Bill Gates

Michael B. Becraft, DM, is the Edward F. Lyle Professor of Finance and director of the graduate program in business for the Park University School of Business, with an office location in Kansas City, MO.

• Series ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgmentsTimeline: Events in the Life of Bill GatesChapter 1 Bill Gates before Automated ComputingChapter 2 Early Days in ComputingChapter 3 Early Days of MicrosoftChapter 4 Development of Products Used Today (1985–1998)Chapter 5 Why Was Microsoft So Successful with Bill Gates?Chapter 6 Microsoft TrialChapter 7 Steve Jobs and Bill GatesChapter 8 Bill Gates in WritingsChapter 9 Family and Home of BillChapter 10 Role in Corporate Governance, Activism, and Outside Interests of Bill GatesChapter 11 Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Giving PledgeConclusionNotesFurther ReadingIndex

With Bill Gates: A Biography Becraft has provided a concise, fairly thorough, and well-written biography of one of the most influential business leaders of the past 20 years. . . . The book is well written, with little or no obvious bias. . . . The introduction to the series included with this book states that it (and the rest of the series) is intended for public and school libraries. It would be well suited for these libraries, and could be useful in academic libraries serving community and junior colleges, as well as those supporting lower-level baccalaureate students.