Money Programme: Bill Gates: How a Geek Changed the World (Part 7)

The Money Programme's Fiona Bruce gains exclusive access to Bill Gates as he prepares to step down from full-time involvement with Microsoft, the company he helped found. Gates's company has changed the world, but he's a controversial figure, with his ruthless business leadership contributing to Microsoft being sued by the US government. In a special one-hour edition of the Money Programme, Fiona Bruce presents the definitive profile of Bill Gates as he embarks on his latest challenge: giving away the billions he's amassed. She examines the fortunes of Microsoft as it faces up to competition from internet-based companies, and the programme asks an array of well-known friends, colleagues and rivals what the future holds for the company in a post-Gates world.

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[GNUchess]

Nice series of videos !!

Good Luck Bill, We miss you !!

[campgalley]

thank you

[InnocenceExperience]

it seems like that man at 3:55 can't believe Bill would do altruistic work and needs to find a cynical ulterior motive. if he was spending all that money to win a Nobel peace prize, he would focus on work that is more relevant to arms and conflict  rather than fighting disease.

[Gondus]

Clarifying : All money after the first 5 million a year should go to charity. 5 million a year is more then enough to live the best possible life on this earth..no point in hording it all away.

[Gondus]

So your take is because he fought hard against competition he felt so sinful he needed to help poor people around the world to feel better about him self....NO....sure doing philanthropy give some kind of self satisfaction, but mostly its the right thing to do when you have the amount of money no one person should have. All rich should be doing this, but they don't. If you make more then 5 mill a year, it should go all to helping someone.

[8bobthebuilder]

The upshot of this documentary is an intelligent young man who got lucky when offered $ for his software, who become a formidable capitalist, who broke the law in trying to illegally monopolise & push out competition, got fined, failed to capitalise on Internet and then (praps wanting to go out on a high note,] he left the Co. --- now trying to make amends by philanthropy..

[anijon]

Thank you

[LewisAM37]

What's up with the repeat in the middle

[Balii83]

Good stuff !