Bill Gates: A role model for his leadership qualities What makes a leader worthy of being emulated? Is it the fact that the person in question frequently tops the chart of Forbes billionaires? Is it the fact that he designed computer programs that virtually revolutionized the computer operating experience? Or is it the fact that he is also one of the greatest philanthropists of our times whose work in global public health and disease prevention has inspired generations of givers. When it comes to Bill Gates, one can safely say that it is the combination of all of them that makes him stand apart.
A College Dropout who followed his heart Many wondered how a college dropout can succeed in life. For Bill Gates, it meant following his heart and passion for computer programming. Years of hard work and a substantial experience in computer programming led him to come up with MS-DOS, an operating system that brought to life millions of personal computers. For almost two decades, MS-DOS was used by computer operators before being replaced by successive generations of Windows operating system.
An Innovator The savvy programmer in Gates matched in equal measure with an efficient manager. Till 2000, he was the chief executive officer (CEO) of Microsoft and had a significant say in developing its