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
It’s been proven that of all the interventions to reduce poverty, improving agricultural productivity is the best.
China adopted a capitalist system in the 1980s, and they went from a 60% poverty rate to 10%.
Don't let complexity stop you. Be activists. Take on the big inequities. It will be one of the great experiences of your lives.
Helping convene global stakeholders to establish a set of measurable, actionable and consensus-built goals focused on extreme poverty is invaluable.
The belief that the world is getting worse, that we can't solve extreme poverty and disease, isn't just mistaken. It is harmful.
We all have the chance to create a world where extreme poverty is the exception rather than the rule.
I have seen firsthand that agricultural science has enormous potential to increase the yields of small farmers and lift them out of hunger and poverty.
The greatest surprise in poverty reduction ... is China.
This will continue, ... They'll have a new version, we'll have a new version. It's a healthy competition that you expect in the computer software market.
The phone is very different. The idea of a meeting is very different.
We lusted after some of those things (Palm) did well, and we wanted to combine it with the things we did well. It's wonderful to see those things come together.
We lusted after some of the things (Palm) did well and wanted to combine them with some of the things that we did well.
With our foundation, with others ... we're getting the brightest scientists to come and work on these problems,
The reason you see open source there at all is because we came in and said there should be a platform that's identical with millions and millions of machines.