Gates Bill (Bill Gates)

Bill Gates or William Henry Gates III (William Henry Gates III) is an outstanding American businessman, philanthropist, founder of Microsoft Corporation. In 2013, owns a 4.5% stake in Microsoft.

During his career at Microsoft, he served as chief executive officer and chief software architect. Later he was chairman of the board of directors of Microsoft, however, since June 2008 , he has not actively participated in the management of the company. The Microsoft brand is associated with Bill Gates so strongly that the existence of a corporation without him was difficult to imagine. Since its founding in 1975 , Gates has become an integral part of it, an unconditional leader and the most influential employee.

The career of Bill Gates, who left Harvard for the sake of developing his own business, became the embodiment of the American dream. Millions envy him - according to a survey by the Deep Blue Insight Group, almost half of Americans would like to find themselves in the place of the head of Microsoft. And no wonder: Bill Gates first appeared on Forbes' rich list in 1986, climbing it higher and higher every year. Between 1996 and 2007, he was the richest man on the planet according to Forbes magazine. And later repeatedly occupied the top line of the rating.

Some call Gates a "worldwide evil" who imposed his laws of competition and standards on the world, others a benefactor who made PCs a mass product and laid the foundations of modern IT-Business. In his religious views, Gates is most likely agnostic. When a correspondent for The Times magazine asked if he believed in God, Gates replied, "I don't have any facts to testify to him."

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Biography

1955: Childhood and adolescence

Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955 , in Seattle, Washington, United States to an above-average family. His great-grandfather was the mayor of Seattle, his maternal grandfather was the head of the US national bank, his father was William Henry Gates II , a well-known lawyer, and his mother was Mary Maxwell Gates , a member of the board of directors of First Interstate Bank and the national board of United Way.

As a child, Bill was very shy and uncommunicative, he was not interested in peer games, which caused concern to his parents, who ultimately turned to a specialist. An experienced psychologist who checked the boy saw a strong character behind defenselessness and told his mother that she could not change her son, the only way she could take was to adapt herself.

In 1965, at the age of ten, Bill Gates, the son of respectable parents and the heir to their names, himself mined money for ice cream - he won in cards. He lost extremely rarely. At poker, a young bucketeer met another bucketeer - Paul Allen.

At eleven, Gates was passionate about winning a trip to the Seattle Space Needle restaurant, which was a prize in a competition organized by a local pastor. To do this, it was necessary to learn the "Sermon on the Mount," which included three chapters of the Gospel of Matthew. According to biographers Wallace and Erickson, Gates laid out the sermon impeccably. He would later say, "I can do anything I put my intelligence to." According to Ann Stephens, a high school teacher, Gates once verbatim reproduced a three-page monologue from James Farber's play, running it through his eyes once.

However, despite his unique abilities in mathematics and logic, Bill Gates did not show the leadership abilities characteristic of his parents. They could not have imagined that their son would become a real "shark" of world business. Inquisitive and smart Bill was bored in a regular elementary school. When Gates was 13 years old, the parents realized that only a privileged education was responsible for their son's abilities, and transferred him to Lakeside Private School.

As a child, Bill Gates had the nickname "Con" - bison, a nerd. Interestingly, later operating system Windows in (and before it in DOS), it was impossible to create a folder with this name, since Con is a word reserved since DOS for the Console system device (for data entry it is a keyboard, for data output it is a monitor). For example, to display the text.txt file in DOS, you had to enter the copy test.txt con command. To create a text.txt file by typing text, you had to enter the copy con text.txt command and start printing the text. So Billy's "nerd" has nothing to do with the Con device Windows in and DOS.

When Bill Gates was in eighth grade, the Mothers Club, with the proceeds from the sale of school junk, bought a ASR-33 teletype associated with the General Electric computer, on which the club also rented time for students to work. On this terminal, using the BASIC language, Gates wrote his first program - the tic-tac game, in which the computer itself was the opponent. When the leased time on the computer was exhausted, he and several other students managed to gain access to the PDP-10 mainframe owned by the Computer Center Corporation (CCC).

Soon, however, the corporation banned Gates and other students, including Paul Allen, from using their system for finding vulnerabilities in it and exploiting them for personal purposes to extend their work hours. Shortly thereafter, the Computer Center Corporation suggested that Gates find bugs in his software in exchange for computer time. Instead of working via teletape, Gates came to the company's office and already looked at the source codes running on the mainframe, including programs in FORTRAN, LISP and machine code.

At the age of 15, Bill Gates received an assignment from the administration of the school where he studied to write a program to allocate students to classes.

Gates not only completed the task, but also benefited himself: the program formed such a schedule for him that there were a disproportionate number of interesting girls in his classes.

1972: Founding the first company with Paul Allen

Gates' first venture was founded with Paul Allen in 1972. The company was called Traf-O-Data and there were only two employees in it - Paul Allen and Bill Gates. As part of this office, a traffic control program was written for the Seattle Municipality for an Intel 8008 microprocessor-based system. Traf-O-Data made twenty thousand dollars from this. According to Allen himself, Traf-O-Data, although it brought some profit, but in general the business was not very successful. Partners crushed by price competition were forced to cover their enterprise. What could break others, however, was just a pretty good lesson for Allen and Gates going forward.

1973: Admission to Harvard

In 1973 , Gates graduated from high school, gaining 1,590 out of 1,600 points from the American SAT for intelligence (equivalent to 170 points in the IQ test) and, following family tradition, entered Harvard University to study as an attorney. There he met Steve Ballmer.

While at Harvard, Gates remained just as introverted and uncommunicative, which was absolutely unsuitable for the chosen profession. He rarely attended student parties, except for those held at Ballmer's.

1974: Young Gates recap

In April 2013, Gates' resume, which he wrote as an 18-year-old, was on display at the Seattle Computer Museum.

Bill Gates' 1974 resume

It follows from the document that he was then in his first year at Harvard University, unmarried, weighed 130 pounds and was ready to move to any place for work. He claimed a salary of $15 thousand (in the United States, traditionally, wages are indicated on an annual basis, that is, we are talking about earning a little more than $1 thousand a month). The position that Gase planned to take: system analyst or programmer.

1975: Microsoft Begins

Old friend Paul Allen convinced him that a new software company should be opened, but Bill did not dare to drop out. Everything changed when Allen, on his way to a friend, bought the January 1975 issue of Popular Electronics magazine . There, on the cover, was a picture of Altair-8800 (Altair 8800), the first computer for a mass buyer. With the magazine in his hands, he broke into Bill: friends realized that they had a chance. The home computer market was born before our eyes, and on the eve of the coming boom, they urgently needed software.

