Bill Gates

“I actually thought that it would be a little confusing during the same period of your life to be in one meeting when you’re trying to make money, and then go to another meeting where you’re giving it away.” Those words were spoken from Bill Gates, a hero in the computer industry. A hero is someone who changes something dramatically for the betterment of something they deeply believe in. Bill Gates does that with Microsoft where he tries to sell computers and through The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation where he donates to different areas in the world. He helps with industrial and technological change, contributes, works his way up the “food chain”, and is a hero to some but not to others.      

First, Bill Gates fits in the five great American themes in the area of industrial and technological change. He has changed the way many Americans work and earn money. Most Americans use a PC (personal computer) sometime during day-to-day processes. Gates brought the PC into the world. He is also continually updating and changing the PC. Through his PC others have gained interest. Many of Gate’s competitors are interested in beating out Gates and advancing the U.S. further. Gates has built himself a nice living and if other people make similar inventions in technology like his but with their own ideas technology will be constantly growing. Gates took two ideas he liked and intertwined them to make his own invention. He dropped out of Harvard to make Microsoft in 1975. He took the Altair 8080 and the BASIC and made a PC. Bill Gates is redefining America with constant technological advances and through his Industrial abilities.

Secondly, Gates is constantly contributing to America and the world in general. His impact through Microsoft is one contribution. He employs over 78,000 people internationally. Microsoft Corps. is the world leader in software publishing. He and his wife Melinda Gates founded the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. They both believe strongly in philanthropy and world health. They have $28.8 billion used for global health and improving the world. He also does many other somewhat unnoticed contributions. He founded a business called Corbis, which was made to make advances in biotechnology. What some people don’t know is that he published a book about how he sees a future as a technology filled world. Gates uses his net worth of $100 billion for many things that help contribute to technological and world health growth.