Magazine
Bill Gates
1/24/2010 By:
Bill Gates (born 1955) is
best known for the development of the Windows operating system that is used in
a huge majority of the world's computers. The PC enables all types learning on
both personal and classroom scales. These days, the Harvard dropout and world's
richest man continues to bolster education through the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation, which supports organized and individual learning across a wide
variety of local, national and global projects. Educational initiatives include
a global libraries award to promote free access to information technology,
national grants to support smaller schools, charter schools and endowed
scholarships at U.S. and U.K. universities.