Gates immediately called MITS, the company that created Altair, and said he and Paul were developing a BASIC interpretation for their computer. They were bluffing - they had nothing at that moment. The company became interested in the proposal, MITS President Ed Roberts set up a meeting at which they were to demonstrate their interpreter. Gates and Allen had to work at a frantic pace, creating program code and checking it on other computers - everything took several weeks. On the day of the presentation, the computer perceived the program as native, and MITS immediately wanted to buy the rights to it. It was on this day, according to Gates, that the market for "software," computer software, appeared. The Microsoft company was born, where Bill and Paul hired their school friends. Within a year, the hyphen was removed and Microsoft was registered on November 26, 1976.

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1979: University expulsion for absenteeism and underperformance

The first five Microsoft customers went bankrupt, but the guys did not despair and returned to Seattle in 1979. That year, Bill Gates was expelled from the university for absenteeism and failure.

1980: Order from IBM to develop BASIC interpreter

In 1980 , Microsoft received an order from IBM to create a BASIC interpreter for its own machine , the IBM PC. When Microsoft representatives mentioned that they also needed an operating system, Gates advised contacting Digital Research, the developer of the CP/M operating system, which was widely used at the time, but IBM's negotiations with Digital Research were unsuccessful.

A few weeks later, Gates proposed using 86-DOS (QDOS), an operating system similar to CP/M created by Tim Paterson of Seattle Computer Products (SCP). Microsoft agreed with SCP that it would be its exclusive licensing partner and would later become the sole owner of that operating system.

After the operating system was adapted for PC, Microsoft renamed the system PC-DOS and sold the license to use it to IBM for $50,000 with a request to preserve its copyright - Microsoft assumed that other computer manufacturers would start cloning IBM PC. In fact, this happened, and Microsoft became the largest player in the software market.

1985: Microsoft Windows 1.0 release.

In 1985, the American company Microsoft released the operating system Microsoft Windows 1.0. The system had many shortcomings and bugs, was considered a bad copy of Apple's operating system.

1986: Public Offering

In 1986 , Microsoft shares were first traded on the stock exchange, and Bill Gates overnight became a fabulous rich man. Gigabytes have become billions of dollars. While at Harvard, he presumptuously told one professor that he would become a millionaire in his 30s. He actually became a billionaire at 31.

In 1987, Microsoft introduced the first version of Windows on the market, and already in 1993 , the total sales of Windows per month exceeded one million.

1987-1989

Asked how Bill Gates ran Microsoft, he said the following:

Other than the testimony I gave to the US Department of Justice, no one ever said that when talking to the press or clients, I was rude, harsh or in command... at Microsoft we were pretty tough on each other... sometimes it went too far.

1995: Windows 95 Exit

In 1995 they appeared, and in Windows 95 two weeks 7 million copies were sold. Software Microsoft became so widely used that the company came to the attention of the American antitrust committee, which tried several times to initiate a case to forcibly split the Gates monopoly.

2000: Stepping down as head of Microsoft

Until 2000, Gates served as Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, transferring his authority in January 2000 to Steve Ballmer.

In 2006 , Bill Gates announced his intentions to resign as Microsoft CEO in July 2008 , switching his work to charity.

In June 2008, Gates stepped away from the management of the company, transferring the duties of the software architect to Ray Ozzie, and the functions of the director of strategy and research to Craig Mundie.

2007-2008

Company registration bgC3

At the end of June 2008, Gates retires from active management of Microsoft, promising to do it one day a week. At the end of October 2008, in the city of Kirkland (state Washington), USA Bill Gates registered his third company called "bgC3." According to regulatory documents, the Gates Research Center can deal with both the provision of scientific and technological services, as well as work in the field of analytics and research, as well as create and develop software and hardware. However, sources claim that the company does not fall into any of these categories. The name bgC3 probably means "Bill Gates Company Three" - "Bill Gates Third Company." It is likely that new technologies will be created in the bgC3 that will receive a direct road to Redmond or B&MGF. The bgC3 office has already been formed, and according to those who have already visited it, "to the top is stuffed with technology." Microsoft

Details of Gates' infidelities

In October 2021, new details about the treason of Bill Gates became known. According to The Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the situation, Microsoft management back in 2008 learned about the letters that the founder and former head of the company sent to an employee in 2007. According to the newspaper, Gates "was flirty" in the correspondence and offered the employee to meet.

In 2008, two of Microsoft's top executives, general counsel Brad Smith and HR director Lisa Brummel, met with Gates and said the behavior was inappropriate. Gates acknowledged that sending such letters was not the best idea, and promised not to offer meetings with colleagues anymore.

While these posts were flirting in nature, they were not sexually explicit. But still they were considered inappropriate, "company spokesman Frank Shaw told WSJ, adding that the employee herself did not complain about what was happening.

In addition, it is reported that long before the appearance of the 2019 letter and the 2007 correspondence, "at least one Microsoft board member was notified of Bill Gates' affair with an employee in 1992." It is clarified that this employee was not Melinda French. Gates then served as CEO of the company's board of directors.

According to the WSJ, Bill Gates tried to have an affair with at least three subordinates during a relationship and marriage with Melinda French, whom the Microsoft founder met in 1987, when she got a job as a product sales manager.

Gates spokesman Bridget Arnold, responding to the newspaper's request, called the statements incorrect and said that "repeated rumors come from people who are not directly involved, and sometimes from people with significant conflicts of interest."^[1]

2010: An affair with a Russian woman who was 30 years younger than Gates

On May 21, 2023, information appeared about the romance of Microsoft founder Bill Gates with Russian woman Mila Antonova, whom the billionaire met in 2010 at a bridge tournament.

According to The Wall Street Journal, citing information received from knowledgeable sources, the connection between Gates and Antonova became known during a journalistic investigation. It turned out that the founder of Microsoft was the victim of blackmail by Jeffrey Epstein, an American financier accused of trafficking minors.

The fact is that Antonova wanted to open an online bridge school and was actively looking for a significant amount of money for this - $500 thousand. Then Gates's adviser brought the girl with Epstein, but it was not possible to agree on investments in the project. Antonova later began to study as a programmer, and Epstein and others provided her with money to pay for these courses.

