in 1975 bill gate was a student at harvard,one of the top universities in the united states. at that time computer would become smaller,cheaper and simpley in the future. he also realized that people would need software for their computer. gates formed a company and later dropped out of harvard so he could develop the new software.today gates is the richest man in the world.he has a fortune of us$54billion and his company,microsoft,employs over 88000 poeple in ninety-nine countries.
bill gate has helped change the world.gates developed software that was cheap and easy to use. without him,computer could not have become so popular.microsoft to grow quickly. as a result,it have never been easier for poeple around the world to communicate with each other and fine useful information fast. gate hass also given mor than us$ 22 billion to develop health and education around the world.
however gates also has some critics. the critics that gate's success is only because of good maketing.even though there are often problems with microsoft software,it is sold with almost every new computer we buy.so there is very little competition for microsoft.but,no matter what the critics say,gates continues to be successsful. he has done very well for a university drop-out!