Bill Gates : the path to the future / Jonathan Gatlin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gatlin, Jonathan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gates, Bill, 1955-.

Gates, Bill.

Microsoft Corporation.

Businessmen--United States--Biography.

Businessmen.

History.

United States.

Computer software industry--United States--History.

Computer software industry.

Microsoft Corporation--History.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

213 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Avon Books, [1999]

Summary:

He is Thomas Edison and Henry Ford rolled into one--except that William Henry Gates III may be smarter and more successful than either. He is Americas richest man, and on the corporate landscape, he may well be the most feared. In less than a generation, Bill Gates has done, nothing less than change the way we live and work.

Here is Bill Gates' story, taking you inside the mind of this brillian visionary and inside the rise of Microsoft, the world's most successful corporation. What unique combination of historical factors and personal qualities made Gates the right man at the right time? How did he invent an industry from scratch, and what choices--from people to products--made Microsoft the resounding success it has become? How has the company faced Apple, Netscape, and its other competitors and partners? From Microsoft's Redmond, Washington, campus to Gates' relationships with women and with other businesspeople, like fellow billionaire Warren Buffett, here is a compelling portrait of a unique American citizen at the dawn of the twenty-first century: a man whose career, and his effect on our world, has only begun.

Contents:

1 The Biggest Day Yet 1

2 A New World Beckons 11

3 The Rise of a Juggernaut 37

4 Running Microsoft 61

5 Tough Competition 89

6 The Microsoft/Apple Story 129

7 The Personal Side 158

8 A Vision of the Future 185.

ISBN:

0380806258

OCLC:

41086692