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I'm going to save my public voice largely for the issues where I have some depth.

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Bill Gates
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: October 28
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Sometimes, I think my most important job as a CEO is to listen for bad news. If you don't act on it, your people will eventually stop bringing bad news to your attention and that is the beginning of the end.
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By 2035, there will be almost no poor countries left in the world.
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There's a basic philosophy here that by empowering...workers you'll make their jobs far more interesting, and they'll be able to work at a higher level than they would have without all that information just a few clicks away.
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The best teacher is very interactive.
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I'm a great believer that any tool that enhances communication has profound effects in terms of how people can learn from each other, and how they can achieve the kind of freedoms that they're interested in.
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