#140 Bill Gates (the Making of the Microsoft Empire)

At age thirty six, Bill Gates has become the most powerful and feared player in the computer industry. And in the process, the richest man in America. Revenu of his Microsoft corporation topped out at one point eight billion dollars in nineteen ninety one. His operating system has become the standard in computing operating systems, and his software dominates much of the industry. Now worth over seven billion dollars, Chairman Bill.

has revolutionized the software business. Hailed as a computer genius and a brilliant entrepreneur by some. And a bully by others. Gates aggressive management style. And fiery spirit.

can intimidate competitors and employees alike. Hard drive chronicles Gates' rise in the industry from computer WizKid To software giant. His early years as a high school entrepreneur His creation, at age nineteen with Paul Allen, of the world's first computer language for a personal computer

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