William Henry "Bill" Gates III is an American business magnate, philanthropist, author, and chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen. He is ranked consistently one of the world's wealthiest people and the wealthiest overall as of March 2009. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of CEO and chief software architect, and remains the largest individual shareholder with more than 8 percent of the common stock.[6] He has also authored or co-authored several books. 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 criticize 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
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.@MelindaGates & I talked @NASciences about why we support science. One reason? “scuba” rice http://t.co/8xKVoPGrz0 http://t.co/x4V0DAs9EM
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I was curious: How many teachers get useful coaching? The answer blew my mind. My new TED talk http://t.co/gTt3ZODrya http://t.co/T8n2ztUqrN
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#Infographic showing wildly different measures of Africa’s economic development. Read more: http://t.co/MBzB8EIhMq http://t.co/POmKUH9ep6
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Which is a better Engineering & Capital Goods stock to invest in?
