Andrew Carnegie & Bill Gates A Comparitive

Andrew Carnegie, a Scottish immigrant, and Bill Gates, a native of the American Northwest, have strongly influenced American commerce of the last two centuries. Carnegie can be slotted into the nineteenth century formula of the self-made man while Gates reflects the milieu of a well-to-do Yankee whose ingenuity allows him to further advance his already well established financial status. In Carnegie's shrewd dealings in the burgeoning nineteenth century American transportation and steel industries and in Gates' personal investment of his time and money into the early growth of the computer industry within its twentieth century US market, there lies twin patterns of success for individuals gifted with a vision for the future and willing to work hard to achieve it. In their respective paths to success, Carnegie and Gates emerge as empire builders whose business acumen is enriched by an awe-inspiring talent, incredible industry, and driving desire. As an outsider, Carnegie's rise to fame and fortune proved to be a more difficult achievement than Gates' who as a privileged insider rose to millionaire status with an almost mercurial ascent. Yet for both numerous obstacles, challenges, and opportunities were presented. A comparison of Carnegie's and Gates' career offers insight into how business and personality coaelesce within American society and have helped to shape both its economic and cultu

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ttraction to computers and their apparently almost unlimited powers. Yet if Gates' social skills were not on par with Carnegie's more ready charm, he seems to be gifted at networking talent. The astonishing growth of the computer software company which Gates founded in 1975 seems to owe a great deal of its success to his consistent ability to hire some of the best talents in the industry. (Silver, 211) Here Gates' privileged background gives him an important edge in the industry. A glance at key employees at Microsoft indicates that he pooled these talents from his own associates at both Lakeview, the prestigious Seattle prep school he attended, and fellow classmates at Harvard, mostly young men whom he met and associated with (sometimes even playing marathon sessions of poker with late into the night while living in Harvard Yard!) before he left the university after roughly two and a half years. These associates include Paul Allen, Ric Weiland (Manes 88) and Marc McDonald (Manes 96) culled from Lakeside High, and Monte Davidoff (Manes 72) and Mike Courtney (Manes 98) from Harvard. Carnegie and Gates do share an almost unexhaustable sense of energy and dedication. The early programming of DOS which Gates almost singleh
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