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Bill Gates Again Tops List of Richest Americans

Microsoft founder Bill Gates is the richest person in America for the 14th year in a row, followed by investor Warren Buffett, according to Forbes magazine's latest list of the wealthiest Americans.

The pair's fortunes each grew by $6 billion in the past year, Forbes said Thursday, with Gates' fortune $59 billion and Buffett $52 billion.

Buffett has pledged 85 percent of his net worth to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and family charities.

Casino magnate Sheldon Adelson ($28 billion), head of Las Vegas Sands, and software tycoon Larry Ellison ($26 billion), chief executive of Oracle, remain at No. 3 and No. 4 on the 25th annual ranking of 400 rich Americans, which now requires a minimum net worth of $1.3 billion for inclusion.

"The collective net worth of those listed on the 400 this year rose $290 billion to $1.54 trillion," Forbes said. "Despite market jitters, nearly half of the 45 new members come from hedge fund and private equity investments."

For the first time since 1989 there are no members of the Walton family, descendants of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton, in the top 10. Four members -- Jim, Christy, Robson and Alice -- slipped to 12th and 15th place.

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Farshad @ 06:35 | 22 September 2007 | Source | Printable version | Email this to a friend

Bill Gates wishes he weren't so rich

The corporate leader says he doesn't like the attention of being the world's richest man.

REDMOND, Wash. (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates said Wednesday he wished he were not the world's richest man.

"I wish I wasn't. There is nothing good that comes out of that," said Gates, whose personal fortune sank by billions since last week when the software giant disappointed investors by saying new investments would crimp earnings.

The corporate leader who made Microsoft into the world's largest software maker - and who is also one of the biggest philanthropists - is seen as a man who does not like publicity. He explained that he did not like the attention of being the world's richest person.

"You get more visibility as a result of it," he said during an interview conducted by CNBC reporter Donny Deutsch in front of a crowd of people attending a Microsoft advertising event. (Watch Bill Gates on CNN Pipeline's CNNMoney Business Update - 1:54)

The Microsoft co-founder said that the person he learned most from in the world, aside from technology colleagues, was fellow-billionaire and legendary investor Warren Buffett.

"He has this very refreshing, simple way of looking at things so I put him top of the list," said Gates, adding that the top lesson from Buffett was the importance of integrity.

Still, Gates joked about his plight being unequaled in wealth. Asked if he surrounded himself with financial peers, he quipped, "No, I sit alone."

Gates has been the richest man in the world for eight years running - since 1998 - and was worth $90 billion at his fortune's peak in 1999, according to the Forbes list of richest people. His fortune is currently at $50 billion, according to the magazine.

 
Farshad @ 03:57 | 6 May 2006 | Source | Printable version | Email this to a friend

Bill Gates, still the richest person

#1 William Gates III

Age: 50
Fortune: self made
Source: Microsoft

Net Worth: 50.0

Country Of Citizenship: United States
Residence: Medina, Washington, United States, North America
Industry: Software
Marital Status: married, 3 children

Harvard University, Drop Out


Microsoft's chief visionary moving further away from day-to-day corporate work. For the first time did not offer a strategy outlook at last year's financial analyst meeting. Instead, prefers to dive into innovative projects, foster collaboration among Microsoft's many divisions. Microsoft aims to be omnipotent, selling software for PCs, servers, cell phones, television set-top boxes, gaming consoles, the Web. At the ripe (tech sector) age of 30, Gates' company impressively beats rivals in profit margins, market capitalization and R&D budget, but its sales growth is slowing to a (recently) single-digit percentage pace. Like elder statesman of computing, IBM, has been investing heavily in its own stock. Diversifies methodically, selling 20 million shares every quarter, reinvesting through Cascade Investment. Big stakes in Canadian National Railway, Republic Services, Berkshire Hathaway. Philanthropy, via $29 billion Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, aimed at fighting infectious disease (hepatitis B, AIDS, malaria) and improving high schools.

 
Farshad @ 15:32 | 10 March 2006 | Source | Printable version | Email this to a friend

Microsoft's Security Vision and Strategy RSA Conference 2006

BILL GATES: Well, thank you and good morning. Happy Valentine's Day. (Laughter.) I'm really glad to be here at RSA. My other invitation was to go quail hunting with Dick Cheney. (Laughter, applause.) I'm feeling very safe right now.

