Bill Gates, Part 1: His remarkable upbringing, and outlook on the world today
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🗓️ 4 February 2025
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In advance of the release of his new memoir, Source Code: My Beginnings, Bill Gates sat down with GeekWire for a wide-ranging conversion on topics including his extraordinary upbringing in Seattle, the key people and influences in his life, the remarkable circumstances and luck that led to his work in software, and his outlook on the world today.
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We're presenting this interview in two parts, this one focusing on Gates' new book and his life, and where the world is headed from here. On an upcoming episode, as part of our Microsoft @ 50 series, we'll hear his thoughts on the evolution of the company that he and Paul Allen started five decades ago, the opportunities in artificial intelligence, and what's next for Microsoft and the industry.
With GeekWire co-founder Todd Bishop. Contributing: Kevin Lisota.
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| 0:18.6 | I talked to you in 2008 when I was a reporter for one of the newspapers, the Seattle |
| 0:22.9 | PI, right when you were leaving Microsoft, we were fortunate enough to speak with you in your |
| 0:26.9 | office on one of your last days. I asked you about the perception that you'd mellowed over time. |
| 0:32.1 | And do you remember what you said? Maybe I hope not, or I'm embarrassed that that's true. |
| 0:37.3 | You said bullshit. |
| 0:38.3 | Okay, good. |
| 0:40.0 | I think I was making a joke. |
| 0:41.9 | You were. You were. You were. |
| 0:44.6 | That is good. |
| 0:45.9 | It was a good one. |
| 0:50.9 | Hi, everybody. It's Todd Bishop from Geekwire. |
| 0:53.6 | And recently I got a chance to sit down with Bill Gates for a wide-ranging conversation in advance of the release of his new memoir, Source Code, My Beginnings. |
| 1:03.7 | We're presenting this interview in two parts, this one focusing on Gates' new book, the extraordinary story of his upbringing in Seattle and his early interest in technology, and where the world is headed from here. |
| 1:17.1 | On an upcoming episode, as part of our Microsoft at 50 series, we'll hear Bill Gates's thoughts on the evolution of the company that he and Paul Allen started five decades ago, the opportunities ahead |
| 1:28.5 | in artificial intelligence, and what's next for Microsoft and the broader tech industry? |
| 1:34.4 | Here's part one of our interview with Bill Gates. |
| 1:38.0 | Bill Gates, thank you for sitting down with me. |
| 1:39.9 | We always appreciate you making time for Geekwire. |
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