At 18, Bill Gates turned down multiple tech job offers—all before creating Microsoft: 'That was kind of an ego boost'
Before he left Harvard University to co-found Microsoft, Bill Gates had the option to drop out and take a job with any of the ...
Bill Gates says Microsoft might not have taken off if he hadn’t dropped out of Harvard—or spent his nights sneaking out to code until 2 a.m. at 13
Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates used to sneak out of the house at just 13 to write and test out computer codes. His rebellion ...
Bill Gates might have had this 'disorder'; the tech icon opens up about his childhood challenges
Bill Gates reveals that he may have had ADHD as a child, with intense focus on topics that interested him. His early ...
Bill Gates and 3 Other Business Owners Who Failed Before Achieving Massive Success
These days, we often hear about the importance of failure and the role it may play in launching or advancing our careers. It ...
The origins of Bill Gates: Review of ‘Source Code: My Beginnings’ by Bill Gates
Though Source Code is about the period of Bill Gates's life that ought to be the least interesting, it feels light and only ...
Bill Gates Discussed The 5 Existential Threats He’s Most Concerned With For The Future Ahead
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates recently took the stage with Patrick Collison who is CEO of Stripe for a conversation between two titans of tech at the ...
Bill Gates: My dad ‘never panicked' while raising me—here's his parenting philosophy
Bill Gates used a “calm” and “always predictable” parenting philosophy, inspired directly by his father, while raising his ...
Bill Gates regretted leaving Harvard: I spent Microsoft's first year trying to get a friend to ‘take charge,' so I could return
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates struggled intensely with the “stay or go” decision that ultimately made him a billionaire.
Bill Gates warns young people of four major global threats, including AI
In an interview with Patrick Collinson, Gates said the only thing he really worried about a lot when he was younger was nuclear war.
‘The Road Ahead’ at 30: What Bill Gates’ classic book about the future says about the world today
GeekWire revisited Bill Gates’ classic book, The Road Ahead, and found parallels to the AI revolution that the world is ...
Bill Gates looks to his Seattle past, pushes Trump for a better future
In his new memoir, "Source Code," Gates explores his childhood in Seattle, deep friendships and his early path in coding, ...
Bill Gates says Steve Ballmer was the business partner he badly needed — so he gave up 4% of Microsoft to recruit him
Steve Ballmer mirrored Bill Gates' energy, boosted his social life, and became the round-the-clock business partner he needed ...