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Steve Jobs Was a Tough Character, Says Bill Gates

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Many adjectives have been used to describe Steve Jobs, the legendary founder of Apple, which is the world’s most valuable company today. Words like hard, perfectionist, clever, and hardworking are...

Bill Gates pressured to step down as Microsoft chairman, says report

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It's a familiar story. You work very hard to found a company, then at the height of your reign as its CEO or chairman, the board suddenly decides to fire you. We've seen this incident happen to the...

Bill Gates regains title of world’s richest person as Microsoft stock hits five-year high

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Bill Gates may be more philanthropic than ever since leaving the top job at Microsoft, but he still owns a ton of stock in the company, which today just so happened to close at a five-year high. As Bloomberg reports, that shift was finally enough to push Gates' net worth back above that of telecom mogul Carlos Slim, who took the title of "world's richest person" away from Gates way back in 2007. As things stand now, Gates has some $72.7 billion to his name, while Slim stands at $72.1 billion. A situation that offers no material for puns whatsoever.

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