Get inside the head of one of the most important leaders of our time
with this collection of quotes from--global business icon and
philanthropist Bill Gates, the co-founder and former CEO of Microsoft.
After founding Microsoft in 1975, Bill Gates took the software industry
by storm. Today, Microsoft has become one of the largest technology
companies in the world--boasting a market capitalization of more than
$1.6 trillion. From the Windows operating system to Microsoft Office
Suite, Gates and his team forever changed the way people use
computers--and ultimately planted the seeds of a global technology
revolution in the process.
Gates has long been ranked as one of the world's wealthiest men--which
gave him a name recognition far greater than that of most CEOs--and
businesspeople of all stripes have looked to him as a role model, using
his words and business strategies to help create, inspire, and grow
their own companies. After he stopped running Microsoft's day-to-day
operations in 2008 to devote himself full-time to the Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation, a kinder, gentler Gates began to emerge. In stark
contrast to the implacable reputation Gates earned as a CEO, as a
philanthropist, Gates has helped to change the lives of millions of
people worldwide. In technology, in business, and now, in philanthropy,
Gates has proven himself to be one of the most influential people of our
time.
Bill Gates's second act is no less compelling than his first. This
collection of quotes provides an inside look into the inner workings of
one of the most revered, and occasionally controversial, business icons
of the past four decades. And whether you're interested in his personal
life or looking for inspiration to drive you forward in your own
business endeavors, Bill Gates: In His Own Words has much to offer. As
the tech giants who distinguished the turn of the 21st century shape
public life in ways that outstrip the previous century's titans of
industry, we look to figures like Gates for inspiration. Now updated,
expanded, and redesigned since its original publication in 2012 as
Impatient Optimist: Bill Gates In His Own Words, you can find Gates's
most inspirational, thought-provoking quotes in one place.
