Bill Gates, the magician of the Computer World

   Bill Gates is one of the most successful business personalities in the world. He is a computer programmer, inventor, business magnate and generous donor.  Bill Gates is co-founder of Microsoft Corporation, world’s largest software company. Microsoft is one of the most recognized brands in the computer industry with nearly every desk top computer using at least one software program of them. Bill Gates was the richest man in the world and he had held the number one position for many years.
   William Henry “Bill” Gates III was born and grew up in Seattle, Washington, USA in 1955. His father, William H. Gates II was a lawyer and his mother, Mary Maxwell Gates was a school teacher. He is the second of three kids in Gates family. He has an older and a younger sister. His father was a famous lawyer and he was expected that his son, young Bill would follow his footsteps. Bill Gates was an especially gifted student. He did well in all subjects but showed a special talent in mathematics. When Bill Gates was only13, his parents believed he was not being challenged in his public school and enrolled him in the private and highly standard, Lakeside School. The school obtained a computer terminal and young Bill Gates was immediately interested on that. He and a group of his friends, including his future business partner Paul Allen, took every chance to explore the possibilities of the new technology. From here they taught themselves the basics of computer programming. 
   Bill Gates and his friends were working part-time and summers, writing computer program for large businesses around his native town. Bill Gates and Paul Allen closely followed events in the computer industry and foresaw that the development of microprocessors would lead to the creation of solid affordable a personal computer that would someday replace the large mainframe systems used in business and industry.