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In his own words: Bill Gates' best quotes
News I wish I wasn't [the richest man in the world]. Here's silicon.com's pick of the best: The early days… There's nobody getting rich writing software that I know of. Did he honestly believe that? From an interview in 80 Microcomputing (1980). [26 Jun 2008]
Photos: Bill Gates through the ages
Photo Little did anyone know that this young man would become the richest man in the world, possibly the most famous name technology has ever produced and founder of a company which became one of the biggest on earth. [20 Jun 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 02.02.07
Round-Up And even if you're the richest man in the world £50 for internet access is going to hit you hard in the old pocket-book - not least of all because of the weak dollar which will be a double whammy for Bill. [02 Feb 2007]
Q&A: Wipro chairman and managing director Azim Premji
Comment He was also listed as the 25th richest man on the planet by Forbes earlier this year.silicon.com: How do you see the India market growing over the next few years? Azim Premji is chairman and managing director of Indian tech giant Wipro. [07 Nov 2006]
Update: Billionaire Buffett gives $30bn to Gates Foundation
News Billionaire investor Warren Buffett plans to distribute more than $30bn of his stock to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Buffett, 75, plans to commit 10 million class B shares of his company, Berkshire Hathaway, to the Gates Foundation. [27 Jun 2006]
Gates leaves a duller tech industry behind
News Having the world's richest man among its ranks certainly gave the high-tech industry a greater cachet and 49 per cent of readers polled by silicon.com said the tech world will be a less interesting place without the sometimes controversial, often... [21 Jun 2006]
Leader: Farewell, Bill Gates?
Leader Others may debate how strong a management team will be left, when he fully steps back in two years' time - and for the record Ballmer, Ozzie and Mundie are a pretty formidable team - but more interesting is what the move by the world's richest man... [16 Jun 2006]
Gates gives up Microsoft day job
News Gates explained he has been working part time for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and full time for a company that has made him the richest man in the world, and he wished to reverse those priorities. [16 Jun 2006]
Bill Gates lands role in Doctor Who
News Microsoft chairman and world's richest man Bill Gates has landed a role in cult BBC sci-fi drama Doctor Who, with a special half-hour episode set to hit UK screens later this year. According to reports, Gates will play himself in the episode, the... [01 Apr 2006]
Q&A: Microsoft chairman Bill Gates
Comment Think Web 2.0 and think Microsoft? Not necessarily. The company has long provided the tools for building websites. But it's been a couple of steps behind when it comes to some of the bigger ideas and business models that have surfaced around web... [22 Mar 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 30.09.05
Round-Up In fact Bill Gates is once again the richest man on the planet, with a staggering $51bn accrued over the years. However, they are by far the richest - as was shown by the publication of the latest Forbes rich list this week. [03 Oct 2005]
Kun-Hee Lee
AS Profile Praised for his gutsy management style, Lee is powerful in his own right, with a net worth in excess of $4bn, making him one of the richest men in the world. Educated at Waseda University in Japan and George Washington University in the US, Kun-Hee... [23 Sep 2005]
'Microsoft, you're too slow,' says NetSuite CEO
News And while money talks in technology, even the richest company can't bend time. The only major CRM vendor thought to be looking for a buyer is Siebel but Nelson believes few firms would consider such a gamble on a company he sees as "a dead man... [27 Jul 2005]
Bill Gates takes the stage at Live 8
News World's richest man delighted to introduce Dido. Microsoft founder and chairman Bill Gates made a surprise appearance at the Live 8 concert in London's Hyde Park today to urge world leaders to do more to ease the problem of Africa's crippling debt... [02 Jul 2005]
Gates buys into $400m aircraft start-up
News Speaking at Flight School, an offshoot of the PC Forum in Scottsdale, Arizona, run by silicon.com publisher CNET Networks, Eclipse CEO Vern Raburn acknowledged that the world's richest man - and his former boss at Microsoft - is one of the many... [24 Mar 2005]
