Gates created many different industries to be responsible for different kingdoms. In addition, Gates invited his classmate Steve Ballmer to become CEO of Microsoft Corporation and went to the software department as Chief Software Architect, responsible for software engineering. “I always knew that I would have close business partners like Ballmer and many other top people at Microsoft, and that we would stick together and grow together, no matter what happened,” he says. "I didn't know because of some testing. I just decided right away that it was part of who I was" (Gates). In conclusion, Bill Gates is a successful PC revolutionary who accelerated the speed of technological progress. Additionally, he is a philanthropist who created the Bill and Melinda Foundation. He has retired from his empire, but he still wants to help more people from all over the world