Name : Bill Gates
Date of birth : 28 October 1955
Place of birth : Seattle, Washington, USA
Birth name : William Henry Gates III
Nickname : Trey
Height : 5' 10
Yes, I think Bill is a great leader. There are many aspects to him that make him a great leader. One thing that stood out to me was his ability to know exactly what was happening in every product group in Redmond, who was responsible for what and why a certain delay occurred etc.
I actually worked for Microsoft between 1993 & 2000 and met him a couple of times....one time we were standing out the back of the old North Ryde Office in a small group, having a quiet beer and chatting with Bill for about an hour. It was inspiring and fascinating. Overall though, he is a down to earth kind of guy. As an anecdotal story to show that Bill is a normal kind of guy, back in my time at Microsoft, one of the old timers told me of a funny story about Bill. When the company was much smaller (late 80's), one of Bill's visits to Australia culminated in them going on a pub crawl around Manly.
Apparently, Bill had had too much to drink and started giving a bit of lip to a bouncer at Manly Rugby Club, and they ended up having to drag him away before the bouncer punched him.
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