Dec 25, 2014 the five best books bill gates read in 2014. If youre looking for something to read this summer, id recommend any of the books below. Oct 30, 2014 6 books bills gates says you should read by. Gates says he asked warren buffett back in 1991 what his favorite business book was, and buffett responded by sending his personal copy of business adventures. Introduction to electronics xvi 1 i use the word supposedly because, in my view, the official rewards for textbook authoring fall far short of what is appropriate and what is achievable through an equivalent. Its an optimistic and terrific book that explores why humans have. Bush and barack obama and delivers unsentimental assessments. Historians and policy wonks will bask in the revelations gates provides on major decisions from late 2006 to 2011, the span of his time at the pentagongates is doing far more than just scoring points in this revealing volume. Robert gates thinks joe biden hasnt stopped being wrong for 40 years. Aug 01, 2014 business adventures why bill gatess favourite book is back at the top of the bestseller lists. Every book recommendation bill gates has ever published time. As the cochair of the bill and melinda gates foundation, he is wont to. The gates notes bill gates book recommendations group 88. Starting in 2014, he even began recording short videos to go with his.
He has focused on a certain number of books each time, providing a brief overview of why each one has stood out for him. On two occasions, gates had certain titles repeat from one list into the next. Bill gates 5 favorite books of 2014 reveal secrets of business and. But he does include one novel on his list of the best. On this channel, i post videos about the issues im focused on. The complete series list for the gates paula graves. A full list of bill gates book recommendations from 2012. Robert gates thinks joe biden hasnt stopped being wrong. In 2014, bill gates wrote a blog post talking about a compelling book he read called, how asia works, by joe studwell. In his new book, which has nearly 600 pages of text, gates takes the reader inside the warroom deliberations of presidents george w. Robert gates thinks joe biden hasnt stopped being wrong for. We fill the function that government cannotmaking a lot of risky bets with the expectation that at least a few of them will show some success. A fatherdaughter team is working to reduce child mortality in bangladesh.
Every word is important, compassionate and resonantlike notes played on a distant cello. Bill gates has read thomas pikettys capital in the twentyfirst century, and he likes it. Gates said he and his wife, melinda, pored over the title at the same time. Now secretary gates speaks for himself in his first television interview about his book. The five best books bill gates read in 2014 marketwatch. As the year comes to an end, i reflect on how we can make our tax system more fair. For other people of the same name, see bill gates disambiguation. Dec 03, 2014 nprs book concierge our guide to 2014s great reads. Bill gates favorite books on science business insider. Jan 29, 2018 bill gates new favorite book of all timeand how you can download a free chapter. Gates declared that business adventures was his favorite business book, and that he has read it repeatedly since 1991, when his friend warren e. William henry gates iii born october 28, 1955 is an american business magnate, software developer, investor, and philanthropist. A full list of almost 100 bill gates book recommendations over the. In gatess post, he stated that he made the book a mandatory read for all the members of his agricultural team at the gates foundation.
Every year for the past seven years, bill gates has dedicated two posts on his blog in summer and in winter to his personal reading recommendations. Gates notes will never share and distribute your information with external parties. The book is well written, with little or no obvious bias. Im lucky that my work allows me to talk with a wide range of brilliant and insightful people working on some of the worlds. Bill gates just revealed the five best books he read this year, and since they range from an. Most of this years reading, he notes on his blog, touched on economics and business. Jul 18, 2014 as gates notes in his essay about business adventures, brooks eschews listicles and doesnt boil his work down into pat howto lessons or simplistic explanations for success.
Business adventures why bill gatess favourite book is back. Of all 186 books bill gates has ever recommended on his personal. A look at bob gatess enraged new memoir the former defense secretary didnt think much of his job under obamaand a new books treatment of rahm, bill, axe, and valerie doesnt mince. One of ten books gates recommended in 2014, the book introduces the. Mar 26, 2020 so too, as bill gates explains in a 2014 gates notes blog post, is the ability to operate outside existing government and philanthropic systems. Gate study material free download in pdf for ce,cs,ch,ee,ec,me. A full list of bill gates book recommendations from 2012 to 2019. Mar 23, 2017 bill gates is a very busy man, but as his admirers know, he makes time to read.
