American businessman, investor, philanthropist, and writer best known for co-founding the software company Microsoft with his childhood friend Paul Allen.
I never took a day off in my twenties. Not one. And I'm still fanatical, but now I'm a little less fanatical.
I know there's a farmer out there somewhere who never wants a PC and that's fine with me.
Innovation is moving at a scarily fast pace.
We all need people who will give us feedback. That's how we improve.
I don't generally read a lot of fiction.
The world is not flat, and PCs are not, in the hierarchy of human needs, in the first five rungs.
Being flooded with information doesn't mean we have the right information or that we're in touch with the right people.
I don't have a magic formula for prioritizing the world's problems.
I'm never fully satisfied with any Microsoft product.
We make the future sustainable when we invest in the poor, not when we insist on their suffering.