Who Is Bill Gates? is about Bill Gates’s life from from being a poor boy in Seattle to a very rich man because of Microsoft.  It was not all easy because his friend who made Microsoft with him got very sick and Bill Gates had to run the business by himself.  

Bill Gates was very smart even when he was young. When Bill was seven he read the whole encyclopedia. When he was 11 he entered a contest to memorize a sermon from church. He won a dinner at the top of the Space Needle a restaurant that is really tall! School was not fun for Bill because it was boring to him and he was teased for being smart.  Later he said “Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one.” Bill moved school in 7th grade to an  all boys school called Lakeside.  In 1968 Bill was shown the new computer lab but there were no computers because personal computers were not made yet. There were only million dollar ones.  So the school bought a teletype machine. That is a thing with a phone cord that is connected to a fancy computer. You put commands in and they come back in letters. That was the beginning of Bill Gates and computers.

I enjoyed the book.  First, because I like to learn about computers.  Second, Bill Gates has had an interesting life.  Finally, he has said some encouraging things about being nice and a nerd. I would recommend this book to kids who like to know more about different people. I give this book five out of five stars.