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
Every five years or so we look at our strategy and make one of these big bets.
Software substitution, whether it's for drivers or waiters or nurses - it's progressing. Technology over time will reduce demand for jobs, particularly at the lower end of skill set.
My value is still so much higher than I ever expected it to be by a factor of about 50. So the fact that at one point it was say, a factor of 60, well -- that wealth is all going back to society anyway.
This is a space that we see as critical to our vision,
There will be 'two societies' in the future: high-paid knowledge workers and low-paid service workers.
It's a big challenge, but we have to make sure that security is not the thing that holds us back.
There isn't the buzz and excitement about computer science that there should be. We're on the threshold of extraordinary advances in computing that will affect not only the sciences but also how we work and our culture. We need to get the brightest people working on those opportunities.
This is an exciting evolution for me, ... and a very good transition for the company.
a chilling effect on innovation in the high-tech industry.
Part of India's great success in the IT sector comes from the fantastic investment that the government has made over decades in institutions like the Indian Institutes of Technology. India only has six or seven million seats at its universities, and it will need 20 to 25 million, so I think this is a great opportunity to rethink the idea of a university.
Hardware is a small part of the cost.
Billy gates why do you make this possible? Stop making money and fix your software!
The growth in employment for Microsoft will be more in India than in the United States.
I guess we still have some bugs to work out, ... That must be why we're not shipping Windows 98 yet.