According to the released data, Epstein intended to create a multi-billion dollar charitable foundation with JPMorgan and tried to enlist the support of Gates. But the latter refused to take part in the initiative, and then Epstein began to demand money, threatening to disclose information about the secret connection between Gates and Antonova. Epstein reportedly allegedly asked Gates to reimburse him for funds that were spent on programming courses for Antonova. Epstein began blackmailing Gates: he threatened to publicly reveal the love affair between Microsoft co-founder and Mila Antonova - at that time Gates was still married to Melinda Gates.

However, Gates' representatives say that the founder of Microsoft did not have any financial relationship with Epstein.

Not too much is known about Antonova. According to data on social networks, in 2005 she graduated from a university in Russia. It is reported that at the time of his acquaintance with Gates, Antonova was about 20 years old, and the founder of Microsoft was 53. So the girl was more than 30 years younger than the billionaire.^[2]

2011: Failed holiday in Brazil

On April 19, 2011, Bill Gates and his friends were expelled from Brazil, AFP reported, citing the country's federal police. The reason for the discontent of the authorities was that the crew of the yacht on which they took a walk did not have permission to work. The yacht was detained on the Rio Negro River (the largest tributary of the Amazon) near the city of Manaus. Despite the fact that Gates and his friends had all the necessary documents in order - they legally arrived in Brazil on tourist visas - they were fined and the authorities asked them to leave the state within 3 days. Tourists did not hesitate and left on the same day. The amount of the fine paid is not reported. According to the agency, this is not the first time Gates has spent a vacation in the Amazon basin - he was here in 2007 and 2009.

2012: Windows 8 Presentation

In October 2012, Bill Gates introduced the new Windows 8 operating system in a video interview. He enthusiastically talked about the new features of the product and what hopes Microsoft has for Windows 8. 'It's a very important product. It takes Windows into the world of touchscreens and low-power devices: the world of tablets and smartphones, "Gates says. "In the new product, the company combines different ways to enter the PC world."

2013: Minority shareholders push for Gates' resignation from Microsoft board

In October 2013, three major Microsoft shareholders are pushing for the resignation of 57-year-old Bill Gates, who holds the chair of the board, from the corporation's board of directors. This was reported by Reuters, citing informed sources, without naming the shareholders by name, but reporting that they have about 5% of the company's shares, the value of which today is $277 billion^[3].

These shareholders were confident that Gates' tenure as chairman of the board would deter Microsoft from implementing new strategies and in the future limit the capabilities of the new chief executive to replace Ballmer. Shareholders were angry that Gates is on the committee looking to find Bulmer's successor.

2014

Gates lost to world chess champion in 80 seconds

In January 2014, Bill Gates was invited to participate in a Norwegian-Swedish television talk show called "Skavlan," where he was offered to play a chess game in the so-called "fast chess" with Magnus Carlsen (full name - Sven Magnus Een Carlsen).

Carlsen is a 23-year-old Norwegian chess player, the 16th world chess chepion (since 2013). One of the youngest grandmasters in the world (became grandmaster on April 26, 2004 at the age of 13, the third in the list of the youngest grandmasters in the world after Sergei Karjakin and Parimaryan Nega). At the age of 13, he drew against Garry Kasparov, and in 2008 he beat Vladimir Kramnik.

As a result, Carlsen defeated Gates on the 9th move of the game in just 80 seconds. It's Gates' fastest public loss of his career.

Gates resigns as chairman of Microsoft Board of Directors

In February 2014, it became known that Bill Gates left the chair of the board of directors of Microsoft. Under the new CEO Satya Nadella, the founder of the company will take on the role of technology adviser.

A page on Satya Nadella's appointment posted a video of Bill Gates' comment. The first head of Microsoft says he is pleased with the request of the new CEO to devote more time to the company. According to him, up to a third of his time, Bill Gates had to devote meetings with product developers.

2017

Regret using Ctrl-Alt-Del in Windows

In September 2017, Bill Gates expressed regret that Microsoft uses a three-button combination to call Task Manager and reboot Windows. The co-founder of Microsoft wished that these functions could be performed with one key.

In the early years of Windows, IBM, which then made keyboards, could not or did not want to implement a separate special key to guarantee the interruption of the operating system. Therefore, it was decided to use Ctrl-Alt-Del.

During his speech at the Bloomberg Global Business Forum conference in New York. Bill Gates stated that if he could replace Ctrl-Alt-Del with one button without risk or serious consequences, he would definitely do so.

The issue has been raised repeatedly in conversations with Gates. In 2013, the entrepreneur said the following:

We could have one button. But the guy who was developing keyboards at IBM didn't want to give it to us. It was a mistake.

We are talking about IBM engineer David Bradley, who worked on the creation of the IBM PC. In one of his interviews, he said that the idea using Ctrl-Alt-Del came to him in five minutes, ten more went to implementation. Bradley then took up other tasks and did not return to the invented combination of buttons.

One of the reasons that prompted the IBM programmer to use exactly three buttons was that a long combination avoids accidental pressing and unintentional rebooting of the system

Restarting via Ctrl-Alt-Del was a BIOS feature at first, but Microsoft turned it  into a software component of Enhanced Mode in Windows 3.0.

Microsoft later hoped to sell Windows NT to the  US government, which required a Secure Attention Key (SAK) to which only the operating system could respond. This condition was supposed to prevent the imitation of an invitation to register using malicious code. Ctrl-Alt-Del has become SAK for Windows.^[4]

Using an Android smartphone

In September 2017, Bill Gates revealed which mobile phone he uses. The founder of Microsoft abandoned the Windows device in favor of an Android device. Although he did not specify which model he is using, there is a high probability that we are talking about the Samsung Galaxy S8.

I managed to use all Windows computers. As for the phone that I have, I recently switched to Android, "Gates said in an interview with Fox News Sunday.

- It turns out that not the iPhone?, - asked Gates correspondent Chris Wallace (Chris Wallace).

"No,

not the iPhone," he replied.

Microsoft has made a lot of attempts to gain a foothold in the smartphone market and even acquired Nokia in 2014 for this. However, the work of the American company in the mobile industry was ineffective, as a result of which it sold the Nokia telephone business and abandoned support for the Windows Phone operating system.

According to Fortune, Bill Gates stepped away from Microsoft management long before mistakes in the smartphone market, which was made by Steve Ballmer, who was then CEO. His successor, Satya Nadella, has shifted attention to other technologies, including cloud services, voice assistants and virtual reality.

