Bill Gates
Bill Gates
William Henry "Bill" Gates IIIis an American business magnate, entrepreneur, philanthropist, investor, and programmer. In 1975, Gates and Paul Allen co-founded Microsoft, which became the world's largest PC software company. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of chairman, CEO and chief software architect, and was the largest individual shareholder until May 2014. Gates has authored and co-authored several books...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth28 October 1955
CitySeattle, WA
CountryUnited States of America
The thing about HD-DVD that is attractive to Microsoft is that it's very pro-consumer in letting you copy all movies up onto the hard disk.
The tablet is not mainstream. Reading off the screen is not mainstream.
The belief that the world is getting worse, that we can't solve extreme poverty and disease, isn't just mistaken. It is harmful.
The 'Billionaire' song is what my kids tease me with. They sing it to me. It's funny.
Nigeria has moved into low-middle-income, but their north is very poor, and the health care systems there have broken down.
Any version of Windows is going to have lots of great new things that people use and things that are tough.
Steve Jobs' ability to focus in on a few things that count, get people who get user interface right, and market things as revolutionary are amazing things.
In poor countries, we still need better ways to measure the effectiveness of the many government workers providing health services. They are the crucial link bringing tools such as vaccines and education to the people who need them most. How well trained are they? Are they showing up to work?
The poor can't wait. Philanthropists needed to carry on being generous.
It is hard to overstate how valuable it is to have all the incredible tools that are used for human disease to study plants.
The year I was born, 1955, the first big disease-eradication program in the world was declared for malaria. After about a decade of work, they realized that, at least in the tropical areas, they did not have the tools to get it done.
Ninety percent of the cases of polio are in security-vulnerable areas.
When you lose a customer, it can be tempting to tell each other, "That customer's not very sharp. They just made the wrong decision".
Learn from your unhappy customers.