Best Bill Gates Biography - April 2024

Gates: How Microsoft's Mogul Reinvented an Industry--and Made Himself the Richest Man in America

The Washington Post called this book "impressive" and "meticulously researched," with "much of the drama and suspense of a novel." The New York Times and USA Today found it "definitive." The Seattle Times said Gates "should be required reading for any new hire in the personal computer industry." Since its publication, Gates has been cited and used as a source by dozens of books and articles. Bill Gates is an American icon, the ultimate revenge of the nerd. The youngest self-made billionaire in history was for many years the most powerful person in the computer industry. His tantrums, his odd ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0671880748
• ASIN: 0671880748
• ISBN: 0671880748
• Brand: Touchstone
• Manufacturer: Touchstone

The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“In her book, Melinda tells the stories of the inspiring people she’s met through her work all over the world, digs into the data, and powerfully illustrates issues that need our attention―from child marriage to gender inequity in the workplace.” ― President Barack Obama“The Moment of Lift is an urgent call to courage. It changed how I think about myself, my family, my work, and what’s possible in the world. Melinda weaves together vulnerable, brave storytelling and compelling data to make this one of those rare books that you carry in your heart and mind... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1250313570
• ASIN: 1250313570
• ISBN: 1250313570
• Manufacturer: Flatiron Books

Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future

In Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future, veteran technology journalist Ashlee Vance provides the first inside look into the extraordinary life and times of Silicon Valley's most audacious entrepreneur. Written with exclusive access to Musk, his family and friends, the book traces the entrepreneur's journey from a rough upbringing in South Africa to the pinnacle of the global business world. Vance spent over 40 hours in conversation with Musk and interviewed close to 300 people to tell the tumultuous stories of Musk's world-changing companies: PayPal, Tesla Motors, Spa... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00KVI76ZS
• ASIN: B00KVI76ZS
• Manufacturer: Ecco

Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire

This biography chronicles William Gates' rise as the most powerful player in the computer industry--a man who has revolutionized the software industry with the incredible growth of his Microsoft company, that now threatens gigantic IBM. Reveals Gates' personal quirks and idiosyncrasies which helped fuel his fierce competitive spirit. Interviews Gates' closest friends, associates and former employees, and details IBM's as well as Apples' efforts to topple his Microsoft empire.

• ASIN: 0471568864
• ASIN: 0471568864
• ISBN: 0471568864
• Brand: Wiley
• Manufacturer: Wiley

Educated: A Memoir

#1 NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, AND BOSTON GLOBE BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW • ONE OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR • BILL GATES’S HOLIDAY READING LIST • FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE’S AWARD IN AUTOBIOGRAPHY • FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE’S JOHN LEONARD PRIZE FOR BEST FIRST BOOK • FINALIST FOR THE PEN/JEAN STEIN BOOK AWARD NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post • O: The Oprah Magazine • Time • NPR • Goo... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0399590501
• ASIN: 0399590501
• Brand: Random House
• Manufacturer: Random House

Principles: Life and Work

#1 New York Times Bestseller “Significant...The book is both instructive and surprisingly moving.” —The New York Times Ray Dalio, one of the world’s most successful investors and entrepreneurs, shares the unconventional principles that he’s developed, refined, and used over the past forty years to create unique results in both life and business—and which any person or organization can adopt to help achieve their goals.In 1975, Ray Dalio founded an investment firm, Bridgewater Associates, out of his two-bedroom apartment in New York City. Forty years later, Bridgewater has made mor... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1501124021
• ASIN: 1501124021
• ISBN: 1501124021
• Brand: Simon & Schuster
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life

The personally revealing and complete biography of the man known everywhere as “The Oracle of Omaha”—for fans of the HBO documentary Becoming Warren BuffettHere is the book recounting the life and times of one of the most respected men in the world, Warren Buffett. The legendary Omaha investor has never written a memoir, but now he has allowed one writer, Alice Schroeder, unprecedented access to explore directly with him and with those closest to him his work, opinions, struggles, triumphs, follies, and wisdom. Although the media track him constantly, Buffett himself has never told his... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0553384619
• ASIN: 0553384619
• ISBN: 0553384619
• Brand: Bantam
• Manufacturer: Bantam

Business @ the Speed of Thought: Succeeding in the Digital Economy

• ASIN: 0446525685
• UPC: 884459692449
• ASIN: 0446525685
• ISBN: 0446525685
• Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing

Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In this instant and tenacious bestseller, Nike founder and board chairman Phil Knight “offers a rare and revealing look at the notoriously media-shy man behind the swoosh” (Booklist, starred review), illuminating his company’s early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the world’s most iconic, game-changing, and profitable brands.Bill Gates named Shoe Dog one of his five favorite books of 2016 and called it “an amazing tale, a refreshingly honest reminder of what the path to business success really looks like. It’s a messy, perilous, ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1501135929
• ASIN: 1501135929
• ISBN: 1501135929
• Brand: Scribner
• Manufacturer: Scribner

Business Biographies and Memoirs: 6 Manuscripts: Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Jack Ma, Richard Branson

In this bundle we take a deep dive into the lives, successes, and failures of some of the most successful (and wealthy) men on the planet.What makes them different? What is it about them that makes them super-achievers?You will discover all of that and more.What is it about Jeff Bezos that allows him to change the way the entire world shops (and become the richest man on the planet in doing so)?How does Elon Musk go from working in the fires of a toxic furnace to leading the charge in space travel?How Steve Jobs created and led what would later become the world’s first trillion ($1,000,000,0... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1948489937
• ASIN: 1948489937
• ISBN: 1948489937
• Manufacturer: CAC Publishing LLC

