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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.
Bill Gates
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Bill Gates
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: October 28
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I did not even finish my studies
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