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Gates: How Microsoft's Mogul Reinvented an Industry and Made Himself the Richest Man in America by Manes, Stephen;Andrews, Paul is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Gates: How Microsoft's Mogul Reinvented an Industry and Made Himself the Richest Man in America about?
The New York Times and USA Today called this book "definitive." The Washington Post deemed it "impressive" and "meticulously researched," with "much of the drama and suspense of a novel." The Seattle Times said Gates "should be required reading for any new hire in the personal computer industry." Now this masterpiece of biography and technology is available in an electronic edition with a new afterword by the authors. Bill Gates is an American icon, the ultimate revenge of the nerd. The youngest self-made billionaire in history was for many years the most powerful person in the computer industry. His tantrums, his odd rocking tic, and his lavish philanthropy have become the stuff of legend. Gates is the one book that truly illuminates the early years of the man and his company. In high school he organized computer enterprises for profit. At Harvard he co-wrote Microsoft BASIC, the first commercial personal computer software, then dropped out and made it a global standard. At 25, he offered IBM a program he did not yet own--a program called DOS that would become the essential operating system for more than 100 million personal computers and the foundation of the Gates emp
Who reads Gates: How Microsoft's Mogul Reinvented an Industry and Made Himself the Richest Man in America?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Manes, Stephen;Andrews, Paul
- Publisher
- Cadwallader & Stern
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- Category
- nonfiction