This article is from the public number: Chinese charity magazines ID: / a> , author: SU Jie, herein Photo from: Inside Bill’s Brain: Decoding Bill Gates

Bill Gates announced his departure from Microsoft.

Bill Gates quietly announced the news on the afternoon of March 13 when the whole world was concerned about Trump’s announcement of the US state of emergency.

“I have decided to withdraw from the boards of Microsoft and Berkshire Hathaway and devote more time to charity, including global health and development, education, and tackling climate change. The leadership of Microsoft and Berkshire has never been stronger, so it’s time for me to leave. “Bill Gates made this statement on LinkedIn.

65 years old, at a normal age when an American should retire, Bill Gates chose to bid farewell to Microsoft.

Suddenly remembered the Netflix documentary “Decoding Bill Gates” (Inside Bill’s Brain: Decoding Bill Gates) , which was released in September last year Yes, the actual shooting time should be earlier. When I saw Bill Gates in the picture, the first impression was that he looked much older than his actual age. However, he is still talkative, speaks quickly, and speaks at the rhythm of young people.

“What is your favorite food?” the documentary director asked. “Hamburger.”

“What is your favorite animal?” “Dog.”

“What’s your favorite animal?” “Cow?” (laughs)

“What do you eat for breakfast?” “Do not eat.”

“What is your favorite snack?” “Nuts.”

“Like coffee or tea?” “A lot of coffee.”

“What are you most afraid of?” Bill Gates pondered for a moment and said, “I don’t want my brain to stop thinking.”

Strange boy with a pencil

Bill Gates was born in a middle-class home in Washington state. His father is a local prestigious lawyer and his mother serves on the charity board. He has an older sister and a younger sister.

Bill Gates was called a “smiling boy” by his family when he was a kid, because he loved to laugh at others at all times. Other than that, the family didn’t think the boy was any different from others until Bill went to elementary school.

“One day, the class put a recording of arithmetic problems, such as ’13 plus 18 ‘, and I quickly wrote the answer on the paper, and then looked at the people around me. The recording played quickly, ’17 plus 9’ “10 plus 32” … “With more and more questions, Bill Gates saw the classmates around him start to frantic,” The recording is too fast! “At that moment, Bill Gates felt vaguely. I seem to be better at adding numbers than my classmates.

In the eighth grade, Bill Gates participated in the Washington State Mathematical Competition and achieved the best result in the state, not only surpassing all the eighth grade students in the state, but even all the students participating in the 9th to 12th grade. Beyond the.

“What drives you to do your best?” “My mother.”

Bill Gates’s mother is a working woman. She is very enthusiastic about the cause of public welfare, and she also educates her children by caring about the community and the outside world, and being mobile. Bill Gates takes mom as an example, But has been unable to handle the relationship with her.

Bill Gates, a teenager, has gradually grown into a “weird coffee” in the eyes of others.

Sister Christie recalled that he was very introverted at that time, with a weird personality and strange friends. He could keep himself in the room for hours, or even a whole day.

“Why does he keep himself in the room?” “Reading books and pencils.”

Being immersed in the ego world, Bill Gates didn’t want to follow the rules of his mother at home, he could not speak for several days. This rebellion caused the mother-child relationship to fall into freezing points. Until one day, Bill Gates yelled at his mother at the dinner table, and his father poured a glass of water on his face.

“Let ’s go seek counselling on family issues. I told the counselor that my parents and I are in a war. Can you help me? The counselor laughed and said that this might not be a fair war because It hurts your parents much more than you do. Because parents are always on your side, “Bill Gates recalls.

He spent three full months trying to understand and compromise with his mother. He followed his mother to attend various social occasions, charity events, served as a waitress, greeted and chatted with others, and integrated into the social life of ordinary people.

Later Bill Gates was very grateful because these social relationships kept him curious and concerned about the outside world and connected him with the real world.

“What is the worst day in your life?” “The day my mother died.”

In June 1994, Bill Gates’ mother died of breast cancer. After a heavy rain, Bill Gates, driven to the news, hurried to his home. He was stopped by the police at high speed due to speeding. Rolling down the window, Bill Gates choked and said, “Sorry, I’m rushing home, my mother is dead.”

“If mom is still alive, do you think she will be proud to see you today?”” It should, although she always feels that my table manners are not good enough. ” “Bill Gates said with a smile, and still seemed worried that his mother thought he didn’t do enough.

Do things with like-minded people

In 1991, Bill Gates always wanted to be a better mother and introduced Warren Buffett to his son. At that time, Buffett was already a very successful stock trader. Although he was so busy at Microsoft at that time, in order not to disappoint his mother, Bill Gates arranged a one-and-a-half hour meeting. I did not expect that the two met very well and became each other’s business partners and lifelong friends. .

In the life of Bill Gates, he rarely meets people who fit his thoughts and beats. Warren Buffett is one. “Making the right friends is important. Because you can achieve each other and become better people.” Buffett regards Bill Gates as a true friend.

To meet Buffett, it has become a habit of Bill Gates to travel to and from Omaha in Seattle and Nebraska. Every time they meet, they eat lunch together. They often go to a burger restaurant. The standard meal is a burger and a milkshake. If you have enough time, you will play a card together.

Bill Gates previously served on the board of directors of Buffett’s Berkshire, and Buffett contributed nearly half of his assets to Bill and Melinda GateskiThe gold society will invest in charity together.