Although Gates did not name the exact model smartphone he chose, the businessman noted that  it has "a large number of software Microsoft." This device can be a gadget from. Samsung

In March 2017, the flagship Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 + Microsoft Edition devices were released, equipped with pre-installed Microsoft Office, OneDrive, Cortana, Outlook, etc. These applications can be installed on any other Android smartphone, but the release of such a version of the Galaxy S8 with Microsoft software "out of the box" may well mean expanding this initiative to other models in the future.

The release of devices modified by Microsoft could have prompted Bill Gates to abandon Windows in favor of Android.

According to Ian Fogg, an analyst at IHS Markit consulting company, Microsoft's current strategy is to make Microsoft applications available on Android and iPhone phones.

Previously, the priority was to release as many Windows-based smartphones as possible. Now the first priority is to sell services such as Office and Outlook. To do this, it is necessary that these services appear on all devices, the expert emphasized.

In an interview with Fox News Sunday, Gates also stated that Apple founder Steve Jobs was an "amazing genius." Despite this, the co-founder of Microsoft is not going to use the iPhone. Moreover, it forbids its children from doing the same.

In an interview with the British radio station Radio 4 in 2013, Bill Gates' wife Melinda admitted that the head of the family insists on the complete absence of Apple devices in their home. She noted that their son and two daughters from time to time ask their parents to buy them some kind of "apple" gadget, to which the father responds with a decisive refusal. According to Melinda Gates, instead of an iPhone, children used tubes running Windows Phone 8, and instead of an iPod, a Zune player, which was withdrawn from sale.^[5]

According to IDC researchers for the first quarter of 2017, the Android OS chosen by Bill Gates is installed on 85% of smartphones in the world. Shares of iOS and Windows Phone were measured at 14.7% and 0.1%, respectively.

Opinion on the impact of technical progress on the growth of inequality

In November 2017, Bill Gates expressed the opinion that inequality between people is increasing, and the development of technology will only aggravate the situation.

If we are not cautious, technology will highlight the difference between rich and poor, because if they are studied only at prestigious universities, the gap between wealthy and poor people will be even greater, Gates said during a speech at the Misk Global Forum in Riyadh (UAE).

According to the founder, education in the Microsoft field information technology should be available to most people, and then technological advances will be most beneficial.

He also believes that artificial intelligence can help "take on all the main problems," and "its advantages will negate possible disadvantages."

Yes, robots can take jobs away from people, but as we free up the workforce, we can use it for other important purposes like education and elder care... If fewer people are employed in production, they will be able to work in the social sphere, "said the billionaire.

As one of the key figures in the field of information technology, Bill Gates admits that the development of technology can entail problems related, for example, to the protection of personal data, as well as political advertising and election campaigns.

Bill Gates and the founder Facebook Mark Zuckerberg (Mark Zuckerberg) have previously repeatedly spoken about the impact (artificial intelligence AI) on the further development of humanity. They are united in the view that AI "will help make life better." Zuckerberg said he was "very optimistic" about the development of technology, and Gates urged "not to panic about this" and to tax, robots CNBC said.^[6]

2018

Paying taxes and criticizing Trump's tax policies

In February 2018, Bill Gates announced that he pays taxes more than others, and criticized the tax policy of American President Donald Trump (Donald Trump).

I paid more than $10 billion in taxes - more than anyone, but the government should demand much higher payments from people like me, Gates said in an interview with CNN.

He also noted that Trump's tax reform in the United States is much more beneficial for wealthy people than for the poor or middle class.

This is not a progressive, but a regressive tax bill... It contradicts the general trend we'd like to see - stronger Social Security and higher taxes for the wealthiest, the Microsoft co-founder believes.

According to him, it is important for all developed democracies to pay attention to the problem of increasing income inequality. By February 2018, a sixth of the US population lives in unacceptable conditions, so the authorities should consider why the state will not offer these people a better job, said the billionaire, who donated more than $40 billion to charity.

Donald Trump signed the tax reform law in late 2017. It has become the largest innovation in this area since the 90s of the XX century. The law provides for the relief of the tax burden for various kinds of taxpayers, but first of all - for business, corporations and enterprises. The updated tax system threatens a significant increase in the treasury deficit, but the authors of the initiative expect to compensate for this with the accelerated development of the corporate sector and the economy.

According to the American Institute for Policy Studies, the three richest people on the planet - Bill Gates, an investor Warren Buffett and head - Amazon Jeff Bezos have a fortune that is more than the poorest half of the US population combined, that is, 160 million people.^[7]

Bill Gates blames cryptocurrencies for people's deaths

At the end of February 2018, Bill Gates warned of the dangers of cryptocurrencies, which, according to the founder of Microsoft, are used to purchase illegal drugs and finance other criminal activities, as a result of which people subsequently die.

Now they buy fentanyl and other drugs with the help of cryptocurrencies, so this is one of the few technologies that directly causes deaths... I believe that the wave of speculation around ICOs and cryptocurrencies carries risks in the long term, - said Gates, answering user questions on  Reddit as part of the Ask Me Anything session.

The businessman noted that he does not consider the anonymity of cryptocurrencies "a good characteristic," and added that he supports the fight of the authorities against money laundering, tax evasion and the financing of terrorism.

Bill Gates is far from the first major entrepreneur to respond negatively to cryptocurrencies. Many businessmen call bitcoin, etc., a favorite tool for terrorists and drug dealers. In September 2017, JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon  declared alcohol trading a fraud and said it was worth using them "only if you are a drug dealer or killer."

Well-known American investor Warren Buffett believes that the excitement around cryptocurrencies will not end well.

Regarding cryptocurrencies in general, I can almost certainly say that a bad end awaits them, "he told CNBC in January 2018, adding that he himself refuses to invest in something that he" knows nothing about. "

Some countries have already opened their markets for cryptocurrencies, but in Russia they are approaching this issue cautiously. The Central Bank believes that it is too early to admit them to trading.^[8]

Support for CRISPR gene modification system

In April 2018, Microsoft founder Bill Gates again expressed support for the CRISPR gene modification tool. The billionaire believes that people can use such developments to combat diseases, increase livestock and increase yields, as well as to confront insects that spread malaria. Read more here.

Bill Gates called bitcoin one of the most speculative things

Microsoft founder Bill Gates openly criticized Bitcoin, saying in an interview with CNBC on May 7, 2018 that the first cryptocurrency and ICO represent "some of the craziest and most speculative things."

In terms of asset class, you don't produce anything, so you shouldn't expect its price to go up. This investment is the theory of the "bigger fool" in its purest form, "Gates is convinced.

