William Henry “Bill” Gates III is an American business magnate and philanthropist. Gates is the former chief executive and current chairman of Microsoft, the world’s largest personal-computer software company, which he co-founded with Paul Allen
Born: October 28, 1955, Seattle
Education: Lakeside School (1973), Harvard College
It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.
It’s possible, you can never know, that the universe exists only for me. If so, it’s sure going well for me, I must admit.
Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.
If you show people the problems and you show people the solutions they will be moved to act.
I wish I wasn’t … There’s nothing good that comes out of that. You get more visibility as a result of it.
If people had understood how patents would be granted when most of today’s ideas were invented, and had taken out patents, the industry would be at a complete standstill today.… The solution to this is patent exchanges with large companies and patenting as much as we can.
Robots will play an important role in providing physical assistance and even companionship for the elderly.
640K ought to be enough for anybody.
“If I’d had some set idea of a finish line, don’t you think I would have crossed it years ago?”
“Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one.”
