Bill Gates is widely considered as being the lead on the forefront of the age of technology. As a computer programmer and entrepreneur, he cofounded the Microsoft corporation, a company that has its ties in just about anything to do with technology. His journey into technology starts early in his teens, and progresses into an empire that led the way for the rise of technology in the world.

Gates started programming at the age of 13, helping to code a program that computerized his school’s payroll system. Later going into Harvard University, he helped to develop BASIC, a programming language for microcomputers.

The success of this project prompted him to leave Harvard and form Microsoft. Microsoft held great influence in the industry due to their licensing of an operating system called MS-DOS to the International Business Machines Corporation (IBM). IBM relied heavily on Microsoft for software for their machines, making Microsoft the kingpin by the start of the 1990s.

By 1986, Gates had become a billionaire on paper, and within 10 years his net worth was worth tens of billions.

Originally, Gates liked to stay hidden and out of the public view, but slowly would become more public.

Gates displays a high level of business knowledge, as well as a drive and determination in all things to do with technology. These qualities are well expressed with his quick response to the growth of the Internet, focusing his software development on relation to the Internet.

Having developed Windows, Gates’ reach knows no bounds as he has a hand in most, if not all electronic transactions that occur in the world.

Gates is also a big believer in charity work, founding the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, whose primary goals are to enhance healthcare and reduce extreme poverty.

Bill Gates is name that will be known for years to come, and is one of the leading figures in the technology industry.

Buying his first stock at 11 years old, some believe that Warren Buffet was born to go into business. His father owned a small brokerage firm in which Warren would watch the brokers talk to investors, and how they went about their daily routine. He would frequent entrepreneurial pursuits as a teen, and enjoyed much success. He went on to study at University of Nebraska, graduating with a degree in Business. Buffet went onto securities analysis after reading a book “The Intelligent Investor” by Benjamin Graham, which he said changed his life. Buffet worked as an investment salesman, which he enjoyed thoroughly unless the stocks he suggested caused his clients to lose money.

To counter having clients that would get annoyed at him for losing money, Buffet started a partnership, between friends and family, in which he would invest $100 and would grow his stake in the partnership through re-invested management fees.

Any partnership gains over 4% would be taken by Buffet and he would repay the quarter of losses incurred. Money could only been added or withdrawn on December 31^st.

By 1959, Buffet had over a million dollars in assets and a 9.5% stake in several partnerships.

Following this Buffet invested directly into businesses, using his value investing techniques to find bargains on the stock market.

Buffet later went on to buy Berkshire Hathaway and use it as a holding company, as well as National Indemnity Company, creating a stable cash flow for future investments and acquisitions.

Warren Buffet is considered the ‘father of value investing’ and the ‘dean of Wall street’. This is due to his ability to make good investments which have made him a billionaire. He is considered one of the most successful investing stories of all time.

Mark Zuckerberg is a well-known name within the tech and business industry, but the social media platform he co-invented, Facebook, is recognised worldwide. Facebook is the most popular social media platform in the world, and started from humble beginnings. Zuckerberg was a computer science student at Harvard, who started the idea of Facebook as a social media website for Harvard students. With the help of some of his fellow students, he built up the website and expanded to further universities and colleges.

In 2004, Napster founder Sean Parker became the president of Facebook.

The next year, VC firm Accel Partners invested $12.7 million into the website, allowing the company to create a version of the social media platform for high school students. Facebook expanded to more networks, and made it so that anyone at the age of 13 and above could join. By 2009, it was the most used social media platform in the world.

Zuckerberg holds the title of world’s youngest multi-billionaire, as is evident of his $91.7 billion net worth as of 2020.

He is also a part of the Giving Pledge, a signed pledge in which he promises to give at least half of his wealth away to charities. Furthermore, him and his wife and pledged to give away 90% of their Facebook shares to the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, an organization dedicated to improving lives through health, science, education and energy.

Mark Zuckerberg is a young multi-billionaire, philanthropist, entrepreneur and American media magnate, who built his social media empire through Facebook as a young student. He uses his wealth to continually donate to charity and fund his Chan Zuckerberg Initiative in order to better improve lives across the world. He continues to work as Facebook’s CEO to this day.