Quotes by Bill Gates

About Bill Gates:

William Henry is an American business magnate, philanthropist, investor, computer programmer, and inventor. In 1975, Gates co-founded Microsoft, that became the world's largest PC software company, with Paul Allen. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of chairman, CEO and chief software architect, and was the largest individual shareholder until May 2014. Gates has authored and co-authored several books.
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Maintaining a consistent platform also helps improve product support - a significant problem in the software industry.

Bill Gates

I'm going to save my public voice largely for the issues where I have some depth.

Bill Gates

K to 12 is partly about babysitting the kids so the parents can do other things.

Bill Gates

When the PC was launched, people knew it was important.

Bill Gates

Rich countries can afford to overpay for things.

Bill Gates

The most impactful dollars that Australia can spend are actually what goes to help the poorest.

Bill Gates

Newspaper readership is still growing in India.

Bill Gates

No one person controls Microsoft. The board and the shareholders decide whether they want to have me as CEO.

Bill Gates

I don't like typing messages on my phone. Some people get used to it.

Bill Gates

Typically, your corporate e-mail account is not, today, that spam-targeted. It's more the free e-mail accounts that are spam-targeted.

Bill Gates

The protestor I think will speak up for the world's poorest.

Bill Gates

China adopted a capitalist system in the 1980s, and they went from a 60% poverty rate to 10%.

Bill Gates

Skype actually does get a fair bit of revenue.

Bill Gates

Investing for the poor requires participation from the entire community.

Bill Gates

I'm never fully satisfied with any Microsoft product.

Bill Gates

Nobody believes in completely unadulterated capitalism.

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If you count E-mail, I'm on the Internet all day, every day.

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I think any statement about stock prices is always suspect unless it's made by Warren Buffett.

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There's no magic line between an application and an operating system that some bureaucrat in Washington should draw.

Bill Gates

Who decides what's in Windows? The customers who buy it.

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The world is not flat, and PCs are not, in the hierarchy of human needs, in the first five rungs.

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Author Bio

  • NameBill Gates
  • DescriptionAmerican business magnate and philanthropist
  • AliasesWilliam Gates; William Henry Gates III
  • BornOctober 28, 1955
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionEntrepreneur; Programmer; Computer Scientist; Philanthropist; Inventor; Financier; Bridge Player; Investor
  • AwardsKnight Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire; National Medal Of Technology And Innovation; Padma Bhushan