Children's Phonetic Famous Person Stories Bill. Gates

Author: Zhong Lei
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Publish Date: 2002-05-01
Features: "Every home has a personal computer on every desk." Starting from this idealistic and simple statement, the world's wealthiest co-founder of Microsoft has amassed an astonishing wealth of over 100 billion US dollars, making him one of the most brilliant business stars of his time. Microsoft became the leader in the computer software industry because it dominated the market from the beginning, and subsequent new software was built upon existing products. After purchasing each piece of software, users had to learn its operation, and due to the inconvenience, they were often reluctant to switch to new software. Bill Gates is envious—this Harvard dropout was crowned as the king of Microsoft, creating the greatest miracle of the 20th century. Bill Gates is infuriating—offending all competitors and partners, he found himself besieged by criticism, facing lawsuits from the U.S. Department of Justice and 19 states, with his company nearly dismantled. Bill Gates is detested, curious, and bewildering. Bill Gates is admirable—when you finish reading this book! At the end of the 20th century, if Bill Gates were a country, he would be the world's 37th wealthiest nation; if he were a company, he would be the 13th largest in the U.S., richer than IBM. He had earned the most in the world—what else was there for him to pursue, to explore? There was—and that was spending money!