Book lists from barack obama, steve jobs, mark cuban, bill gates and others. Favobooks contains book recommendations of famous people. Gates told us the four habits and hacks he does to get the most out of his reading. The road ahead is a book written by bill gates, cofounder and thenceo of the microsoft software company, together with microsoft executive nathan. 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. Click through via the link above, and click on the specific book. 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. Bill gates reveals new favorite book, enlightenment now. Through the success of his nowworldfamous software company, microsoft, bill gates. The five books on my endofyear list will help you start 2020 on a good note. This novel is so good bill gates gave it to 50 of his friends another billionaire publicly discusses how fiction changed his life. 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.
Thats the message of bill gates new favourite book, steven pinkers enlightenment now. Bill gatess most popular book is how to avoid a climate disaster. Bill gates has a new favourite book of all time world. Even when my schedule is out of control, i carve out a lot of time for reading. Bill gates hopes his new favorite book will turn you into. Books bill gates thinks you should read business insider. Books on education, energy etc bill gates, the cofounder of microsoft corp. Over on his blog, gates notes, the microsoft cofounder offers up these picks. Here are 5 of bill gates favorite books from 2017 originally published december 4, 2017 at 6. Buy it here now, check out books written by execs who have shaped our world. Books by bill gates author of surely youre joking, mr. Gates said the book pushed him to read more books written from the vietnamese perspective. Here are 5 of bill gates favorite books from 2017 the.
Bill gates recently read hans roslings new book factfulness. Bill gates, book critic, names his top 5 books of 2018. The bill gates booklist meet your next favorite book. Which of the following best describes your level of interest and engagement with global issues like the following. Bill gates hopes his new favorite book will turn you into an optimist apparently the world is actually getting better. This novel is so good bill gates gave it to 50 of his. As gates foundation grows, critics question methods. Book suggestion from outstanding entrepreneurs, great politicians, people you admire. Bill gates, born in seattle, washington, in 1955, is an american business magnate, investor, philanthropist, and author. Gates notes that hillbilly elegy doesnt use a lot of data and reveals which book sent him to the dictionary a dozen times. 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.
Bill gates says this is the book every college grad needs. 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. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Bill gates has 17 books on goodreads with 32966 ratings. 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. The path to the future kindle edition by gatlin, jonathan. The book is funny, clever, and moving, gates says, to the point that he read it in one sitting. Ten reasons were wrong about the worldand why things are better than you think. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading bill gates.
However, as it grows and takes on more causes, some critics say the philanthropy is too powerful. Americas school systems are funded by the 50 states. Secrets behind the success of the microsoft billionaire biographies of famous people series kindle edition by walters, steve. Still, reading books is my favorite way to learn about a new topic. The bill gates booklist bill gates provides a bookshelf at his official site. Below is a categorized list of his favorite books on each topic.
World economic forum under a cc licence targeting global health and us education, gates giving rapidly ballooned into the billions. Msft, the worlds largest software company, is technologys richest man. Slide show bill gates lists the best books he read in 2015 published. Bill gates, book critic, names his top 5 books of 2015. The world is getting better, even if it doesnt always feel that way, said gates, the microsoft founder and billionaire philanthropist. Bill gates is a technology pfounded micselling your stocks in may and going away isnt such a great idea.
In this who was biography, children will learn of gates childhood passion for computer technology, which led him to revolutionize personal computers. Selfmade billionaire bill gates goes through about 50 books a year. I travel everywhere with these bagsa hodgepodge of books ive read and ones im working my way through. Bill gates lists the best books he read in 2015 marketwatch. 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. That premise might sound similar to making the modern world, a book by gates favorite author smil, which gates has also recommended. Reading books is my favorite way to learn about a new topic, he writes on his blog. A biography becraft has provided a concise, fairly thorough, and wellwritten biography of one of the most influential business leaders of the past 20 years.
Bill gates reads about 50 books a year, which breaks down to about one a week. Bill gates loves to read, and he often shares his favorite recent books. The book is well written, with little or no obvious bias. Ive been reading about a book a week on average since i was a kid. The bill and melinda gates foundation completed its move into a new seattle campus this week. Bill gates says these were the 5 best books he read in 2016. In it, he interviews warren buffet and other highprofile business leaders.