Bill Gates

Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire
$17.95
This book was written in 1992 and covers only Microsoft's first 15 or so years but these were the most interesting and the most instructive in terms of lessons for the wealth creator. There are now many Gates' biographies, but Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the MIcrosoft empire, written by two Seattle journalists still gives the best insights into the early years of Microsoft and what it was like to work under its CEO. Later, after Microsoft had relocated to Seattle to be nearer Gates' parents, he confessed to a fellow programmer his two ambitionsd; to design software that would make a computer easy enough for his mother to use and build a company bigger than his dad's law firm. Today, powering 90% of the world's PC's, Windows may have revolutionised PC, but marketing played a vital part in its establishment as the industry standard. Last but not least, what really set Gates apart was the boldness of his vision-"A computer on every desk, and Microsoft software in every computer"-and his natural brilliance as a businessman.

Bill Gates (Biography (a & E))
$7.95
Needed a short biography for my son to use for a bnook report. This book worked out great. Short, concise, contemporary.

Bill Gates: Entrepreneur and Philanthropist (Lifeline Biographies)
$33.26

Showing Up for Life: Thoughts on the Gifts of a Lifetime
$22.00
A great read. Nice, short chapters allow you to sneak reading it into a busy day. Refreshing...