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
My parents are very successful, and I went to the nicest private school in the Seattle area. I was lucky. But I never had any trust funds of any kind, though my dad did pay my tuition at Harvard, which was quite expensive.
Microsoft has had many, many successful products. I'm committed to one company. This is the industry I've decided to work in.
I believe the government has the right to recover from the heirs to the fortunes of its most successful citizens some portion of those fortunes.
The ability of a successful company to add functionality to its product has long been upheld.
The best way to prepare [to be a programmer] is to write programs, and to study great programs that other people have written. In my case, I went to the garbage cans at the Computer Science Center and I fished out listings of their operating systems.
I do think this next century, hopefully, will be about a more global view. Where you don't just think, 'Yes, my country is doing well,' but you think about the world at large.
There is a certain responsibility that accrued to me when I got to this unexpected position.
The most amazing philanthropists are people who are actually making a significant sacrifice.
Whether I'm at the office, at home, or on the road, I always have a stack of books I'm looking forward to reading.
Philanthropy should be voluntary.
The best teacher is very interactive.
Americans want students to get the best education possible. We want schools to prepare children to become good citizens and members of a prosperous American economy.