According to the "bigger fool" theory, money on securities is made regardless of their quality, since it is always possible to find an "even bigger fool" and resell it at a profit. This principle naturally leads to the collapse of such speculative bubbles.

I think that the wave of speculation around ICOs and cryptocurrencies represents an extraordinary risk for those who invest long-term, he stressed.

Gates also added that he would "mess up bitcoin (playing to lower its rate, approx. TAdviser) if there was an easy way to do it."

The founder of Microsoft admitted that he himself had previously owned bitcoins - he was presented with cryptocurrency for his birthday, but a few years later he sold it.

It is noteworthy that a few years ago Bill Gates spoke quite positively about cryptocurrency. In particular, in November 2014, the billionaire called Bitcoin "a revolutionary technology and the most innovative solution in the modern Internet payment market," and a few months later Microsoft began accepting cryptocurrency for payment.^[9]

Obtaining Estonian e-citizenship

On October 18, 2018, Bill Gates received Estonian electronic citizenship. The co-founder of Microsoft visited the country to discuss with the authorities the possibility of providing assistance to African countries. Read more here.

Bill Gates: How Paul Allen changed my life

In October 2018, Bill Gates paid tribute to his late friend Paul Allen, with whom he founded Microsoft in 1975. In an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal, Gates, 62, recalled when he first met Allen in high school and how their friendship changed Gates' life, as well as the entire tech world.

The acquaintance of future Microsoft co-founders took place when Gates went to seventh grade and Allen to ninth grade. They became friends and spent all their free time working on all sorts of machines that could be created with their own hands.

We became friends thanks to a teletype that the students' mothers bought for school and which was used to connect to a remote mainframe, recalls Bill Gates. 'While the other students were leaving the house to go to parties, Paul and I spent our nights at computers in the lab at the University of Washington. It sounds a bit weird, and it really was, but it also allowed you to build up experience. I'm not sure I'd have the courage to do it without Paul. I know it wouldn't be that much fun.

When many people didn't know anything about personal computers yet, Paul Allen, as a schoolboy, predicted that the chips would become superpower and eventually lead to a whole new industry, Gates said.

Gates and Allen stole passwords to hack the school system, which limited the time of their experiments with computers. For this, young shalopai received severe punishment - they were forbidden to engage in their favorite activities all summer. As high school students, they set up a firm, Traf-O-Data, and began developing traffic-sensitive meters.

We thought we got a great demonstration of the capabilities of new devices. We created a prototype and worked on it. We imagined selling it all over the country. But no one wanted to buy cars, and we had to curtail all this, Gates said, noting that Traf-O-Data was their first joint project before Microsoft was created.

Shortly before Microsoft was founded, Paul Allen showed Gates a magazine that talked about a new computer called Altair 8800 and told him: "This is happening without us!" It is this moment that Gates calls the beginning of Microsoft.

He says at the time it was impossible to use a machine with a chip inside when software was being developed for it. This made it much more difficult to write code for such processors. Then Paul Allen came up with the idea of ​ ​ writing code that allowed you to emulate these chips on a more powerful computer, and then port it to equipment with a less productive chip.

This breakthrough was important for many of Microsoft's early successes, and this is Paul's credit, "Gates said.

Paul Allen was a man with a versatile mind and could just explain difficult things. Already an adult, he wanted to promote smart city projects, develop brain research and end the poaching of elephants. He was also generous and sympathetic - in his hometown of Seattle, he donated money to homeless shelters and brain-research sciences, Gates continues.

Through efforts to help underprivileged communities, Allen has become one of the most recognizable figures in the Pacific Northwest. Allen was interested in a variety of things and always wanted to share his interests with others, so he founded several museums, including the Armored Vehicles and Military Aviation Museum, as well as the Pop Culture Museum.

When I think of Paul, I think of a passionate person who loved family and valued friends. He was a brilliant specialist and a man with an open and generous soul. Paul deserved more, but he did not waste the time given to him. I will miss him very much, "Gates summed up.[10]

2019

Bill Gates lines up for burger at Dick's

On January 15, 2019, a photo was posted on the social network Facebook showing Bill Gates queuing at Dick's fast food restaurant in a Seattle parking lot with his hands in his pockets. The picture was taken by a local resident Michael Galos (Mike Galos).

Facebook The user commented on his publication in the following:

When your fortune is about $100 billion, you run the largest charity in world history and stand in line for a burger, fries and cola in the Dickʼs, like the rest of us... This is how real rich people behave, as opposed to a showstopper with a golden toilet in the White House.

Despite the great popularity and huge fortune, which, according to Forbes, exceeds $95 billion by January 17, 2019, Bill Gates leads a rather ascetic lifestyle and does not put money at the head. The businessman can be seen from time to time in public places in the United States, in which you rarely meet rich people.

A little surprisingly different, GeekWire notes. Bill Gates has long been known to enjoy eating at the Burgermaster eatery in Belleville, which is located next to Microsoft's first office. The founder of the company with his team often visited this institution.

However, in an interview with Wired, Bill Gates admitted that both Burgermaster and Dick's are his favorite places to eat. Speaking of Burgermaster, the entrepreneur noted that his "name speaks for itself," and he called Dick's a "classic" place.

During his speech at the University of Washington, Bill Gates said that people can overestimate billionaires, and cited the example of a hamburger.

I can understand the desire to have millions of dollars that give a certain freedom, a meaningful freedom that comes with it. But once you get beyond that, I have to tell you the burger stays the same, 'he revealed.[11]

Bill Gates calls Microsoft's greatest mistake

In June 2019, Bill Gates spoke about the "greatest mistake" made by Microsoft and the co-founder of this company himself. The businessman regrets that not Microsoft, but Google has created the world's most popular mobile operating system - Android.

The biggest mistake of all time was that I ineptly ran Microsoft, as a result of which the company did not create Android - the standard platform for phones not from Apple. If Microsoft had won, it would have been natural... There is room for exactly one non-Apple OS. What is it worth? $400 billion that would go from G to M, Bill Gates said in a conversation with Eventbrite co-founder and CEO Julia Hartz at an event hosted by venture capital firm Village Global.

Gates believes that in the software market, especially in the segment of mobile platforms, "winner takes all": the company that first made a high-quality product becomes the leader.

Microsoft had its own mobile operating system, which at its peak was one of the three most popular. However, the company refused to develop this product due to weak demand.

Small differences in the software market are defining, Gates said.

Therefore, every evening you think: what if I fail it? And in the end, we failed something very important, - admitted the co-founder of Microsoft.