Well, I've had a chance to keynote this conference a number of times, and talk about some of the things Microsoft is doing. I want to do that this year, but first I want to start off talking about the vision of how we see the industry coming together and really delivering the broad trustworthy environment that we all need for computing.

Why is this important? Well, the move towards digital approaches in everything we do is accelerating. Whether it's medical records, tax records, buying and selling, scientific data, important communications, including national security; all of these things more and more are using the Internet.

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Video : Bill Gates and Mike Nash Discuss Microsoft's Vision for Security

 
Farshad @ 22:06 | 15 February 2006 | Source | Printable version | Email this to a friend

Happy Birthday Bill Gates

William (Bill) Henry Gates III was born on October 28th 1955 in Seattle.


Gates in his Apple time, note the name on the shirts

Time Magazine 1984

 
Farshad @ 16:21 | 31 October 2005 | Source | Printable version | Email this to a friend

Bill Gates speaks to the BBC

People are underestimating what Microsoft is doing with search technology, says Bill Gates.

The head of the software giant told the BBC that its ambition is to be bigger than Google in search.
He said that competition had ultimately been good for web users because it had pushed search technology. This meant search would be "far better" in a year.
The next decade looks even better, he said, with a lot more advances in software technology ahead.
"The beauty of software is that we are always making breakthroughs. We will have more in the next 10 years than we have had on the last 30," he said in an exclusive BBC interview.

Video : Bill Gates speaks to the BBC

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Farshad @ 16:15 | 31 October 2005 | Source | Printable version | Email this to a friend

Gates to donate $15M to computer museum

The Computer History Museum, the world's largest institution dedicated to preserving Information Age artifacts, is getting a hefty financial boost from one of the biggest names in the computing industry.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged a $15 million gift - the museum's largest donation yet, museum officials said. The gift means the Silicon Valley-based museum needs only about $50 million more to reach its $125 million goal of creating a full range of educational programs and exhibits and establishing a long-term endowment.

"The impact on our society of the computing revolution is simply breathtaking - it has changed the way we work, play, learn, and communicate," said Gates, chairman of Microsoft Corp. and the world's wealthiest man. "It's our responsibility to collect the artifacts and stories today that will explain this incredible change to future generations."

The museum opened in Mountain View in 1996.

Gates, who began his interest in software and programming computers at age 13, founded Microsoft Corp. in 1975.

 
Farshad @ 20:21 | 18 October 2005 | Source | Printable version | Email this to a friend

Bill Gates: I Want My DTV

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates joined fellow industry leaders Friday including Dell, Intel and Cisco in asking Congress to speed up the transition to digital television and open up the radio spectrum currently used by TV for wireless broadband services.

In a letter to United States lawmakers, the High Tech DTV Coalition said that freeing the spectrum would give more opportunity for technology companies to roll out services in rural and poor areas. Certain parts of the spectrum would be provided to first-responders, while the rest is auctioned off.

Congress previously established that television must go all-digital by the time 85 percent of consumers have the ability to receive the signals. However, such numbers are near impossible to quantify, leading to a push for a hard cut-off in either late 2008 or mid-2009.

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Farshad @ 16:28 | 15 October 2005 | Source | Printable version | Email this to a friend

Bill Gates gives $40m to old school

School fund-raisers selling raffle tickets will be looking enviously at the donation from a former pupil to a school in Seattle in the United States.
Lakeside School is receiving $40m (£22.5m) from the charitable foundation of Bill Gates, the Microsoft founder, who left the school in 1973.

The money will fund scholarships to help poorer children attend the fee-paying school.

Mr Gates began his interest in computers while at the school.

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View : Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

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Farshad @ 15:42 | 27 September 2005 | Source | Printable version | Email this to a friend

A short chat with Microsoft's Chief Software Architect

Visit Bill in his office for a few minutes to talk about where he sees the future going. This is a fun interview, prepares you for the PDC that's coming next week.

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Video : A short chat with Microsoft's Chief Software Architect

 
Farshad @ 16:53 | 9 September 2005 | Source | Printable version | Email this to a friend

Gates worried about decline in US computer scientists

Microsoft chairman and chief software architect Bill Gates said Monday that there is a shortage of qualified computer science engineers for hire in the U.S., a problem that is reflective of the decline of interest in this course of study in this country.

