Gates notes may send a welcome note or other exclusive insider mail from time to time. Former defense secretary robert gates joins meet the press for an exclusive interview to discuss public questions about the integrity of. Bill gates reads about 50 books every year, mark cuban reads three hours every day, mark zuckerberg resolved to read 24 books in a year, and warren buffett spends 80 percent of his day reading. A heartfelt, deeply personal book that shines a bright light on the values and principles that bill gates sr. Additionally, some campaigns and content may only be available to users in certain areas. Retired robert gates enjoys skagit county home the. The time period is from 2006 to 2011, and includes the george w. Bill gates has a habit of reading for at least one hour each night, so he makes his way through a good number of books but for the microsoft cofounder, one recently published book stands out as. Washington has been abuzz this past week over the new memoir by former secretary of defense robert gates.
The microsoft cofounder has been gobbling up books of all shapes and. Authors note this is a book about my more than four and a half years at war. Bill gates house find good bill gates house sites locate the bill gates house sites business biographies library people business biographies bill gates 1955 cofounder and chairman, microsoft corporation born. Business books bill gates recommends these 9 books to make you a better entrepreneur and a better person one of the giants of the last century opens up. Robert gates has an impressive resume with more than 30 years of government service and he has just announced he is leaving next month. Bill and melinda gates tackle tough questions and trump in their annual update for the gates foundation, they say that they remain. Then 91, she had witnessed most of the major events in the africanamerican struggle for civil. It is, of course, principally about the wars in iraq and afghanistan, where initial victories in both countries were squandered by mistakes, shortsighted ness, and conflict in the field as well as in washington, leading to long, brutal campaigns to avert strategic defeat. But the investigation continues, and gates has other problems as. The gates foundation focuses primarily on progressing healthcare, so it comes as no surprise that one of bill gates favorite books is about how to eradicate disease. He was also an officer in the united states air force and worked for the cia before being appointed director of the agency.
Read on for 20 gatesapproved books that you can add to your reading list. Former defense secretary robert gates embraces retired. Bill and melinda gates started the bill and melinda gates foundation which helps people and organizations all over the world. An exclusive interview with bill gates financial times. Bill gates favorite books on science business insider. Height talked about her book, open wide the freedom gates. Knopf while his rivals at the white house, the state department and the pentagon loudly staked out their positions, gates held back. Reports this week about former defense secretary robert gates new book have implied that he thinks president obama approved a 2009 troop surge in afghanistan believing the strategy would fail. A lot of the things that tom gets up to come from my own childhood the author of the tom gates series talks to book club.
The gates mixes science with dark fantasy using an amusing style that creates a novel like no other. Already wellknown as an enthusiastic reader of big nonfiction books on economics, science, and technology, gates is finding new ways to satiate his intellectual and. The road ahead is a book written by bill gates, cofounder and thenceo of the microsoft software company, together with microsoft executive nathan myhrvold and journalist peter rinearson. Gates insists the hardcore truth is that weve done nothing wrong. The personality of bill gates determines the culture of microsoft, says his intellectual sidekick nathan myhrvold. Top 10 authorized and unauthorized books on bill gates. Bill gates just released his 2017 holiday reading list, part of a semiannual effort to push the public toward five books that might expand how they think or feel. The introduction to the series included with this book states that it and the rest of the series is intended for public and school libraries. Bill gates calls book the best nonfiction hes read in a. Microsoft and gates foundation cofounder bill gates fondly remembers reading through his parents set of. Estrin, lynch on lynch by david lynch, woody allen. Bill gates poses with the 5 books hes recommending.
Billionaire bookworm bill gates released his 6th annual list of his favorite books of the year including one on poverty in america, a graphic memoir and historical fiction about a. Memoirs of a secretary at war is a nonfiction book written by robert m. Gates served as secretary of defense under both president george w. Jennifer edstrom and marlin eller were two insiders who wrote this book on the success and sordid details of bill gates company. A member of the national security council staff in four administrations, he served eight presidents of both political parties. The five books on my endofyear list will help you start 2020 on a good note. But though he has become the most famous business celebrity in the world, gates remains personally elusive to all but a close circle of friends.
Here are 5 of bill gates favorite books from 2017 originally published december 4, 2017 at 6. Based on accounts by the daughter of a microsoft spin doctor and a year veteran microsoft developer, it gives the scoop on microsofts history from the early 80s to the present. Robert michael gates born september 25, 1943 is an american statesman, scholar, intelligence analyst, and university president who served as the 22nd. View cnn fast facts to learn more about former cia director and former secretary of defense robert gates. Now secretary gates speaks for himself in his first television interview about his book. Former secretary of defense robert gates discusses his book a passion for leadership, which examines the failures of large institutions and how smart leadership can improve them. Bill gates reveals the 5 best books he read in 2016 geekwire. These are the best books bill gates read in 2017 yahoo. Obama echoed gatess comments in a july 10, 2010, interview for my book obamas wars. Bill gates unveils his 5 favorite books of 2016 cnet. Gates says he wept each evening over troops deaths npr.
Learn about the major challenges faced by the health community in disease eradication and what public health is predicted to look like in the future. Former secretary of defense robert gates sits down with rita braver in his first television interview since the publication of his new book, duty. David green talks to steve inskeep about his upcoming interview with former defense secretary robert gates. Gates notes photo to say bill gates is a voracious reader is an understatement. Bill and melinda gates tackle tough questions and trump. Gates notes will never share and distribute your information with external parties. Published in november 1995, then substantially revised about a year later, the road ahead summarized the implications of the personal computing revolution and described a. John brookss 1960s collection business adventures still offers many insights into running a strong business, writes bill gates. Former defense secretary robert gates interview with npr january, 2014 full transcript of unedited interview with morning edition s steve inskeep. An exclusive interview with bill gates the internet is not going to save the world, says the microsoft cofounder, whatever mark zuckerberg and. What could be a horrific story is turned on its head by the comedy of the authors writing voice. The news from former defense secretary robert gates interviews with npr and other news outlets notably, how he uses a new book to criticize many in the white house has now been widely.
Bill gates addresses tough questions on poverty and. Transcript of former defense secretary robert gates unedited interview with morning edition cohost steve inskeep on jan. After the letter was published on tuesday, bill gates joined ari shapiro of npr. The core memory project case but, uncharacteristically, it was picked up again, this time by the justice department. Bob gates has, i think, served me extraordinarily well. Transcript of former defense secretary robert gates unedited interview with morning editions steve inskeep on jan. Former defense secretary robert gates makes a point during an interview in the study of his skagit county home feb. In between getting a presidential medal of freedom and developing an odorblocking perfume, microsoft cofounder bill gates put out his list of his favorite books of 2016, just in time for the. The book is well written, with little or no obvious bias. A biography becraft has provided a concise, fairly thorough, and wellwritten biography of one of the most influential business leaders of the past 20 years. How lovely to find a novelist who doesnt take himself too seriously but can produce an unputtadownable new word book.
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