Bill Gates' Entrepreneurial Journey
...rs in school), a visionary (saw big picture with MS-DOS), likes to help others (Gates Foundation), determined (youngest self-made billionaire) and hardworking (transformed Microsoft from a start-up to an industry titan in ten years). 5. The culmination of the entrepreneurial venture was the formation of Microsoft. Since 1975 Bill Gates has become the richest man in the world with a net worth of approximately $44 billion. 6. Bill Gates’ venture has been both a personal and financial success. He fulfilled his passion for computers by founding Microsoft, a company that has revolutionized the IT industry. The venture has also allowed Bill to amass the largest fortune in the world enabling him to start the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. 7. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has worked with developing nations to find cures for diseases (AIDS) in order to better the human race. Computers using the Windows operating system have created uniformity throughout the business world. Commerce has never been easier. The tech revolution has allowed business to be more productive; thus allowi...