Who can talk about Bill Gates and Li Ka-shing?

Chinese name: Gates English name: Bill Gates

Sex: Male Date of Birth: 1955 10 month.

History: American hobbies: golf and bridge

Company: Microsoft

Position: Chairman and Chief Software Architect

Education experience

Harvard university dropout

Business experience

In his junior year, Gates left Harvard and devoted all his energy to the Microsoft Company founded by him and his childhood friend paul allen in 1975. Guided by the belief that computers will become the most important tool in every home and office, they began to develop software for personal computers.

From 65438 to 0999, Gates wrote the book Future Speed, which showed people how computer technology can solve business problems in a brand-new way.

In addition to his passion for computers and software, Gates is also interested in biotechnology. He is a member of the board of directors of ICOS, a company specializing in protein matrix and small molecule therapy.

1928 was born in Chaozhou, Guangdong, and his father was a primary school principal. 1940, the whole family fled to Hong Kong to escape the oppression of the Japanese invaders. Two years later, my father died of illness. In order to support his mother and three younger brothers and sisters, Li Ka-shing was forced to drop out of school to make a living in society.

First, Li Ka-shing sells in a toy manufacturing company. Although busy with work, Li Ka-shing, who dropped out of school, still went to night school to study and catch up with culture in his spare time. Because of diligence and cleverness, he was promoted to the general manager of plastic toy factory before he was 20 years old. Two years later, Li Ka-shing seized the opportunity to set up his own plastic factory with the $7,000 he usually saved. He named it "Changjiang Plastic Factory".

From 65438 to 0958, Li Ka-shing began to invest in the real estate market. With its unique vision and shrewd development strategy, "Changjiang" has quickly become a major real estate development and investment industrial company in Hong Kong. When Changjiang Industry 1972 went public, its shares were oversubscribed by 65 times. By the end of 1970s, he had stood out among the tycoons of his generation.

From 65438 to 0979, "Changjiang" acquired Hutchison Whampoa, an old British-owned firm, and Li Ka-shing became the first China person to acquire a British-owned firm. 1984, "Changjiang" purchased the controlling stake of "Hongkong Electric Company". Mr. Li Ka-shing is currently Chairman and General Manager of the Board of Directors of Cheung Kong Industrial Group Co., Ltd. and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hutchison Whampoa Limited. 1994 The after-tax profit of the enterprises it manages reached 2.8 billion US dollars. 199565438+in February, the total market value of the three listed companies under Cheung Kong Industrial Group has exceeded 42 billion US dollars.