He also added that he thinks Microsoft is a "very strong company" that would be "leading," if not a bug with Android. By June 24, 2019, Microsoft is the most expensive company in the world with a market capitalization of $1.05 trillion. Bill Gates is the second richest man in the world, his fortune Forbes magazine estimates at $102.9 billion^[12]

Bill Gates: Companies need to be set up seven days a week

At the end of June 2019, Bill Gates said that in the early days of Microsoft, he worked seven days a week and did not take a vacation. This is an inevitable sacrifice that has to be made when creating your own company, the founder of the software giant believes..

Gates, along with other business leaders, discussed this topic at a conference of the Village Global venture fund during a public meeting with Julia Hartz, CEO of Eventbrite. Gates created Microsoft when he was 20 years old, and in those years he devoted the business all the time he could afford. Before resting, you need to make sure that the company is on the right path to success, Gates emphasized.

While his habits changed later, Gates still believes startup founders should be willing to sacrifice weekends and vacations. He acknowledged that everyone on the team can have "distractions" - family or health. Gates said that by the age of 30 he had relaxed a little and loved vacations, but believes that all the sacrifices were made for good reason:

I have a rather tough position - I am convinced that in the early years the creators should devote all their free time to the startup, especially if they are engaged in any engineering developments that still need to be implemented.

However, Gates noted that there is a danger of mythologizing this approach - people often begin to worship the idea of ​ ​ hard work for the sake of labor itself, and this should not be done. In addition, such principles are not suitable for everyone.

Now I have a lot of rest. Twenty-year-old I would hate me now, - said Gates. - Then I was sure that I would never fly otherwise than economy class. But now I have my own personal plane. So a lot changes over time.[13]

Philosophical mood

As the BGR edition notes in the publication of July 7, 2019, recently Bill Gates has been in some kind of reflective, philosophical mood during his interviews and public speeches.

Bill Gates: Economists don't understand macroeconomics

In mid-September 2019, Bill Gates stated that economists do not actually understand macroeconomics.

It is a pity that economists do not really understand macroeconomics, he said in an interview with Quartz.

Asked what he meant, Gates continued:

Macroeconomics is not physics, here you cannot take specific data and get a specific result. Will interest rates ever return to normal, and why not? Too many factors affect the economic situation, we cannot predict it. Even today, people are still arguing about what did happen in 2008. What can we say about the future!

In a sense, Gates is right: Economists have little understanding of macroeconomics. But no one understands it at all. Any responsible economist easily confesses his ignorance. Unlike microeconomics, which considers the economy at the level of individual enterprises and consumers, macroeconomics is designed to explain the interaction of various factors affecting the economy as a whole. However, as Gates pointed out, the macroeconomic situation is complex and constantly changing. Economists try to understand it by developing mathematical models for various factors, and check their accuracy using past data.

But in macroeconomics, millions of factors constantly affect each other. Economic models are not comprehensive, but one should not argue that they are not needed at all. It is macroeconomic models that allow policymakers to understand how people and various factors can respond to a new tax or gain new benefits. Studies by economists have allowed to increase incomes of the population, provided low predictable inflation, and also reduced the risk and uncertainty of the economic situation.^[14]

2020

Leaving Microsoft's Board of Directors

In mid-March 2020, Bill Gates announced his resignation from Microsoft's board of directors. The businessman made this decision to focus on charity.

Microsoft will always be an important part of my life, and I will continue to partner with Satya Nadella and technical management to help shape the company's vision and achieve ambitious goals, Gates revealed.

Having resigned from the board of directors of Microsoft, the co-founder of the company intends to devote more time to charitable activities in the field of health, education and combating climate change.

Bill Gates is expected to tackle the COVID-19 coronavirus. Earlier, his fund allocated $10 million to combat the spread of infection, later he decided to allocate another $90 million for these purposes.

Bill Gates will continue to work for the company as Nadella's adviser. Gates will also remain one of Microsoft 's largest shareholders - he still owns about 1.36% of the company's securities, according to CNBC. The market capitalization of the software giant is about $1.2 trillion by March 16, 2020.

Working with and learning from Bill over the years has been a huge honor and privilege for me... I am grateful to Bill for his friendship and look forward to continuing to work together to fulfill our mission to empower every person and organization on the planet, "said Satya Nadella, head of the company, in a statement from Microsoft.

There are 12 people left on Microsoft's board of directors after Bill Gates left, including Satya Nadella. The founder of the corporation also announced that he intends to leave the Berkshire Hathaway investment fund, founded by Warren Buffett.

Microsoft and Berkshire Hathaway have never had such strong leadership, so this is the right moment to take this step, "Gates wrote on his LinkedIn social media page.[15]

Named the reason for leaving Microsoft - office romance

In mid-May 2021, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) published an article reporting the reason for Bill Gates' departure from the Microsoft board of directors. According to informants of the publication, the co-founder of the company stopped participating in its activities due to an official affair with one of the employees.

The publication says that Microsoft management hired lawyers back in 2019 to investigate information about sexual relations between Gates and his subordinate. The law firm was brought in after a complaint from a corporation employee alleging Gates had an intimate relationship with her for several years.

During the investigation, some board members found Gates' relationship with the employee inappropriate. They did not want one of the company's directors to be involved in a similar story after the emergence of the# MeToo movement, sources say.

One interviewee noted that Bill Gates resigned before the board concluded its investigation.

A spokeswoman for Gates denied that his decision to leave the board was due to an inappropriate romantic relationship with one of the employees

A few years before, Gates had shown an interest in spending more time on philanthropy, she noted, adding that Gates had an affair about 20 years ago and it ended in a friendly way.

Gates himself explained his departure from the board of directors of Microsoft with a desire to focus on charitable projects. Gates' comments on the WSJ publication by May 17, 2021 could not be obtained by journalists.

It is noted that during negotiations with Microsoft, the employee asked Gates' wife to read her letter. Whether Melinda Gates got acquainted with the letter is unknown, writes WSJ.^[16]

Suspicions of wanting Nobel Prize through pedophile millionaire

In mid-May 2021, Microsoft founder Bill Gates was accused of intending to win the Nobel Prize, using a connection with millionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein, who was convicted of pedophilia and sex trafficking.

According to the Norwegian news agency DNMagasinet, Gates and Epstein visited the residence of ex-chairman of the Nobel Committee Thorbjörn Jagland in Strasbourg (France) in 2013. The meeting came years after Epstein pleaded guilty to a charge of soliciting an underage prostitute and also agreed to pay compensation to several women. At least 36 victims have been identified as part of the federal investigation, according to the Miami Herald.

