Description: Bill Gates's story takes readers inside the mind of this brilliant visionary and inside the rise of Microsoft, the world's most successful corporation. What unique combination of historical factors and personal qualities made Gates the right man at the right time? How did he invent an industry from scratch, and what choices -- from people to products -- made Microsoft the resounding success it has become? How has the company faced Apple, Netscape, and its other competitors and partners? From Microsoft's Redmond, Washington, campus to Gates's relationships with women and with other businesspeople -- like fellow billionaire Warren Buffett -- here is a compelling portrait of an unique American citizen at the dawn of the 21st century: a man whose career, and his effect on our world, has only begun.

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