Speaking at the Microsoft Research Faculty Summit on Microsoft's campus in Redmond, Washington, Gates said that while his company finds many suitable engineering candidates for employment in India and China, it has a harder time recruiting qualified individuals in the U.S.

"We're very short with what we'd like to get in the States," he said. "The competition for someone with the right background is very [limited]."

Gates made his comments in a question-and-answer discussion with Maria Klawe, dean of engineering and computer science professor at Princeton University, at Microsoft's annual conference for collaboration between commercial technology companies and researchers and educators in computer science. The two discussed the problem of waning interest in the study of computer science in the U.S., and reflected on efforts that might be taken to remedy the situation.

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Farshad @ 10:46 | 19 July 2005 | Source | Printable version | Email this to a friend

Bill Gates Interview at the Sixth Annual Microsoft Research Faculty Summit, Redmond, Washington

Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates and Princeton University Dean of Engineering and Applied Science Maria Klawe discuss the opportunities and challenges facing academic researchers and the technology industry, as well as the importance of collaboration between academia and industry.

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Farshad @ 08:44 | 19 July 2005 | Source | Printable version | Email this to a friend

Bill Gates Makes Live 8 Appearance

Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates took the stage on Saturday at Live 8 in London to show his support for the proposal being sent to the G8 leaders, which calls for dropping Africa's debt, doubling aid and opening trade barriers. Despite ongoing antitrust proceedings in Europe, Gates received an immense welcome from a crowd of 250,000.

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Farshad @ 00:07 | 6 July 2005 | Source | Printable version | Email this to a friend

Bill Gates, the 18th Greatest American

Perhaps it's a slow news day! I picked up on this post over at channel9.msdn.com and followed the trail.

Anyway, have a look over at the discoverychannel.com's nominations of the 25 greatest Americans, in which Bill Gates comes in at a modest 18th.

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Farshad @ 20:45 | 27 June 2005 | Source | Printable version | Email this to a friend

Bill Gates Keynote to the Ninth Annual Microsoft CEO Summit, Redmond, Washington

May 19, 2005, starts at 8:30 A.M. Pacific Time

Microsoft's Bill Gates addresses more than 100 leading corporate chief executives from around the world, outlining Microsoft's "New World of Work" vision for information workers.

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Farshad @ 10:29 | 19 May 2005 | Source | Printable version | Email this to a friend

Bill Gates Keynote from the Microsoft Mobile & Embedded Developers Conference in Las Vegas

May 10, 2005 9:00–10:30 A.M. Pacific Time

At the Microsoft Mobile & Embedded Developers Conference in Las Vegas, Bill Gates' keynote will focus on the company’s long-term development strategies for mobile applications and embedded operating systems.

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Farshad @ 19:58 | 10 May 2005 | Source | Printable version | Email this to a friend

Microsoft's Gates Urges End to Tech Visa Limits

The United States should remove visa limits to allow more skilled foreign citizens to work at U.S. companies if it wants to remain a leader in technology, Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates said on Wednesday.

Microsoft is having a hard time finding skilled workers within the United States, and the lack of H-1B visas for skilled workers is only making the situation worse, Gates said in a panel discussion at the Library of Congress.

"The whole idea of the H-1B visa thing is, don't let too many smart people come into the country. The whole thing doesn't make sense," Gates said.

Gates echoed the concerns of other business and education leaders who warn that the United States must improve science education and boost spending on research and development to avoid falling behind India, China and other countries that are rapidly gaining ground.

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Farshad @ 01:35 | 28 April 2005 | Source | Printable version | Email this to a friend

Bill Gates: 64-Bit Transition Will Happen 'Rapidly'

Microsoft chairman and chief software architect Bill Gates on Monday laid to rest talk that Microsoft might be scaling back its commitment to the Tablet PC, saying there will be a major new version of the Tablet operating system in the Longhorn timeframe.

In his opening keynote address here at WinHEC (the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference) before several thousand attendees, Gates also reiterated Microsoft's call for developers to start building 64-bit device drivers to meet the burgeoning user demand for them.
Gates also demonstrated several new prototypes of the Tablet hardware, including one in which the screen slides up and down off the keyboard.

Microsoft Corp. and Intel Corp. are backing the idea of an auxiliary display and are working with OEM Acer around this. The companies aim to let users get information such as the time, their e-mail and their meeting details on a small, auxiliary display that does not power up the actual computer.