The source notes that Epstein brought the founder of Microsoft with the International Peace Institute (IPI), to which Gates later donated $2.5 million and the organization became a partner of the Bill Foundation in the fight against polio. Employees of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation were reportedly aware of Epstein's bad reputation, but nevertheless made contact with him.

They came to my residence with their delegations. Bill Gates and Epstein arrived together, followed by the others. I introduced them to the European drug turnover control system, "Jagland writes in an email.

Jagland noted that Gates was interested in the work of the Council of Europe to provide medicines for the population. The Council of Europe signed a very important international convention on this issue at that time, including regulating the circulation of counterfeit medicines.

IPI has several ties to Epstein, including through a donation of $375,000 from one of his funds. Several press releases from Epstein's organizations focus on partnering with IPI.

When asked by DNMagasinet about whether Jagland sees a problem with the Nobel Committee chairman inviting a possible Nobel Peace Prize winner to his home, he noted that "Bill Gates was not nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2013."

According to the Nobel Committee, the organization cannot provide accurate information on this issue, since the names of those nominated for the prize have been kept secret for 50 years. Jagland noted that his opinion that Bill Gates was not nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2013 was based on publicly available information. Gates' foundation said the organization never had a financial relationship with Epstein.^[17]

2024: Attending the wedding of the son of Asia's richest man

In early March 2024, it became known about the marriage of Anant Ambani, the son of the richest man Asia Mukesh Ambani. $113 million was spent on organizing celebrations.

The main part began with a cocktail party. About 1,200 guests were invited to the event, including the founder, Microsoft Bill Gates founder (Meta Russia the company is recognized as extremist, its activities are prohibited), Mark Zuckerberg CEO, Google Sundar Pichai daughter of the former president USA Donald Trump Ivanka, former prime ministers,, Sweden Canada Australia chairman of the World Economic Forum Klaus Schwab, cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar and Bollywood stars Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan. More. here

Charity

Main article: Bill Gates Charity

Family

Gates is married to Melinda Gates (French). They have three children - Jennifer Katharine Gates, Rory John Gates and Phoebe Adele Gates. Bill Gates is known to ban his children from using Apple iPods and iPhone smartphones.

2005-2012

At the end of 2005 , Bill Gates and Melinda Gates were named the American Time magazine people of the year.

At the end of 2012 children of the former head of Microsoft corporation Bill Gates want to have at themselves iPod players and other products of Apple, but receive only alternative options released by Microsoft from parents. In the Radio 4 Today program (end of 2012) the leader asked Bill Gates's wife Melinda a question whether handled sometime the son and two daughters Geytsov a request to buy them iPod, and she recognized that it really happened. But is­pol­zo­vat pro­duk­ty Apple to za­pre­shche­no children.

"Really, children addressed to us with such requests, - Melinda Gates reported. "But they're po­lu­cha­yut tekh­no­lo­gii Windows. Bo­gat­stvo our family so­zda­va­los bla­go­da­rya Microsoft, so why would we in­ve­sti­ro­vat

in the kon­ku­ren­ta? "

After strengthening of opposition between Apple from one party and Google and Samsung with another, the Microsoft corporation expressed the intention to press Apple in the market of smartphones and tablet computers. Still reviews of the Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 products were filled with optimistic notes, but critics doubt ability of Microsoft to create more mature ecosystem of applications, than those that were already constructed by the Apple and Google companies earlier.

2020: Daughter Jennifer's engagement

In late January 2020, Bill Gates' 23-year-old daughter Jennifer announced her engagement. She marries a professional equestrian rider of Egyptian descent, Nayel Nassar. Read more here.

2021

Divorce from wife Melinda

On May 3, 2021, Bill Gates announced his divorce from his wife Melinda. Their marriage lasted 27 years.

After a lot of thought and a lot of work on our relationship, we decided to end the marriage. Over 27 years, we have raised three wonderful children and created a foundation that helps people around the world live healthy and productive lives. We will continue to work together on the fund, but we no longer believe that we, as a couple, will be able to grow together in this new phase of our lives, - said in a joint statement by the Gates spouses, published on the official page of the Microsoft co-founder on Twitter.

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is the world's largest private charitable foundation with a targeted capital of $40 billion. Melinda devoted much of her work to protecting women's rights.

By May 2021, Bill Gates, with a fortune of $124 billion, ranks fourth in the list of the richest people on the planet according to the version. Forbes Melinda Gates ranked fifth in the ranking of the most influential women in the world.

According to TMZ, citing Bill and Melinda Gates' divorce statement, the couple did not conclude a marriage contract. It is noted that Melinda applied to the court with a request for divorce. According to her, their marriage with Gates was irrevocably destroyed. According to the publication, there was no information about the marriage contract in the divorce documents. At the same time, earlier the spouses entered into an agreement on separation.

The separation contract itself is not included in the divorce application, however, it follows from the documents that the couple has lived separately for some time and settled all property issues with a previously signed legal agreement. Bill Gates signed an application to join that document, meaning he supports a divorce.^[18]

Later, some details of the divorce became known. The Cascade Investments Fund, through which Microsoft founder Bill Gates owns shares in a number of large companies, transferred $1.8 billion in securities to his wife Melinda Gates on May 3.

So, Melinda Gates will receive shares of the Canadian National Railway Company for $1.5 billion, as well as securities of Autonization (one of the largest car dealers in the United States) for $300 million.

Bloomberg noted that we are talking about a small share of the shares. Cascade Investments still has $50 billion in securities from companies such as Republic Services (waste recycling), Deere (agricultural machinery), Ecolab (water purification systems).

Melinda divorce tie to Gates' promiscuous life

In mid-May 2021, new details of the divorce of Microsoft founder Bill Gates from his wife Melinda after 27 years of marriage were revealed. The billionaire's biographer spoke about his debauchery.

According to the New York Post (NYP), one of the reasons for Melinda's divorce from her husband was Bill Gates' addiction to promiscuous life with porn shows, strip clubs, prostitutes and orgies in the pool.

NYP, citing billionaire biographer James Wallace, reports that dissolute hobbies were part of Gates' life in the 80s and early 90s of the 20th century. In the book "Overdrive: Bill Gates and the Race to Control Cyberspace," which was published back in 1997, Wallace wrote that Gates throws parties in the pool with strippers and is a "womanizer."

