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
Strategically, a major function of the CEO is to look for bad news and encourage the organization to respond to it. Employees must be encouraged to share bad news as much as good news.
Whether it's real-time communications, the speed or the consumer scenarios like photos and music, we're creating a platform that not only has what we're calling new experiences built in, but creates overall opportunity for third parties,
We bet the company on Windows and we deserve to benefit. It was a risk that's paid off immensely. In retrospect, committing to the graphics interface seems so obvious that now it's hard to keep a straight face.
Of all the statistics in health, death is the easiest, because you can go out and ask people, "Hey, have you had any children who died, did your siblings have any children who died?" People don't forget that.
If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.
See the clock only when you have No work.... Don't see the clock when you are working.... Clock is a lock for success
If I was down to the last dollar of my marketing budget I'd spend it on PR!
You need to understand things in order to invent beyond them.
Climate change is a terrible problem, and it absolutely needs to be solved. It deserves to be a huge priority.
I definitely think leaving kids massive amounts of money is not a favor to them.
I never took a day off in my twenties. Not one.
Don't let yourself be lulled into inaction.
China adopted a capitalist system in the 1980s, and they went from a 60% poverty rate to 10%.
Life is a lot more fun if you treat its challenges in creative ways.