Gates Hands Over Microsoft Reins

Item: Gates’ big-picture memos shaped Microsoft, changed tech world /Seattle Times

More Info: He made a career, a company and an industry by looking over the horizon and charting a course. Bill Gates, who today ends his full-time involvement with the company he and Paul Allen cofounded 33 years ago, was often right. The Microsoft empire of 91,200 employees, billions in profit and ubiquitous products stands as testament. Now, Seattle’s most famous son points his full intellect and attention to the world’s poor, giving them a voice in a global market that responds disproportionately to the rich.

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