Kwabanye, uBill Gates ungumsizi onikela ngezimali zakhe izigidi ekulweni nokuguquka kwesimo sezulu, ezempilo kanye nezemfundo emhlabeni jikelele. Kepha kwabanye, kunjalo futhi kuzohlala kunjalo umsunguli weMicrosoft, inkampani eyasiza uSteve Jobs ukuthola amandla kabusha ku-Apple lapho efuna ukubuyela enkampanini ayesungule yona.
UBill Gates umemezele ukuthi uyehla esikhundleni sakhe ebhodini labaqondisi beMicrosoft zibandakanye emisebenzini yakho yokusiza. Kepha ngaphezu kwalokho, umemezele nokuthi ushiya isikhundla sakhe ebhodini likasomabhilidi waseBerkshire Hathaway uWarren Buffet, lapho afunde khona ukujoyina ngo-2004.
UGates wasungula iMicrosoft ngo-1975 noPaul Allen, owashona eminyakeni embalwa edlule ngenxa yomdlavuza. Njengoba eqinisekisa, singabona kuphrofayili yakhe ye-LinkedIn, lapho azise khona lezi zindaba, manje yisikhathi esifanele sokugxuma umkhumbinjengoba iMicrosoft ingakaze ibe namandla emlandweni wayo wonke.
Ubuye athi uzoqhubeka nokusebenzisana noSatya Nadella, oyi-CEO yamanje yakwaMicrosoft kusukela ngo-2014. IMicrosoft namuhla, inkampani yesibili ebaluleke kakhulu emakethe yamasheya ngemuva kwe-Apple, impumelelo eqhamuke ekuphathweni okuhle kakhulu okwenziwa nguNadella. Ngesikhathi uGates eshiya iMicrosoft ngo-2000, uSteve Ballmer uthathe isikhundla sokuba yi-CEO yenkampani ngomphumela oyishwa esaziyo sonke.
Kusukela ngo-2008, bobabili uGates nomkakhe, uMelinda, bagxile emsebenzini wabo kuBill and Melinda Gates Foundation, isisekelo esibonga ifa lomsunguli weMicrosoft (umuntu wesibili ocebile kakhulu emhlabeni ngemuva kukaJeff Bezos) igxile emizamweni yayo yokwenza ngcono umhlaba jikelele, kusuka kwezemfundo, ukulwa nokuguquka kwesimo sezulu, ukufuna eminye imithombo yamandla, ukulwa nezifo ...
