MICROSOFT FOUNDER URGES 'CREATIVE CAPITALISM' TO FIGHT POVERTY
February 12, 2008
February 12, 2008
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Feb. 12 -- The U.S. Embassy issued the following press release:
The man who helped make computers a part of modern life - and in the process became the world's richest person - is shifting his primary focus to dealing with the problems of the world's poor.
Bill Gates, co-founder and chairman of Microsoft Inc., will give up day-to-day leadership of the company in July and turn his attention to piloting the Bill and Melinda Gates Founda . . .
The man who helped make computers a part of modern life - and in the process became the world's richest person - is shifting his primary focus to dealing with the problems of the world's poor.
Bill Gates, co-founder and chairman of Microsoft Inc., will give up day-to-day leadership of the company in July and turn his attention to piloting the Bill and Melinda Gates Founda . . .