Bill Gates
Subtitle: a twentieth-century life
By: by Marc Aronson.
Series: Up close
Publisher: Viking
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780670063482
Subjects: Gates, Bill, -- 1955- -- Juvenile literature; Gates, Bill, -- 1955-; Microsoft Corporation -- History -- Juvenile literature; Microsoft Corporation -- History; Businessmen -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Success in business -- Juvenile literature; Computer software industry -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature; Businessmen -- United States -- Biography; Success in business; Computer software industry -- United States -- History
Genres: Juvenile literature; Biography
Description: When Bill Gates was born in 1955, no one owned a personal computer. Gates envisioned what a computerized society could be and he set out to lead the way, building the Microsoft empire with single-minded drive. Today, the man who made his fortune by putting the whole world in touch now hopes to improve lives around the planet.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-185) and index.

Ages 11 up.

Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MG 7.9 5.

A Junior Library Guild selection
Table of contents: title: First principle of getting rich fast: pick the right parents; title: Second principle of getting rich fast: pick the place; title: Third principle of getting rich fast: get a good education; title: Fourth principle of getting rich fast: pick the time; title: Fifth principle of getting rich fast: dream big, seize the moment, build a business; title: Sixth principle of getting rich fast: get the best out of every deal; title: A pause between principles; title: Seventh principle of getting rich fast: understand how to sell your mousetrap; title: Last principle of getting rich fast: "how does this help Microsoft"; title: Cracks; title: Can we fix it?