Gates leaves Microsoft to focus on philanthropy
Sensing the start of a personal computer revolution, Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard University in 1975 to start Microsoft Corp and pursue a vision of a computer on every desk and in every home.Three decades later, Gates is set to step down on Friday from what is now the world’s largest software company to [...]
Gates calls for “creative capitalism”
Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) Chairman Bill Gates called on Thursday for a new “creative capitalism” to help the world’s 1 billion poorest who live on less than $1 a day.Gates, one of the world’s richest men, said he was not dumping the basic tenets of capitalism but argued market forces must be better [...]