How did Bill Gates become so rich?

Bill Gates did exactly that. He saw that the personal computer was the path to tomorrow. As a young teenager I was also fascinated by the early computers available to hobbyist, i.e. Altair 8800. Early computing was his passion too. read more

Mr. Gates started a company called Microsoft that ended up becoming very successful. He owned a lot of shares in this company and those shares became worth a very large amount of money. read more

So, the real reason Gates became absurdly rich was that the value of each Microsoft share increased by around 60,000 percent. Most of that growth was driven by the success of Windows 95 and Microsoft Office, and by the internet-inspired dotcom bubble. read more

Bill Gates learns from the mistakes of other businesses and people and makes certain that the same will not happen with his company. He investigates all companies and industries to see where they fell short and has trained his business to look for the same pitfalls. read more