William Henry “Bill” Gates III (b.1955) is an American business magnate, investor, programmer, inventor and philanthropist. Gates is the former chief executive and chairman of Microsoft, the world’s largest personal-computer software company, which he co-founded with Paul Allen.
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Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.
—Bill Gates
If you give people tools, [and they use] their natural ability and their curiosity, they will develop things in ways that will surprise you very much beyond what you might have expected.
—Bill Gates
Topics: Ability
Leaders need to provide strategy and direction and to give employees tools that enable them to gather information and insight from around the world. Leaders shouldn’t try to make every decision.
—Bill Gates
Topics: Leadership
Often you just have to rely on your intuition.
—Bill Gates
My job is about the most fun thing I do, but I have a broad set of interests, going places, reading things, doing things.
—Bill Gates
Topics: Jobs
Life is not fair; get used to it.
—Bill Gates
Humanity’s greatest advances are not in its discoveries — but in how those discoveries are applied to reduce inequity.
—Bill Gates
Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.
—Bill Gates
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