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Bill Gates

Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates, co-founder of the software giant, plans to give up his day-to-day duties at Microsoft in 2008.

 
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Bill Gates listens during a press conference held by the United Nations World Food Programme, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Howard G. Buffett Foundation at the 63rd annual United Nations General Assembly meeting September 24, 2008 at UN headquarters in New York City to unveil a new initiative to help poor farmers across the developing world increase their incomes. The new initiative, Purchase for Progress, hopes to help small farmers access reliable markets in order to sell their surplus crops at competitive prices. (Getty Images) more pics » Where Microsoft founder Bill Gates is scheduled to speak, large crowds gather, that's ... Read Full Story
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We watched it. And we didn't get it. We're talking about the new Microsoft television ad starring funnyman Jerry Seinfeld and Microsoft founder Bill Gates. In the commercial, Jerry Seinfeld is in a mall when he sees Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates at a "Shoe Circus" store. The comedian then helps Gates pick out a new pair of shoes while they joke about showering with clothes on, Gates being a size 10, and platinum credit cards for a fictional shoe store. The ad has drawn mostly negative reviews after premiering Thursday night during NBC's broadcast of the National Football League's season kickoff game. The spot ... Read Full Story
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BILL GATES Aged 48 Chief Software Architect at Microsoft Wealth estimated at $40bn 1. Bill Gates had sold his first programme by the age of 17. His school paid him $4,200 for a programme on time-tabling. 2. He dropped out of Harvard to concentrate on his business. 3. Bill Gates co-founded Microsoft in 1975 and served as Chief Executive Officer until 2000. 4. The secret of Microsoft's wealth was to license its software so that earnings rose in proportion to the number of users. 5. He is currently working on the next generation of Microsoft software for internet platform and services. 6. He has ... Read Full Story
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Bill Gates has formally stepped down from the Microsoft helm, to devote the remainder of his life to saving the world, and playing cribbage with Warren Buffet . I suppose it really doesn't matter much anymore. The eight thousand ton Redmond Gorilla can still throw it's flabby weight around, but the true evil of the cyberworld now resides in Mountain View . But, just like the day T homas Jefferson , in disgust, threw Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe against the wall, marking the end the Age of Reason , so is this day a milestone in the cultural history of the world. In honor ... Read Full Story
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates may have lost $18 billion in the economic crisis, but he's still the world's richest man, according to Forbes magazine, which estimates Gates' wealth as being around 40 billion. Gates is more closely associated with computer ...  
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ATLANTA -- Emory University's School of Nursing is getting more than $8 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help improve birth mother and newborn survival rates in Ethiopia. The 2 1/2-year project will pair Emory faculty and students ...  
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It might be difficult for many Apple faithful to remember the dark days before Steve Jobs’ triumphant return to the throne, especially given the absolute hot streak the company has been on in recent years. But one of the people who remember it well is someone who was instrumental in helping the company get back on its feet at the time: former Microsoft chief Bill Gates.CNBC recently hosted a Town Hall Chat with Gates and Warren Buffet, and one...  
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The real secretary of education, the joke goes, is Bill Gates. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has been the biggest player by far in the school reform movement, spending around $200 million a year on grants to elementary and secondary education. Now the... Sponsored Topics: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - Bill Gates - Education reform - Education - Secondary school  
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Bill Gates gives nothing but praise for Steve Jobs in this video saying “he's done a fantastic job” and that Jobs “saved a company.” Indeed, when Jobs returned to Apple in the 1990s, the company's future looked mighty bleak. ...  
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