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"She was the first female president of King County’s United Way, the first woman to chair the national United Way’s executive committee where she served most no
by praptak 13y ago
"She was the first female president of King County’s United Way, the first woman to chair the national United Way’s executive committee where she served most notably with IBM's CEO, John Opel, and the first woman on the First Interstate Bank of Washington's board of directors. Mary's son Bill Gates is the founder of Microsoft."
Yeah, totally self-made, first-generation. And her connection to IBM didn't help with this MS-IBM contract at all. Anybody could get this contract with enough hard work and dedication.
- selmnoo 13y agoI like that. Let's keep this going. Howard was a businessman, investor, and four-term Republican United States Representative. He also served as the campaign manager for conservative Senator Robert Taft in Taft's 1952 presidential campaign. Howard's son is Warren Buffet, CEO and largest shareholder of Berkshire Hathaway.
- gaius 13y agoOh come on. How many of his billions did Gates inherit from his parents? Umm, none. And "anyone" nearly did get that contract, but Gary Kildall was out hang-gliding that day. And this on a website where upper middle class kids from Stanford and MIT dream of getting rich off a cat-sharing app...