According to Wallace, the billionaire also likes to have bachelor parties and visit nightclubs with strippers, including inviting them to his home for a pool time with his friends. Wallace notes that the billionaire began to lead a dissolute lifestyle back in the 80s, but his addictions did not disappear even after the beginning of his relationship with Melinda in 1988.

The biographer said that Gates' debauchery was well known, although not very well covered. Melinda knew about Gates' hobbies and the couple even had a relationship crisis lasting almost one year due to Gates' reluctance to commit to Melinda. In 1992, Melinda and Bill still continued to build a relationship and the connection between them, according to Wallace, became stronger.

Wallace confirms Gates' infidelity - the book cites an interview with billionaire ex-girlfriend Ann Winblood, who said Gates continued to spend weekends with her on occasion after his marriage to Melinda in 1994. Former Microsoft top manager Vern Raburn confirmed that at the beginning of Gates' relationship with Melinda, there was actually Bill's "infidelity^[19]

Bill Gates officially divorced his wife

In early August 2021, it was reported that Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates filed for divorce on May 3, 2021 after 27 years of marriage. After three months, the divorce of one of the richest and most influential couples in the world was finalized by a judge.

Court documents show that neither party will change their last name or receive spousal support, but how exactly the Gates' vast wealth will be shared remains unclear. Washington is a state of common ownership, which means that all assets accumulated in marriage must be divided equally in the event of a divorce. However, the division of Gates property takes place under the auspices of a separation agreement, the details of which are unknown.

According to Bloomberg's Billionaires Index, Bill Gates as of August 3, 2021 is the fourth richest man in the world and his fortune is $151 billion. The judge who filed the divorce said only that the contract was fair and equitable.

Microsoft board members were also interested in Gates' relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. As The New York Times reported in May 2021, Bill Gates became friends with Epstein in 2011, three years after the financier pleaded guilty to involving 14-year-old children in prostitution. The outlet reported that Ms. French Gates expressed dissatisfaction with her husband's time with the sex offender, but Mr. Gates continued to do so further.

One of the main unknowns after the divorce is the future of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, whose assets are just under $50 billion, making it the second largest charitable foundation in the world. The foundation is currently planning a two-year probation period to see if the former couple can continue to work constructively together as co-chairs and trustees. If not, Melinda French Gates will leave the fund.

In that case, Melinda would receive personal funds from Bill for her philanthropic activities. These resources will be completely separated from the trust capital of the fund, which will not be affected, - said in July 2021, the CEO of the fund, Mark Suzman.

After announcing their divorce, Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates pledged another $15 billion to the fund, bringing its total target capital to $65 billion.^[20]

Hobby

Gates loves cars, motorboats, poker and bridge. He is gambling in work to maniacality, and a passion for competition captivates him with more money.

In 2008, Microsoft founder Bill Gates bought a hunting ranch for $8.9 million. On 200 hectares of land near Lake Irma Lake in Wyoming, there is a mansion with an area of ​ ​ almost 1.4 thousand square meters. m, a guest house for 5 bedrooms, as well as a hunting lodge of the legendary American bison hunter Buffalo Bill, who once owned a ranch. The estate wanted to acquire a local monastery of the Carmelite order, but he failed to collect the necessary amount.

Author of books

1995: The Road to the Future

In 1995 , Bill Gates wrote the book The Road Ahead, in which he outlined his views on the direction society is moving in connection with the development of information technology. The book was co-written by Nathan Myhrvold, vice president of Microsoft, and journalist Peter Rynearson. For seven weeks, The Road to the Future ranked first on the New York Times bestseller list. The book was published in the United States by Viking and lasted a total of 18 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. The Road to the Future was published in more than 20 countries. Over 400 thousand copies were sold in China alone. In 1996 , when Microsoft was reoriented to Internet technology, Gates made significant adjustments to the book.

1999: Business at Speed of Thought

In 1999 , Bill Gates wrote the book Business @ the Speed ​ ​ of Thought, which shows how information technology can solve business problems in a completely new way. Of particular note is the fact that Gates' ideas align well with the lean manufacturing concept. In the book, Bill Gates outlined the principles of information lean logistics he developed, based on the experience of its use at Microsoft. The peculiarities of the book include the fact that the author was one of the first to propose applying the principles of this new direction in business management for all levels of government, modernization of the education system (pedagogical logistics) and health care. This book has been released in 25 languages and is sold in over 60 countries worldwide. "Business at Speed ​ ​ Thought" was praised by critics and was included in the best-selling lists of the newspapers "New York Times," "America Today," "Wall Street Journal" and web server Amazon.com.

Gates Books and Movies

In the book "Janet Lowe. Says Bill Gates "recognises the huge impact Gates has had on the world in terms of high tech, economics and social aspirations. She talks about him as a precocious "technician" who played a leading role in the changes that occur with the way we work, play, treat, learn and cope with the daily routine. This book is about what Bill Gates thinks and what we can learn from him. The book is not built in chronological order, but rather on individual topics. "He can be loved or hated, but not ignored," writes Fortune magazine, edited by John Hugh.

Pirates of Silicon Valley is an unauthorized television documentary film written and directed by Martin Burke. In it, the author juxtaposes the trials and misfortunes of childhood friends: Steve Jobs (Noah Wile) and Stephen Wozniak (Joy Slotnik), who ultimately created Apple Computer; and Harvard students: Bill Gates (Anthony Michael Zal), Steve Ballmer (John DiMaggio) and Gates High School friend Paul Allen (Josh Hopkins), who will create Microsoft.

Gates on social media

Twitter account

Since 2010, Gates has been microblogging on Twitter, where in mid-2013 he already has about 11.7 million subscribers. Most of his posts focus on charity, a job he does as co-chairman of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which he created with his wife.

LinkedIn Account

In June 2013, Bill Gates started an account on the^[21] social network for LinkedIn professionals, however, unlike most of the 200 million users of this site, he did not mark a job search. Instead, Gates posted a lengthy^[22] post about meeting millionaire Warren Buffett in 1991 and the impact the encounter had on him.

According to Gates, Buffett helped him change his life credo from making money for philanthropy.

"It turned out

that Warren's extraordinary view of the world is equally effective both in combating poverty and poverty and in building a business," Gates writes.

The founder of Microsoft in his profile describes himself as follows: "An insatiable reader. An avid traveler. Active blogger. " As of June 17, 2013, the number of his followers was about 120 thousand people.

LinkedIn has placed Gates' story about Buffett in a new section of LinkedIn Today, which will accumulate the most interesting user posts, as well as other materials from the network that deserve attention.

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