Thats one of gates five favorite books of 2014, as unveiled this morning on his site, the gates notes. Bill gates is a very busy man, but as his admirers know, he makes time to read. Bill gates is passionate about reading and recommending books he finds particularly thoughtprovoking during an oct. Vaclav smil professor at the university of manitoba on his book, making the modern world on materialization, car economy, and. Bill gates new favorite book of all timeand how you can download a free chapter. The ultimate bill gates book recommendation list quartz. Please allow for 24 hours for the deactivation to fully process. Read like bill gates with his 5 summer book picks the muse. Additionally, some campaigns and content may only be available to users in certain areas. Gates told us the four habits and hacks he does to. Health, nutrition, and human development in the western world. In the book, gates says obama has integrity, but has glowing. Bill gates reads about 50 books a year, which breaks down to about one a week. A biography becraft has provided a concise, fairly thorough, and wellwritten biography of one of the most influential business leaders of the past 20 years.
Bill gates shares his thoughts on john brooks, author of his favorite business book business adventures, a collection of twelve stories that originally appeared in. Gates has recommended books including a summertime collection on his website, gates notes, with selections weighted toward science and policy subjects. The gates notes bill gates book recommendations has 9 books shelved. This unusual book is a series of fictional conversations between kublai khan and marco polo. Bill gates dropped out of harvard to create microsoft with friend paul allen. Bill gates book lists are an influential force in publishing, capable of giving a title a sales bump. With the blessing of bill gates, an unlikely summertime best. Memoirs of a secretary at war, is the most peculiar book of its kind that ive read in a long time, maybe ever. Vaclav smil professor at the university of manitoba on his book, making the modern world on materialization, car economy, and examples of the modern economy.
But he thinks that piketty underweights some of the major forces that counteract the accumulation of. Gatesnotes got a bookworm on your holiday gift list. Gates provides revelations about major decisions made from late 2006 to 2011. Susan walshap photo bill gates recently revealed that his favorite business book was business adventures, a 1969 collection of new yorker articles by john brooks that illustrate the formation. The discography of at the gates, a swedish melodic death metal band from gothenburg and formed in 1990, consists of six studio albums, three extended plays, one live album, four split albums, one video album and thirteen music videos. At that point, governments can invest in innovations. The book came out in 2016, but gates got around to reading it this year, after his brotherinlaw sent him a copy. Lessons in bill gates favorite book business adventures.
In 2014, gates stepped down as microsofts chairman to focus on charitable work at his foundation, the. Deactivating your account will unsubscribe you from gates notes emails, and will remove your profile and account information from public view on the gates notes. Great books on science and innovation i believe that science and innovation are the keys to solving many of the worlds biggest. Here are the books, and a brief note on why gates chose each. You can sign back in at any time to reactivate your account and restore its content. Bill gates has a new favourite book of all time world. May 26, 2018 gates reads little fiction, as he readily admits, but will dabble in ya, comedic memoir, and graphic novels on occasion. One of ten books gates recommended in 2014, the book introduces the idea of design thinking as a humancentered approach to problem solving that helps people and organizations become more. During his career at microsoft, gates held the positions of chairman, chief executive officer ceo, president and chief software architect, while also being the largest individual shareholder until may 2014. A look at bob gatess enraged new memoir chicago magazine. The best books i read in 2014 bill gates gates notes. Bangladeshs dynamic duo battle global health inequity. Gates notes insiders can download an exclusive chapter of steven pinkers. Jan 12, 2014 washington has been abuzz this past week over the new memoir by former secretary of defense robert gates.
He is best known as the cofounder of microsoft corporation. Gates notes that sometimes the math does get quite complicated but. Gates notes may send a welcome note or other exclusive insider mail from time to time. But as i look at the list of the best books i read this year, i see how a. Bill gates book recommendations for 2019 include plenty. She was right, gates said of this book on his gates notes blog. Jan 07, 2014 robert gates thinks joe biden hasnt stopped being wrong for 40 years. Jun 12, 2014 the world ever wrote, or thought, or even felt quite like him. Jan 19, 2014 in his memoir duty, the former defense secretary robert m. A 2014 new york times notable book probably one of the best washington memoirs ever. Youll notice something about gatess picks over the years. You have no friends in the the gates notes bill gates book recommendations group.
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