Becoming a Billionaire.

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  • Author(s): Ball, Sarah J.
  • Source:
    Appleseeds. Mar2005, Vol. 7 Issue 7, p24-26. 3p. 4 Color Photographs, 2 Black and White Photographs, 1 Cartoon or Caricature.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      BILLIONAIRES; MONEY; AMERICAN business enterprises; GATES, Bill, 1955-; MICROSOFT Corp.
    • Subject Terms:
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    • Abstract:
      The article analyzes the concept of billionaire. A person who has a billion dollars, either in money or property, is called a billionaire. The word billionaire was first used in the 1860s. Sometimes, people become billionaires because they see a need or a desire, then figure out a way to satisfy it. Today, there are hundreds of billionaires in the world. The richest billionaire of all is Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft Corp. Gates began working on computers as a teenager, before they were widely used. He and a friend later started their own computer company, called Microsoft Corp. INSET: How much is a billion?.