Billionaire, Nerd, Savior, King
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Billionaire, Nerd, Savior, King

Bill Gates and His Quest to Shape Our World

Anupreeta Das • Avid Reader Press • 2024

From Brutal Competitor to Philanthropist

by David Meyer

Former New York Times finance editor Anupreeta Das provides a complex portrait of a titan who incarnates his era.

As Microsoft’s CEO, Bill Gates mercilessly dispatched the slightest threat to its dominance. Today, he’s giving away his fortune as the Gates Foundation fights disease, hunger, and poverty worldwide. 

Genius Tech Nerd 

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is the perfect incarnation of the socially awkward technology whiz kid who becomes a billionaire and changes the world. Today, Gates is emulating 19th-century tycoons – having transformed himself from an empire builder to a philanthropist.

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