William Henry Gates III was born in 1955 in Seattle, Washington, United States. He was a middle child and was the only boy in his family, aside from his father. He is better known as Bill Gates. When he was in sixth grade, he didn't do well in school, so his parents sent him for counseling. Gates thought his advisor was cool. He let him read books after each session. He was really interested in psychological theory. Bill Gates also liked to be challenged. “As a student, I took notes with both hands, using my right hand when I was bored and wanted a little challenge. » One day, while attending his church's confirmation class, he was told to memorize the Sermon on the Mount. All the other kids struggled to get through the passage, but Bill impressed his teacher by memorizing it all on a car trip just because he wanted a challenge. Gates was a master of business early in his life. He negotiated a deal with his sister to use his baseball glove whenever he wanted. He paid $5 for this right and asked his sister to sign a contract. Little did he know that this skill would make him a billionaire at 31 and become the richest American at 38. Gates was a congressional page in the summer of 1972. He and a friend purchased 5,000 George S. McGovern-Thomas Eagleton campaign buttons. for 5 cents each. After the campaign ended, the buttons became collectibles, and Gates and his friend sold them for up to $25 each. Work and Contribution Bill Gates invented Microsoft. Microsoft is a computer program that is universally known and used on almost every computer in the world. In fact, around 90% of users worldwide use Microsoft on their computers. Bill Gates and some of his partners almost changed computers forever...... middle of paper ......mmed computers. I'm sure programming computers isn't easy. He's probably failed more times at programming a computer than I've ever failed in my life. He inspired me to persevere. He strived to succeed and he succeeded. He and his friends did what they pleased. He didn't care if people judged him or anything. He did what made him happy. I think everyone should follow what they do. They don't need to do computer tasks, they can do what makes them happy. Works Cited Gates, B. and Lowe, J. (1998). Bill Gates speaks: the views of the world's greatest entrepreneur. New York: John Wiley. (nd). Retrieved May 20, 2014, from http://www.npr.org/news/graphics/2008/june/bill_gates/gates_timeline_04.html Site title: Wikipedia Article title: Bill Gates Editor: Wikimedia Foundation Electronically published: May 19, 2014 Date accessed : may 20, 2014