If I Could Tell You Just One Thing... Encounters with Remarkable People and Their Most Valuable Advice (Self Improvement Books, Motivational Books, Ethics and Morality, Graduation Gifts)

"I found so many wonderful pearls of wisdom from remarkable game-changers.... If you're looking for inspiration or useful life lessons, I recommend you pick up a copy." —Richard BransonDiscover invaluable wisdom from 50 of today's most remarkable, diverse, and influential voices in an engaging collection of profiles: If I Could Tell You Just One Thing... presents life lessons from some of today's most accomplished voices in an engaging collection of profiles including: President Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Stephen Fry, Dame Judi Dench, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Caitlyn Jenner, Margaret Atwo... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1452165157
• ASIN: 1452165157
• ISBN: 1452165157
• Brand: Chronicle
• Manufacturer: Chronicle Books

Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World-and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“One of the most important books I’ve ever read—an indispensable guide to thinking clearly about the world.” – Bill Gates“Hans Rosling tells the story of ‘the secret silent miracle of human progress’ as only he can. But Factfulness does much more than that. It also explains why progress is so often secret and silent and teaches readers how to see it clearly.” —Melinda Gates"Factfulness by Hans Rosling, an outstanding international public health expert, is a hopeful book about the potential for human progress when we work off facts rather tha... [Read More]

• ASIN: B0756J1LLV
• ASIN: B0756J1LLV
• Manufacturer: Flatiron Books

Hit Refresh: The Quest to Rediscover Microsoft's Soul and Imagine a Better Future for Everyone

“At the core, Hit Refresh, is about us humans and the unique quality we call empathy, which will become ever more valuable in a world where the torrent of technology will disrupt the status quo like never before.” – Satya Nadella from Hit Refresh“Satya has charted a course for making the most of the opportunities created by technology while also facing up to the hard questions.” – Bill Gates from the Foreword of Hit Refresh The New York Times bestseller Hit Refresh is about individual change, about the transformation happening inside of Microsoft and the technology that will soon i... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0062652508
• UPC: 615145024684
• ASIN: 0062652508
• ISBN: 0062652508
• Manufacturer: HarperBusiness

The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution

Following his blockbuster biography of Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson’s New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed The Innovators is a “riveting, propulsive, and at times deeply moving” (The Atlantic) story of the people who created the computer and the Internet.What were the talents that allowed certain inventors and entrepreneurs to turn their visionary ideas into disruptive realities? What led to their creative leaps? Why did some succeed and others fail? The Innovators is a masterly saga of collaborative genius destined to be the standard history of the digital revolution—and... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1476708703
• ASIN: 1476708703
• ISBN: 1476708703
• Brand: Simon & Schuster
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

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• ASIN: 1451648537
• ASIN: 1451648537
• ISBN: 1451648537
• Brand: Simon & Schuster
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

How Did Bill Gates Get His First Million? Biography of Famous People Children's Biography Books

You know Bill Gates as a wealthy and successful man. You only see the end-result of his struggles because he was not born rich. He made himself rich through years of hardwork and sacrifices. By

• UPC: 682310143

Who Is Bill Gates?

"Bill Gates, born in Seattle, Washington, in 1955, is an American business magnate, investor, philanthropist, and author. In this Who Was...? biography, children will learn of Gates' childhood passion for computer technology, which led him

• UPC: 21186111
• Rating: 5.0

Who Is Bill Gates? - eBook

Bill Gates, born in Seattle, Washington, in 1955, is an American business magnate, investor, philanthropist, and author. In this Who Was...? biography, children will learn of Gates' childhood passion for computer technology, which led him

• UPC: 225169959
• Rating: 5.0

Bill Gates : The Man Behind Microsoft: A Look at the Man Who Changed the World We Live in

Bill Gates, more commonly known as the founder of Microsoft and richest man on the planet for almost two decades, has been defined by most people by the number that represented his wealth. We will

• UPC: 676694511

How Did Bill Gates Get His First Million? Biography of Famous People | Children's Biography Books - eBook

You know Bill Gates as a wealthy and successful man. You only see the end-result of his struggles because he was not born rich. He made himself rich through years of hardwork and sacrifices. By

• UPC: 147981581

Why Is Bill Gates So Successful? Biography for Kids 9-12 Children's Biography Books

You know Bill Gates. Everybody does. He's a very successful businessman with unique ideas and strategies that pushed him to become a world leader in his own right. His biography will remain the struggles that

• UPC: 872146878

Bill Gates: A Biography - eBook

Context is everything. Human beings are complex and intricately nuanced. While there could doubtless be a myriad reasons behind a persons actions, aspirations and beliefs, it is possible to learn the events, and, albeit to

• UPC: 197584160

Bill Gates: Celebrity Biographies - eBook

Ever wondered how Bill Gates rose to stardom?Bill is a figure of paramount importance in the development of the software industry and really in the development of the internet. William Henry Gates III was born

• UPC: 946199519

Bill Gates: A Biography - eBook

Entrepreneur Bill Gates founded the world's largest software business, Microsoft, with Paul Allen, and subsequently became one of the richest men in the world. Read the full biography of one of the world's richest people

• UPC: 503202196

When Bill Gates Memorized an Encyclopedia

Bill Gates is known as the richest man in the world. But do you know what he was like as a child? From selling peanuts to memorizing entire encyclopedias, Bill used his brain. This playful

• UPC: 733583517