Abanye, uBill Gates ungumntu ophilayo otyale izigidi zakhe kumlo ochasene notshintsho lwemozulu, impilo yehlabathi kunye nemfundo. Kodwa kwabanye, kunjalo kwaye kuya kuhlala kunjalo umseki weMicrosoft, inkampani eyanceda uSteve Jobs ukuba aphinde afumane amandla eApple xa wayefuna ukubuyela kwinkampani ayisekayo.
UBill Gates ubhengeze ukuba uyehla kwisikhundla sakhe kwibhodi yabalawuli kaMicrosoft ukuya yenza imisebenzi yakho yobubele. Kodwa ukongeza, ukwabhengeze ukuba uyasishiya isikhundla sakhe kwibhodi yaseBerkshire Hathaway yezigidigidi uWarren Buffet, apho wafunda khona ukujoyina ngo-2004.
UGates wasungula iMicrosoft ngo-1975 kunye noPaul Allen, owasweleka kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo ngenxa yomhlaza. Njengoko esitsho siyabona kwiprofayile yakhe ye-LinkedIn, apho azise khona ezi ndaba, ngoku lixesha elifanelekileyo lokutsiba inqanawanjengoko iMicrosoft ingazange yomelele kwimbali yayo yonke.
Ukwathe uza kuqhubeka nokusebenzisana noSatya Nadella, umphathi wangoku we-Microsoft ukusukela ngo-2014. inkampani yesibini ebaluleke kakhulu kwimarike yemasheya emva kweApple, Impumelelo evela kulawulo olugqwesileyo olwenziwa nguNadella. Xa uGates washiya iMicrosoft ngo-2000, uSteve Ballmer wathatha isikhundla sokuba yi-CEO yenkampani kunye nesiphumo esibi esaziyo sonke.
Ukusukela ngo-2008, bobabini uGates kunye nenkosikazi yakhe, uMelinda, bagxile emsebenzini wabo kwiBill kunye neMelinda Gates Foundation, isiseko esibulela kwilifa lomsunguli weMicrosoft (Umntu wesibini osisityebi emhlabeni emva kukaJeff Bezos) ijolise kwimizamo yayo ekuphuculeni umhlaba ngokubanzi, ukusuka kwimfundo, ukulwa nokutshintsha kwemozulu, ukukhangela eminye imithombo yamandla, ukulwa izifo ...
