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Bill Gates' house. Bill Gates designed and owns a mansion that overlooks Lake Washington in Medina, Washington. The 66,000-square-foot (6,100 m 2) mansion [1] incorporates technology in its design. [specify][2] In 2009, property taxes were reported to be US$1.063 million on a total assessed value of US$147.5 million. [3]
e. " An Open Letter to Hobbyists " is a 1976 open letter written by Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft, to early personal computer hobbyists, in which Gates expresses dismay at the rampant software piracy taking place in the hobbyist community, particularly with regard to his company's software. In the letter, Gates expressed frustration ...
Xanadu is the fictional estate of Charles Foster Kane, the title character of the film Citizen Kane (1941). The estate derives its name from the ancient city of Xanadu, known for its splendor. Hearst Castle in San Simeon, California, has been considered to be the main inspiration for Xanadu, due to the William Randolph Hearst /Kane comparison ...
Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates looked at the big picture and the small picture as he was growing his software company in the early years.. In an interview with CNBC's Make It published on ...
The Road Ahead is a book written by Bill Gates, co-founder and former CEO of Microsoft; Nathan Myhrvold, Microsoft executive; and former Microsoft vice president Peter Rinearson. Published in November 1995, then substantially revised about a year later, The Road Ahead summarized the implications of the personal computing revolution and ...
French Gates and Gates divorced in 2021 after 27 years of marriage. When she resigned from the foundation, she left with $12.5 billion for her philanthropy efforts, she said. According to Forbes ...
Anupreeta Das describes a stressful work culture at the Gates Foundation in her new book, “Billionaire, Nerd, Savior, King: Bill Gates and His Quest to Shape Our World.”
William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate best known for co-founding the software company Microsoft with his childhood friend Paul Allen. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), president, and chief software architect, while also being its largest ...