“Do you feel pressured by Buffett’s investment?”

“Of course, if it’s just my money, I won’t feel too guilty about using it in the wrong place. But if it’s Warren’s money, I will feel very guilty. So, make any decision wisely.”

Being successful with like-minded people is something Bill Gates realized early on.

Starting in seventh grade, Bill Gates was sent by his parents to a private boy’s school called (Lakeside) . In the class, the maverick Bill Gates was still out of step with most of his classmates. He easily achieved good results in each exam, and he occasionally came up with the idea of ​​”Do you want to challenge it, try it once”.

Fortunately, Bill Gates found his own paradise, the school’s computer lab. There, he also met a group of friends with similar interests. Among them, there was a partner who founded Microsoft with Bill Gates: Paul Allen.

Although only two grades apart, Paul Allen looks like the uncle of the immature Bill Gates. “At that time, Paul was much cooler than me. He was wearing a leather jacket and very mature. People didn’t understand why we could have one.” Bill Gates recalled.

Paul Allen introduced Bill Gates’ functions, how to program, and how to give the chip more computing power. The days of the computer lab opened the door to the new world of Bill Gates.

Bill’s computer skills quickly found their place. That summer, due to the merger of the school and a local girl’s school, how to reasonably arrange the combined curriculum has become a problem. So the school called BillGates and Paul Allen asked them to use their computers to reschedule more than 400 students across the school.

In order to make the timetable before the school starts, the two simply moved into the computer lab. Research the best solutions and write code day and night. After several weeks of hard work, they finally completed the student’s schedule before the school started.

Although it was a small success, the two excited people saw huge possibilities. They started trying to program more companies, and for the first time successfully ran commercial software on personal computers.

Later stories are well known. In order to seize the fast-changing opportunities, Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard University in 1975, moved to New Mexico with Paul Allen, and founded their own company, Microsoft.

Like all startups, the first few members of the company’s team rented a small apartment, too busy to sleep, let alone wash clothes. “The entrepreneurial life at that time was hard-core. I just wrote code every day and never thought of going to sleep. I didn’t even mention eating. I was so hungry that I grabbed an orange powder and put it in my mouth. Then I realized that I needed to drink water. “Bill Gates recalls the days of entrepreneurship.

Without weekends and holidays, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, Bill Gates’s mind is all at work.

He admitted that the original Microsoft was a very “impersonal” company,Demand is very high. If employees say that this can be done in a week, Bill Gates’ first response is, “I can do it in a day, why do you spend a week?”

At the time, Bill Gates famously said, “This idea is too stupid.”

Bill Gates can even write down the license plate number of each employee and go around the parking lot every day, and he will know who has arrived at the company and who has not.

As the company grows bigger, the contradictions between Bill Gates and Paul Allen gradually emerge. Bill Gates, who focused on making the company bigger and stronger, couldn’t tolerate Paul Allen’s work attitude.

“Bill has a huge sense of responsibility. Every day he cares about whether the company employees can be paid on time. Paul is more of an engineer character and has no desire to be a large company.” A founding employee of Microsoft recalled.

Bill and Paul are getting more and more quarrel, and the two people who are inconsistent with each other finally split up. In 1992, Paul Allen left Microsoft Corporation.

Since then, the two have maintained a distant and near relationship. In 2018, Paul’s cancer recurred. The two finally realized that when it was time to say goodbye to life, all misunderstandings and anger would disappear, and only friendship that struggled together would remain.

The birth of the largest private charity

Under Bill Gates, Microsoft has achieved great success. The birth of the Windows system changed the working and operating model of the entire world, and Bill Gates became the most influential businessman in addition to the major wealth rankings.

Of course, there is another successfulIn fact, Bill married Melinda Gates, the person who made him what Bill Gates is today.

Melinda is a very smart and excellent lady. After graduating from MBA, she joined Microsoft as an employee and has a bright future. She and Bill happened to be sitting together at a company party and later met in the parking lot. Of course, the details of the parking lot encounters need to be verified, as mentioned above Bill Gates can write down the employee license plate number … In short, after a series of coincidences, Bill Gates called the phone to Melinda’s apartment and successfully An appointment was made for a beauty.

In January 1994, Bill and Melinda held a romantic wedding in Hawaii. According to Melinda, before deciding to get married, Bill Gates, who was devoted to his career, also drew a huge form on the whiteboard in the bedroom, listing the advantages and disadvantages of marriage.

Fortunately, their combination has brought the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to the world. Founded in 2000, this foundation is now the world’s largest private charity. Its goal is to reduce poverty and improve global health. As of 2018, the Bills and Gates have invested $ 36 billion in the foundation.

In the eyes of Bill Gates, Melinda Gates is not just a life partner, but an equal partner in business.

“If there is one thing you wish you did, but you haven’t done, what is it?” Bill Gates thought.Thinking, “Maybe just say thank you to Melinda!” When he said that, his eyes burst into tears.

Bill Gates said that one of his favorite movies with Melinda is “The Great Gatsby.”

When two people are in love, Melinda will turn on the green light to let Bill Gates enter into a chat when the office is almost empty. When walking to Melinda’s office, Bill always remembered the scene of Gatsby’s journey to Daisy’s house in The Great Gatsby.

The line is, “He came to this blue meadow after a long search, and his dream is so close to him. He knows that he will not let this opportunity pass.”

This article is from the public number: Chinese philanthropist magazine (ID: cnscsj) , author: Su Jie