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About Bill Gates

William Henry Gates III (born 28 October 1955) is an American entrepreneur, software executive, philanthropist, the world's third richest man (as of 2008) and 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 9 percent of the common stock.

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Gates is one of the best-known entrepreneurs of the personal computer revolution. Although he is admired by many,
a large number of industry insiders criticise his business tactics, which they consider anti-competitive, an opinion which has in some cases been upheld by the courts.
In the later stages of his career, 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.

The annual Forbes magazine's list of The World's Billionaires ranked Gates as the richest person in the world from 1995 to 2007; recent estimates of his net worth are in excess of US$58 billion. When family wealth is considered, his family ranks second behind the Walton family, heirs of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton.

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  2. The Complicated Lives of Today's Leaders: Why Being at the Top Is Harder Than Ever

    Explore Article Knowledge@Wharton (Aug 18 2010)

    The Complicated Lives of Today's Leaders: Why Being at the Top Is Harder Than Ever ...i: What do you measure success by apart from shareholder value? There is no number to put there.... Bill Gates is famous because of the money he gives. The impact he has on different people's lives is not measu... (Read Full Article)

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  3. 10 things Julius Caesar could have taught us about business leadership

    Explore Article valveinteractive.com (May 21 2010) CEO Leadership

    10 things Julius Caesar could have taught us about business leadership ...trait, nothing more. It can’t be faked or learned. You’re either this type of person or you aren’t. Bill Gates wasn’t interested in being #20, so he started Microsoft. Steve Jobs: Same story. Sir Richard Branso... (Read Full Article)

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  4. Undercover Boss: Young Ceo's Secret? Be a Sponge. Interview with GSI's Michael Rubin

    Explore Article Business Blogs (Mar 22 2010) CEO Leadership

    Undercover Boss: Young Ceo's Secret? Be a Sponge. Interview with GSI's Michael Rubin ... was good at it. Tobak: Dropping out of school to follow your passion is sort of the Steve Jobs and Bill Gates model. What do you make of that? Rubin: I don’t think it’s unusual for a young entrepreneur to be i... (Read Full Article)

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  5. Do You Really Want to Be a Leader? - #MIT Sloan Management Review

    Explore Article MIT Sloan Management Review (Mar 8 2010) CEO Leadership

    ...Your Customers, Yet * How Much Power Do Economists Have, Really? * The Pile for February 22, 2010 * Bill Gates on Sustainability at TED 2010 * Where’d the Employee Engagement Go? subscribe to the Improvisations... (Read Full Article)

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  6. Do Looks and Luck Affect Your Career?

    Explore Article Business Blogs (Feb 25 2010)

    ...onal business attire. Why? Because you only have one chance to make a first impression. * Grooming. Bill Gates and other geek entrepreneurs got away with being sloppy for one simple reason: they’re brilliant. B... (Read Full Article)

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  7. FlowerMonk's Diary: Real Business Geniuses Don't Pretend To Know ...

    Explore Article FlowerMonk's Diary (Dec 2 2009) CEO Leadership

    ...known as the Great Man Theory of History. After trumpeting the virtues of business geniuses such as Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Lou Gerstner, and Jack Welch, it then generalizes from this handful of larger-than-lif... (Read Full Article)

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  8. Neil Seeman: The myth of the "natural" CEO

    Explore Article CS Redir (Sep 10 2009) CEO Leadership

    ...y responses to Mr. George, here were the most familiar answers: Warren Buffet (Berkshire Hathaway), Bill Gates (Microsoft), Lou Gerstner (IBM), Jeff Bezos (Amazon), Michael Dell (Dell) and Steve Jobs (Apple). A... (Read Full Article)

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