of vaccines for the poorest countries.
However, its foundation is not free of criticism. For example, in March the British newspaper “Guardian” stressed that the administration of his estate contradicts its objectives of combating climate change. An analysis of data from fiscal year 2013 showed that the foundation has invested 1,400 million dollars in companies extracting oil, gas or coal, which are responsible for some of the biggest environmental disasters of recent years, such as the British BP or Exxon. The foundation apparently has a fortune of 30,000 million dollars.
it is the also points to have close ties with the seed company Monsanto. With the foundation supports several investments this company, accused of keeping Africa in poverty and control agriculture in much of the world with their patented seeds and plants.
Bill Gates was born in 1955 near Seattle in the state of Washington. He met at school Paul Allen, who was somewhat older than him and who began to spend every free minute with computers. In 1975 he abandoned his studies to focus more on his small company Micro-Soft and enlarge. The date of foundation of the company is the April 4, 1975.
His meteoric career began with a commission from IBM to produce an operating system for their computers. Gates assumed the job for about $ 50,000 and bought the rights to QDOS (Quick and Dirty OS) program, developed further and called MS-DOS (Microsoft Disc Operating System). Thus began the era of personal computers.
Microsoft became a global company with the Windows operating system. During the time that he faced Netscape in the “browser wars” Gates was criticized for his actions, but ultimately prevailed.
On the crest of the wave, he announced earlier 2000 retreating. He gave his first CEO position to his friend Steve Ballmer. Officially he dismissed in September 2007 and in June 2008 almost completely separated from the company and, with only 53 years. Since then only influences his role as chairman of the supervisory board.
He lives with his wife and three children in a high-tech equipped property near Seattle, but despite the huge wealth, their children do not inherit a fortune, as most will be distributed to society,
Melinda Gates said in an interview.
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