Bill Gates' New Legend

Author: Mo Ke Li Qun
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Publish Date: 2004-02-01
Features: Bill Gates is enviable—this Harvard dropout, crowned as the Microsoft Emperor, created the greatest miracle of the 20th century. Bill Gates is infuriating—offending all competitors and partners, finding himself in a predicament, criticized by the U.S. Department of Justice and 19 states, and his company nearly dismembered. Bill Gates is detested, curious, and confusing. Bill Gates is admirable—when you finish reading this book! At the end of the 20th century, if Bill Gates were a country, he would be the 37th richest country in the world; if he were a company, he would be the 13th largest company in the U.S., even wealthier than IBM. He has already earned the most money in the world, so what else is there for him to pursue and explore? There is—spending money! "Bill Gates" is a name that is well-known, so what new stories about Gates can be told to readers? This book will introduce you to a Bill Gates you don’t know— he not only survived a dramatic trial with the U.S. Department of Justice and 19 states, ultimately winning, but also shocked the world with a $24 billion donation to the healthcare systems of the poorest countries. You may admire him as a computer genius, envy him as the world’s richest man, or even know about his luxurious mansion and his unconventional personality, but you may not know about his soulful transformation in the life-and-death business war. He has long declared that he would donate most of his wealth to society, and people listened half-heartedly, half-skeptically, but he has unambiguously fulfilled his promise. Now is the time to take a fresh look at Bill Gates. This world’s wealthiest person, with the strength of one person, will save the unfortunate children and people in the poorest and least developed countries, and challenge the stark reality of wealth disparity. Can he succeed? That doesn’t matter. What matters is that he has set a new example of how to pursue life’s meaning. The two authors, with a deep humanistic background and cultural cultivation, and a thorough understanding of the Western IT industry, tell the legendary story of this "one of the most influential people of the 20th century" and "pioneer of the future century," in a captivating and engaging manner.