Bill Gates before Microsoft

I selected Bill Gates because he is a very important person today, and I didn't know much about him other than he was the richest man in the world. I wanted to know how or why he became so successful. Also, I wanted to know why he is such a controversial person. Facts in Brief Birth: October 28th, 1955 in Seattle Washington Parents: William H. and Mary Gates Education: Lakeside, a private high school, and a …

…developing computer technology. At the beginning of his career, he sped up development of computers greatly. But now, is he helping society to grow ... or is he holding us back? For example, he would force people to go his way with developing technology, or else he would force them out of business. Some of them did have good ideas though, that might have been better. So did that slow progress or not? We don't know.