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 Chinese are clearly inculcating the idea that science is exciting and important, and that's why they, as a whole-they're graduating four times as many engineers as we are, and that's just happened over the last 20 years.
Embrace bad news to learn where you need the most improvement.
The flatter the corporate hierarchy, the more likely it is that employees will communicate bad news and act upon it.
I think it's fair to say that personal computers have become the most empowering tool we've ever created. They're tools of communication, they're tools of creativity, and they can be shaped by their user.
I'm going to save my public voice largely for the issues where I have some depth.
Well private money can take risks in a way that government money often isn't willing to.
When you want to do your homework, fill out your tax return, or see all the choices for a trip you want to take, you need a full-size screen.
Energy innovation is not a nationalistic game.
I know there's a farmer out there somewhere who never wants a PC and that's fine with me.
The trouble with energy farming is that the energy isn't always where you want to use it, and it isn't always when you want to use it.
The world has been very careful to pick very few diseases for eradication, because it is very tough.
There's no magic line between an application and an operating system that some bureaucrat in Washington should draw.
I was lucky to be involved and get to contribute to something that was important, which is empowering people with software.
Well, I don't think there's any need for people to focus on my career.