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 microprocessor is a miracle.
The most impactful dollars that Australia can spend are actually what goes to help the poorest.
In K-12, almost everybody goes to local schools. Universities are a bit different because kids actually do pick the university. The bizarre thing, though, is that the merit of university is actually how good the students going in are: the SAT scores of the kids going in.
The world is not flat, and PCs are not, in the hierarchy of human needs, in the first five rungs.
I was a kind of hyper-intense person in my twenties and very impatient.
Digital technology has several features that can make it much easier for teachers to pay special attention to all their students.
Capitalism has shortfalls. It doesn't necessarily take care of the poor, and it underfunds innovation, so we have to offset that.
The Gates Foundation has learned that two questions can predict how much kids learn: 'Does your teacher use class time well?' and, 'When you're confused, does your teacher help you get straightened out?'
The future of Windows is to let the computer see, listen and even learn.
Technology is unlocking the innate compassion we have for our fellow human beings.
A lot of the things that will really improve the world fortunately aren't dependent on Washington doing something different.
This social-networking thing takes you to crazy places.
Newspaper readership is still growing in India.
No one person controls Microsoft. The board and the shareholders decide whether they want to have me as CEO.