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
I'm committed to one company. This is the industry I've decided to work in.
If there's one cultural quality we have, it's that we always see ourselves as an underdog.
If there's any part of the economy that's delivered for all the citizens, it's got to be the work that we and our partners in our industry have done,
If there's an area where we absolutely have to do better, it's this.
I hear they're coming out with a robot that will cook hamburgers, too. Let's spread that rumor - there's nothing they can't do.
I heard they drove a car over this thing..
In the living room itself, Xbox 360 is our centerpiece and a product that redefines what goes on there.
In the next decade there'll be a shortage of great software engineers. We'll be scouring the schools for them,
If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure.
I never would have predicted it. I didn't set out to achieve some level of wealth or size of company. I remember in 1980 or 1981 looking at a list of people who had made a lot of money in the computer industry and thinking, 'Wow, that's amazing.' But
Hey, I never told anyone to buy my stock! Besides, no one is less happy than I am with the performance of Microsoft stock! I've lost tens of billions of dollars this year-if you check, you'll see that that's more than most people make in a lifetime!
Certainly, we are trying to preserve all of that culture, and get the advantages of being a large company with a broad product line, with stability, worldwide presence, great support, and yet have the advantages that a small software company has.
By 2035, there will be almost no poor countries left in the world. Almost all countries will be what we now call lower-middle income or richer.
By 2018, an estimated 63 percent of all new U.S. jobs will require workers with an education beyond high school. For our young people to get those jobs, they first need to graduate from high school ready to start a postsecondary education.