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Bill Gates: A Biography

Michael B. Becraft

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Summary

Michael B. Becraft traces Bill Gates’s life from his early interest in computing to Microsoft and philanthropy. This short reference biography covers the company’s products, its legal challenges, Gates’s leadership and the Gates Foundation. A timeline, notes and further reading provide a starting point for studying the larger story.

  • SourceBloomsbury/Greenwood: Bill Gates · Description and contents; August 26, 2014; exact ISBN

Why read it Our view

Study Gates’s Microsoft career through the company’s growth and legal challenges. Use the business biography to compare the choices of a software-company leader with the demands of a growing firm.

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    Becraft’s biography covers Gates’s early life, Microsoft, its trial and his philanthropy.
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