Biography on CNBC – Bill Gates

Robert Maxwell dreamed of becoming a great media mogul. In the late 1980s, his wealth was estimated to be $1.4 billion dollars. But his mysterious death at sea led to shocking revelations.

In 1969, when Bill Gates was in high school, a company in Seattle offered the school the use of its computer. It was an opportunity that would change Gates' life forever.

Rachael Ray was a small town girl from upstate New York who dreamed of making it big in New York City. When the Today show's Al Roker saw Rachael on Albany television, her career took off and within a few years, Rachel was everywhere.

It wasn't until age 57 that J. Willard Marriott entered into the hotel business. With immediate success, Marriott went on to create the hospitality empire that we know today.