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There was one excellent biography of Bill quite some time ago. The part I could verify personally (and there was a lot) was almost all correct, and whatever the
by CurtMonash 13y ago
There was one excellent biography of Bill quite some time ago. The part I could verify personally (and there was a lot) was almost all correct, and whatever the exceptions were weren't bad enough for me to recall them now.
I don't see it on my shelf now, but I think it was http://www.amazon.com/Gates-Microsofts-Reinvented-Industry-Himself/dp/0671880748/ref=pd_sim_b_1 http://www.amazon.com/Gates-Microsofts-Reinvented-Industry-H... The cover looks familiar, the year is about right, and I have a vague memory of the author being named "Steven".
- scholia 13y agoGates: How Microsoft's Mogul Reinvented an Industry--and Made Himself the Richest Man in America, by Stephen Manes and Paul Andrews. Yes, it's by far the best biography of Gates, and extremely detailed. However, the first edition was published on January 21, 1994.
- mratzloff 13y agoIt's older, but I enjoyed Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire. It came out just before Windows 95 was released, so naturally it focuses mostly on the early years. It seemed to be a pretty balanced portrayal of Gates from those years. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0887306292 http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0887306292