Bill Gates

About Bill Gates

William Henry Gates III(born October 28, 1955) is an American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and the chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen. During his career at Microsoft he has held the positions of CEO and chief software architect, and he remains the largest individual shareholder with more than 8% of the common stock.

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Forbes magazine's list of The World's Billionaires has ranked him as the richest person in the world since 1995, with recent estimates putting his net worth near $56 billion.

Gates is one of the best-known entrepreneurs of the personal computer revolution. Although he is widely admired,
his business tactics have been criticized as anti-competitive and in some instances ruled as such in court.
Since amassing his fortune, Gates has pursued a number of philanthropic endeavors, donating large amounts of money to various charitable organizations and scientific research programs through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, established in 2000."

Quotes about Bill Gates

1. “ I see two Americas: One is wealth-creating, innovative, with people like Bill Gates, and the other is made up of speculators. ”

   Wang Jianmao in Is Wall Street's Collapse a Blow to US Prestige?

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2. Bill Gates in Delhi - Nov 6th, 2008- Opening wallets to Fund Medical Research

   VentureWoods (Nov 10 2008) Explore Article

   I attended Mr.Bill Gates’ talk– heard some very interesting ideas from Mr.Gates about opening wallets for research on th... (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Bill Gates   Microsoft

3. Chief Mentor

   VentureWoods (Nov 6 2008) Explore Article

   ...le. Abhishek Sinha is now Chairman & CEO. Eko is doing well and we were pleasantly surprised that Bill Gates visited us in Uttamnagar just a few days ago and spent a couple of hours understanding our model. [... (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Bill Gates

4. Is Wall Street's Collapse a Blow to U. S. Prestige?

   KIVITV.COM (Sep 30 2008) Explore Article

   ...ll a land to be emulated. "I see two Americas: One is wealth-creating, innovative, with people like Bill Gates, and the other is made up of speculators," says Wang Jianmao, an economics professor at China Europ... (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Josef Ackermann   Ulf Mark Schneider   Treasury

5. Is Wall Street's Collapse a Blow to US Prestige?

   KVOA News 4, Tucson, Arizona (Sep 30 2008) Explore Article

   ...ll a land to be emulated. "I see two Americas: One is wealth-creating, innovative, with people like Bill Gates, and the other is made up of speculators," says Wang Jianmao, an economics professor at China Europ... (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Josef Ackermann   Ulf Mark Schneider   Treasury

6. Is Wall Street's Collapse a Blow to US Prestige?

   kren.com (Sep 30 2008) Explore Article

   ...ll a land to be emulated. "I see two Americas: One is wealth-creating, innovative, with people like Bill Gates, and the other is made up of speculators," says Wang Jianmao, an economics professor at China Europ... (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Fredmund Malik   Josef Ackermann   Draper Fisher Jurvetson China

7. Is Wall Street's Collapse a Blow to US Prestige?

   NewsChannel 5.com (Sep 30 2008) Explore Article

   ...ll a land to be emulated. "I see two Americas: One is wealth-creating, innovative, with people like Bill Gates, and the other is made up of speculators," says Wang Jianmao, an economics professor at China Europ... (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Josef Ackermann   Ulf Mark Schneider   Treasury

8. Mark Cuban: “When I die, I want to come back as me”

   TechCrunch (Sep 9 2008) Explore Article

   ...ecause of the keyboard JC: Who’s the entrepreneur you respect most? Current or past? MC: I guess Bill Gates. Larry Ellison I respect. You know, old school entrepreneurs, it was just diffferent. There was a d... (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Barack Obama   Goldman Sachs   Yahoo

9. Indian Harvard grads turning biz plans into success stories

   The Economic Times (Jul 31 2008) Funding Explore Article

   ... classmate came up with 38 different business ideas during Think Week, a concept they borrowed from Bill Gates. A part of the plan generating process was to have them be thrown out the window. Anshul Arora (MBA... (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Draper Fisher Jurvetson   John Doerr   Tim Draper

10. Guess the most reputable company in India? It’s Microsoft!

    WATBlog.com (Jun 25 2008) Explore Article

    ...what’s surprising is that this comes on the back of repeated protests against both, Microsoft and Bill Gates for being socially irresponsible Guess the most reputable company in India? It’s Microsoft! Poste... (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Hindustan Unilever   Infosys   India Inc

11. Mark Zuckerberg, founder of FaceBook, felicitated by Harvard. Are the IIT’s listening?

    WATBlog.com (Jun 20 2008) Social Networking Explore Article

    ... out of Harvard, he becomes the second “real Techie”-turned-billionaire, after Bill Gates, to dropout of Harvard and form a trendsetting company. He now joins the Elite list, that includes ... (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Google   Michael Dell   Harvard University

12. A Sneak Peak At Windows 7, The Future of Computers, and Windows vs Mac

    WATBlog.com (May 29 2008) Mobile Explore Article

    Microsoft previewed Windows 7 a couple of days back   Bill Gates says it’s the beginning of an era of computing based on a new hierarchy of input systems. Today... (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Bill Gates   Microsoft

13. Microsoft’s Steven Sinofsky Speaks About Windows 7

    WATBlog.com (May 28 2008) Explore Article

    ...��t really talking about where they’re going, and that was the root of your question. Q: So, when Bill Gates was speaking in Miami, and said that Windows 7 was coming in the next year, was he referring to whe... (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Vista   Apple Inc.   Bill Gates

14. International: Bill Gates announces rebates for Web searches

    :::exchange4media::: (May 22 2008) Explore Article

    Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates has said that the future of search would not only include simple, intuitive user interfaces and res... (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Bill Gates   Microsoft

15. world according to | Jason Calacanis

    Technology News (May 19 2008) Explore Article

    ...people that fall into both categories. People who are great two-stage entrepreneurs are Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Larry Ellison. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's chief executive, is very young and he has surrounded... (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Google   Cisco   Larry Page

16. An obsession with innovation

    Technology News (May 19 2008) Explore Article

    ...people that fall into both categories. People who are great two-stage entrepreneurs are Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Larry Ellison. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's chief executive, is very young and he has surrounded... (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Google   Cisco   Mark Zuckerberg

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