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Farshad @ 09:41 | 26 April 2005 | Source | Printable version | Email this to a friend

Gates Ushers in Third Decade of Windows Innovation With x64 Editions, "Longhorn" Technical Preview

With the third decade of Microsoft® Windows® fast approaching, Microsoft Corp. Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates today predicted that 64-bit computing, together with the newest versions of the company's premier operating system, will ignite the most promising era yet of industrywide innovation.

During his keynote speech at the Microsoft Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) 2005, Gates announced the general availability of Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and Windows Server (TM) 2003 x64 Editions, and offered a glimpse at the opportunities created for software and hardware developers by these faster, more-secure and more-powerful operating systems. Gates also demonstrated how the next version of the Windows operating system, code-named "Longhorn," will put even more of the power of 64-bit computing to work for people.

"The next decade will bring about a new wave of innovation in the technology industry through the increased security, greater reliability and faster performance enabled by 64-bit computing and continued advances in Windows," Gates said. "'Longhorn' and the new x64-bit versions of Windows are the best foundation for a new generation of faster, more powerful hardware and software that expands the possibilities for computing and transforms the way we work and play."

Third Decade of Windows to Transform the Way People Live, Work and Play

An audience of 2,800 developers, engineers and technology enthusiasts heard Gates trace the evolution of the Windows-based PC from a stand-alone "box" in the den to a range of connected devices in sizes and shapes that let people work and play in ways they never imagined two decades ago. Since the debut of Windows 1.0 in the fall of 1985, Gates explained, the PC has been transformed from a single-purpose machine for technology enthusiasts into an entertainment and productivity hub for people of all ages and interests -- at home and at work. Most significantly, as these capabilities have grown, they have become increasingly accessible to people wherever and whenever they need them. Gates cited the growth of the Windows XP Media Center Edition, which has sold more than 2 million units, as a sign that the PC is rapidly gaining momentum as the hub for digital entertainment.

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Farshad @ 00:22 | 26 April 2005 | Source | Printable version | Email this to a friend

Bill Gates Keynote from WinHEC 2005

In his keynote presentation, Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates will reflect upon the hardware industry over the last 20 years and how the introduction of 64-bit and multicore computing will create a wave of industry innovation. Gates will also provide a view into the foundation being laid for the release of Microsoft Windows "Longhorn."

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Farshad @ 19:31 | 25 April 2005 | Source | Printable version | Email this to a friend

Bill Gates, Members of Congress, Academics to Address Importance of Innovation to Future of the Nation

Microsoft Research will kick off its Tech Fair 2005 at the Library of Congress Wednesday, April 27, with a panel discussion featuring Microsoft Corp. Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates; Microsoft Research Senior Vice President Rick Rashid; U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.; U.S. Rep. David Dreier, R-Calif.; Princeton University President Shirley Tilghman; and other guests. The panel will look at how leaders in technology, government and education must meet the challenges of the global marketplace with high-quality education, a commitment to innovation and research and development, a willingness to engage in private-public partnerships, and a strategy to recruit the brightest global talent to U.S. schools and businesses. James Fallows, national correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly, will serve as moderator.

After the panel discussion, attendees can tour display booths in the National Digital Library Learning Center on the ground floor of the James Madison Memorial Building, where they will see demonstrations of the latest Microsoft Research projects in the areas of computing beyond the PC, the influence of wireless technology and the transformation of science through computing. Microsoft researchers and academics will be available to discuss their work and how they are inventing the future of computing.

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Farshad @ 01:54 | 21 April 2005 | Source | Printable version | Email this to a friend

Knighthood for Microsoft's Gates

The king of computer software Bill Gates has received an honorary knighthood from the Queen.
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Mr Gates, 48, the world's wealthiest man, said it was "a great honour" to be recognised for his business skills and for his work on poverty reduction. The Queen had spoken to him about using computers, he said after a private audience with her. As an American citizen he cannot use the title "Sir" but will be entitled to put the letters KBE after his name.

'Travel talk'

The entrepreneur was handed an insignia to make him a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire. He was joined at Buckingham Palace by wife Melinda. "It's not as natural [using computers] for the Queen as it is for young people," he said. "She was very nice. "We talked about using computers, and the foundation, and about her travels and ours." The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is currently working on a global health programme in the developing world. Mrs Gates said: "We talked a lot about the developing world - it was very engaging."

