Slide show bill gates lists the best books he read in 2015 published. Book suggestion from outstanding entrepreneurs, great politicians, people you admire. The bill gates booklist bill gates provides a bookshelf at his official site. By bill gates may 20, 2016 for his bookshop and website one grand books, the editor aaron hicklin asked people to name the 10 books theyd take with them if they were marooned on a desert island. The bill and melinda gates foundation completed its move into a new seattle campus this week. Gates was born in seattle, washington, on october 28, 1955. Incorrect book the list contains an incorrect book please specify the title of the book. The bill gates booklist meet your next favorite book. The five books on my endofyear list will help you start 2020 on a good note. Which of the following best describes your level of interest and engagement with global issues like the following. Bill gates is a technology pfounded micselling your stocks in may and going away isnt such a great idea. Bill gates lists the best books he read in 2015 marketwatch.
Still, reading books is my favorite way to learn about a new topic. The book is funny, clever, and moving, gates says, to the point that he read it in one sitting. Bill gates has 17 books on goodreads with 32966 ratings. Books on education, energy etc bill gates, the cofounder of microsoft corp.
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Bill gates says this is the book every college grad needs. Over on his blog, gates notes, the microsoft cofounder offers up these picks. Ive been reading about a book a week on average since i was a kid. Click through via the link above, and click on the specific book. The world is getting better, even if it doesnt always feel that way, said gates, the microsoft founder and billionaire philanthropist. Before we get too far into 2019, lets quickly recap the five books that made it to the top of bill gates reading list in 2018.
Americas school systems are funded by the 50 states. Actually, this book was so important to bill gates that he made a short video about it. Ten reasons were wrong about the worldand why things are better than you think. Gates said the book pushed him to read more books written from the vietnamese perspective. In it, he interviews warren buffet and other highprofile business leaders. Thats the message of bill gates new favourite book, steven pinkers enlightenment now. Even when my schedule is out of control, i carve out a lot of time for reading. The road ahead is a book written by bill gates, cofounder and thenceo of the microsoft software company, together with microsoft executive nathan. Buy it here now, check out books written by execs who have shaped our world. Bill gates, book critic, names his top 5 books of 2018.
However, as it grows and takes on more causes, some critics say the philanthropy is too powerful. The 700page work of nonfiction isnt exactly a quick read, gates admits, but please put this one on your reading list to get to someday, he says. The book is well written, with little or no obvious bias. Books bill gates thinks you should read business insider. Bill gates hopes his new favorite book will turn you into. That premise might sound similar to making the modern world, a book by gates favorite author smil, which gates has also recommended. Book lists from barack obama, steve jobs, mark cuban, bill gates and others. This novel is so good bill gates gave it to 50 of his friends another billionaire publicly discusses how fiction changed his life. Gates notes that hillbilly elegy doesnt use a lot of data and reveals which book sent him to the dictionary a dozen times. Bill gates recently read hans roslings new book factfulness. The introduction to the series included with this book states that it and the rest of the series is intended for public and school libraries. Bill gates says these were the 5 best books he read in 2016.
Bill gates, book critic, names his top 5 books of 2015. Bill gates reveals new favorite book, enlightenment now. Here are 5 of bill gates favorite books from 2017 the. Reading books is my favorite way to learn about a new topic, he writes on his blog. Billionaire bookworm bill gates released his 6th annual list of his favorite books of the year including one on poverty in america, a graphic memoir.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. On friday, the microsoft cofounder revealed that a new book. Through the success of his nowworldfamous software company, microsoft, bill gates. As gates foundation grows, critics question methods. Here are 5 of bill gates favorite books from 2017 originally published december 4, 2017 at 6. Books by bill gates author of surely youre joking, mr.
Bill gates reads about 50 books a year, which breaks down to about one a week. I travel everywhere with these bagsa hodgepodge of books ive read and ones im working my way through. In this fiery talk, bill gates says that state budgets are riddled with accounting tricks that disguise the true cost of health care and pensions and weighted with worsening deficits with the financing of education at the losing end. Below is a categorized list of his favorite books on each topic. This novel is so good bill gates gave it to 50 of his. Bill gatess most popular book is how to avoid a climate disaster. World economic forum under a cc licence targeting global health and us education, gates giving rapidly ballooned into the billions. Bill gates has a new favourite book of all time world. Bill gates, born in seattle, washington, in 1955, is an american business magnate, investor, philanthropist, and author. Favobooks contains book recommendations of famous people.