World Number One Entrepreneur
Bill Gates Bill Gates Co-founder of Microsoft Corp. Founded: 1975 "Ultimately, the PC will be a window to everything people are interested in-and everything we need to know."- Bill Gates Some see him as an innovative visionary who sparked a computer revolution. Others see him as a modern-day robber baron whose predatory practices have stifled competition in the software industry. Regardless of what his supporters and detractors may think, few can argue that Bill Gates is one of, if not the most successful entrepreneur of the 20th century. In just 25 years, he built a two-man operation into a multibillion-dollar colossus and made himself the richest man in the world. Yet he accomplished this feat not by inventing new technology, but by taking existing technology, adapting it to a specific market, and then dominating that market through innovative promotion and cunning business savvy. Gates' first exposure to computers came while he was attending the prestigious La