How Bill Gates Siezed his Dreams - 1399 Words

The founder of Microsoft, the world’s largest personal-computer software company, found interest in computers and the way they worked at a very young age. As a high school student, he was able to accomplish many feats on some rudimentary machines that pale in comparison to what he would come to develop. The friends he possessed throughout his learning stage have stayed with him to create an empire in the computer software industry. This man excelled at school, but seized his dream of starting his own company, making him one of the most successful businessmen in history. This iconic figure is the one and only, Bill Gates. William Henry Gates III, more commonly known as Bill Gates, was born into a Seattle family on October 28, 1955. He was born to parents William Gates II and Mary Gates, with one older sister and one younger, Kristianne and Libby. As a child, Gates was referred to as â€Å"Trey†, being that his name was ‘the third’ of the same; this was not accurate however, because he was actually the fourth member of his family to bear the name William Henry. Gates and his sisters were raised to be extremely competitive, knowing that rewards were given to winners, and penalties came to the losers. This competitive nature, instilled from a very young age, may have been the reason Gates went on to be such a successful businessman. This was a period of time in which personal computing was uncommon, and students were rarely exposed to any types of computers. Fortunately for Mr.