Sometimes great things happen without any fanfare. They just happen like a bud opening up to become a flower without sounding any bugle. Luck was smiling on the youngmen. On one day of December 1974 Paul Allen stopped at a magazine kiosk while on his way to meet Bill Gates. He happened to flip pages […]
Bill and Allen were passing through the changeover phase of life when one is at the end of his student life and starts thinking of his career. One has big dreams, some doubts, uncertainties and apprehensions. Sometimes goal is not clear. They had a long way to go but the uncertanities could not deter their
Lakeside school was where Bill Gates got his break to realise his potential and reveal his digital talent inspite of initial lacklustre show. Lakeside School was a private institution, a status symbol for parents to send their children in. Then computer education was not in vogue. Only a few selected schools had that facility. Lakeside
Because of his being computer whiz kid Bill had become star of the school campus but in three subjects he was not getting better grades. His parents were questioning him about it. Bill did not let his morale flag down. He made a resolve to work hard to better his grades in other subjects as
Mary and William understood that their son was a shy person and could not mix up easily with others. But they were satisfied that Bill had extraordinary talent to understand things. The boy never depended on others in doing his homework or studies. William and Mary decided to enroll Bill in school where student faced
Generally all people have similar childhoods and all the kids look alike. At the early stages of life that later achievers seldom reveal distinguishing signs. Sometimes the childhood sends wrong signals. Who would’ve imagined that a dull kid would one day become Albert Einstein, the greatest scientist?The childhood of Bill Gates had been ordinary. He
Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955 to a very prosperous and cultured family. His full christened name was William Bill Henry Gates-III but eventually he became famous as Bill Gates all over the world. Gates family used to live in Seattle, Washington where Bill was born. The father of the boy was William
The name of Tata is synonyms to Indian Vehicle Industry. 60 percent of buses and trucks are manufactured by Tata. In car industry Tatas are onNo. 2 position. Have a look on the cars produced by Tata.
After making name in wheels (Tata Motors, Truck, Buses, Cars, Nano, Jaguar & Land Rover) Tatas trying consciously to take to wings by entering the field of aircraft manufacture. A deal is being tried to be struck with Embrair of Brazil, the third largest aircraft manufacturers of the world.This Brazilian Company is the lone one
On March 26, 2008 Ratan Tata created a new history by taking over of Luxury car brands ‘Jaguar’ and ‘Land Rover’ of British Ford Motors Co. It became a talk of the automobile world. For nine months the hide and seek game between Ford Motors and Tata Group continued as the curious world watched. There
It was the year of 2003. Ratan Tata was returning home from his corporate office. A drizzle was on. Suddenly from his car window he saw a middle class family of a man, wife and two children loaded on a scooter driving by. They were wet and the human pile up was precariously balanced while
The big question in the minds of corporate people is ‘Who after Ratan Tata?’ Who will take charge of the Tata Empire? Ratan Tata has not married and he won’t be leaving behind any natural heir. So far, it has been some Tata, one of the family that has been heading the Tata Group. One
When it became clear that Anglo-Dutch giant ‘Corus Steel Plant’ was going for sale several of world’s big steel players joined the hunt to get it. These were a lot of heavy weight steel industrialists and companies. Ratan Tata was also there but he was not being taken seriously. The steel big-wigs of the world
One distinct quality of Ratan Tata that sets him apart from other industrialists is his will of steel. He sticks to his stand firmly if he is convinced that his stand is morally correct. To prove this point some episodes are revealing and are cited below :During the strike at Pune Tata Motors Plant some
All those who have some knowledge of the business world are familiar with the fact that one hundred year old Tata House of Business never shirked from its responsibilities in social concerns. The doyens of Tatas were particulary conscious about it and their successive descendents carried forward that spirit like the soul of their endeavour.