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Farshad @ 01:59 | 3 March 2005 | Source | Printable version | Email this to a friend

A letter from Bill Gates

Greetings,

I would like to introduce you to the new MSN Search service and MSN.com home page.

Based on your feedback, we have designed the new MSN.com home page to be faster, simpler, and more organized. We've also made MSN Search more precise and powerful, so you can quickly find the information you're looking for.

Our mission at Microsoft is to use the power of software to solve our customers' toughest problems. Searching the Internet today is a challenge, and it is estimated that nearly half of customers' complex questions go unanswered. That's why we're proud of our new MSN Search service, a simple and powerful tool that helps you find the answers you want from sources as diverse as Web pages, images, news headlines, music downloads, and even files on your PC.

Input from millions of our customers - including me - was crucial to our efforts to make MSN Search the best it can be. If you have not already tried it, I encourage you to visit www.msn.com and type in your question. We'd love to hear what you think, and I promise that we will continue to improve MSN based on your feedback.

Sincerely,
 
Bill Gates

 
Amir @ 17:07 | 1 February 2005 | Source | Printable version | Email this to a friend

Bill Gates plots a Windows future

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates In the first part of a two-part interview, Stephen Cole of the BBC's technology show Click Online talks to Microsoft founder and chairman Bill Gates about the "digital lifestyle".

Stephen Cole:

Now we last met three years ago when we played Xbox and I have to say I was very pleased to say I beat you. What has changed in the last three years for Microsoft and for Bill Gates?

Bill Gates:

Three years ago we were talking about the idea of the digital lifestyle. That your music, your photos, your TV, your communications would all be very different. And over these last three years I'd say that's really coming into the mainstream. 

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Farshad @ 22:05 | 22 January 2005 | Source | Printable version | Email this to a friend

Bill Gates: Teen idol

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Dig these slinky photos of Bill Gates from Teen Beat, circa 1983 1984. 
... the Macintosh on the desk behind him would indicate that this photo was taken in 1984 at the earliest.

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Amir @ 21:58 | 18 January 2005 | Source | Printable version | Email this to a friend

Blogger interviews Bill Gates

Gizmodo: Let's talk about blogs first—if that's something that interests you at all. Do you read many blogs? Is that something that's interesting to you yet or do you just get it as it comes to you?

Gates: Almost everything that's being published on the web now has RSS notification on it, so what would have been a website I would have gone to my favorites list and looked at, now I get the notification. I have the add-on to Outlook that lets me see those things. I still have a tendency to—say I want to go to Slate Magazine or the Wall Street Journal, I just directly navigate.

Gizmodo: Do you use a lot of RSS then?

Gates: I've got the RSS plug-in [for Outlook]. I used it a lot when I started out, and now a lot of the blogs I read are where people have sent me emails and said, hey, I ought to look at this. I'm very big... I want to always go to five or six sites on a regular basis so that I can track over time what's new about them.

I think blogging is super-important and we've got to do a lot more software. The phenomena for us is we've got in beta this MSN Spaces thing, and it lets you leverage everything you do around Messenger—that's your buddy lists and those relationships—to set up blogs, and who has access, and who gets notified. We've got up over a million people [who] set up blog sites.

Now, how many of those people keep those up to stay... but still, it's a very big number. Continue At Source

 
Amir @ 07:38 | 13 January 2005 | Source | Printable version | Email this to a friend

Gates Q&A

NBC's Late Night star Conan O'Brien chatted up Gates on stage Wednesday night. A day earlier, Gates spoke by phone to USA TODAY's Edward C. Baig. Highlights from that exchange, edited for context and clarity:

Q: How is the digital lifestyle evolving?

A: I called (it) the digital decade back at the beginning because I thought people would come to take for granted digital music, digital photography, digital scheduling, digital buying. This holiday season was a fantastic example. Media Center Edition is now up to 1.4 million units sold, double the sales rate of the previous holiday.

People are seeing how these pieces fit together. The idea that you have a single remote control that lets you get at all your music, all your TV shows, your photos. Combine that with a move toward high definition, and it's clear there's a gigantic opportunity that our partners are exploiting.

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Farshad @ 00:17 | 8 January 2005 | Source | Printable version | Email this to a friend


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