Bill Gates

Only one man has directed a company to publicly traded worth of about half a trillion dollars—when compares to nations, his company boasts the ninth largest economy in the world. At 44, he may be the richest man in history, worth approximately $77 billion. He’s also created more millionaires than anyone in the history of business.

This analysis will discuss the methods and style of Bill Gates that have enabled him to become the most successful entrepreneur of the millenium. Also included will be a comparison of Gates to other notable millenium “tycoons”, the anti-trust suit filed against Microsoft Corporation by the Federal government, and Gates’ views and contributions to philanthropy.

Begun twenty-five years ago between twenty-something partners Bill Gates and Paul Allan, Microsoft Corporation, with Bill Gates now alone at the helm, has become the most successful and largest computer company in the world. At the age of 25, Gates was work

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ustry titans from the Gilded Age, we can look at two figures mainly. The first of these is John D. Rockefeller, also a business tycoon involved in antitrust troubles with the U.S. government. One author, Ron Chernow, notes that Gates and Rockefeller were similar in temperament and inflexibility when it came to compromise. During the antitrust suit against Rockefeller’s Standard Oil, the same author notes a similar level of hostility directed at Rockefeller and Gates by other business rivals, business that perceived them as rivals, and by the mainstream media. However, Chernow argues that antitrust suits are as much a matter of public opinion as legal matters, and in this comparison between Rockefeller and Gates, the Microsoft CEO has a competitive advantage over the departed oil tycoon “Gates remains extraordinarily popular among consumers and the general public. Something like two-thirds of those polled think the government should leave him alone” (Grant 164). One of the reasons Gates is so popular among consumers is also the reason why his competitors charge he has violated antitrust laws. Gates packages his browser software with his Windows operating system. Competitors have charged this is unfair and stifled competitio
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