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
The barrier to change is not too little caring; it is too much complexity. To turn caring into action, we need to see a problem, see a solution, and see the impact. But complexity blocks all three steps.
I see little commercial potential for the Internet for at least ten years.
There is this thing called the GPL (Gnu Public Licence), which we disagree with... nobody can ever improve the software.
While Microsoft does not share all of Oracle's ambitions for Java, we agree that it is a very valuable tool for software developers.
Success today requires the agility and drive to constantly rethink, reinvigorate, react, and reinvent.
How you gather, manage and use information will determine whether you win or lose.
Most of our competitors were one-product wonders... They would do their one product, but never get their engineering sorted out.
In my 20s, I worked very, very hard. I have a much more balanced life now.
We're focused on providing innovations in software, driving the continuous improvement for a much better experience, and there's a lot going on here that speaks to this decade and what's going to happen in this decade. We can kind of sum it up in terms of saying, "Yes, you can."
Learning from mistakes and constantly improving products is a key in all successful companies.
People who say they don't see the acceleration of innovation is a wilful blindness. We are innovation at a wonderful speed for the basic things we think everyone should get.
Improving the health & productivity of the poorest is one of the best investments you can make in the future of the world
I believe innovation is the most powerful force for change in the world.
If empathy channels our optimism, we will see the empathy and the diseases and the poor school. We will answer with our innovations and we will surprise the pessimists.