Excellent Bill Gates recommended book? An American Marriage by Tayari Jones: This book revolves mainly around a newlywed couple – Celestial and Roy and one of Celestial’s childhood friend Andre. Celestial was a blooming artist. On the other hand, Roy was a young executive. Just as their married life was settled and was at peace, something happened which turned their lives upside down. Roy was sentenced to twelve-year imprisonment for a crime Celestial believed he did not commit. Celestial, although being independent and strong, was shattered. It was at this time when she started taking comfort in Andre. However, Roy returns after five-year imprisonment to resume his life afresh with Celestial. It’s a story of three people who are bound and yet separated from each other. A beautiful tale of love, pain, hope, and patience you will surely relish reading. Find more details at https://snapreads.com/magazine/bill-gates-recommended-books/.
Two years into his college education, Gates dropped out of Harvard University to take a shot at life and start Microsoft. The business eventually made him a millionaire by 26. In 2010, the Harvard Crimson called Gates “Harvard’s most successful dropout”. In 2007, Gates came back to Harvard to accept an honorary Doctor of Laws degree. This award is given by the university without the need for the completion of the usual requirements of a certain degree. In 2009, Gates and Buffett established The Giving Pledge, where they and different very rich people made an agreement to give essentially 50% of their abundance to a good cause.
My Years with General Motors” was published in 1963 and straight after that it became a bestseller and one of the books to read for every businessman. Not only this is the story of one of the world´s leading company in the automobile industry, but also it can be used as a manual for future business tycoons as it contains the unique experience of a leader who led the company to the prosperity. During reddit’s AMA Bill Gates said that “Better Angels of Our Nature” is his “favorite book of the last decade”. He added that “it is long but profound look at the reduction in violence and discrimination over time”.
Put simply, Bill Gates has about two million times more money than the median US household income. It’s estimated that Gates is making about $11 million a day, and that’s not even the peak of his earnings. At one point, he had more than $150 billion. Bill Gates held the money title belt almost every year from 2000 to 2017. The only exception was the 2010-2013 period when Jeff Bezos gave him a run for his… well, money. As of 2022, Gates is the fourth richest person in the world after Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Bernard Arnault. If you wonder who that last guy is—he’s the chairman and CEO of the French conglomerate LVMH (Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton).
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr : This Pulitzer-prize winning novel follows the story of a German soldier and a blind French girl whose lives collide during World War II. Critics used words like mesmerizing, exquisite, stunning, soulful, and hauntingly beautiful to describe it. Gates apparently also fell under the novel’s spell, as it was the last book on his list of all-time favorites. He adds that the book forced him to face the depth of the grief of parents who have lost a child he encounters in the course of his philanthropic work. Find additional information on snapreads.com.