Billionaire, Nerd, Savior, King: Bill Gates and His Quest to Shape Our World is a new book about Bill Gates written by The New York Times journalist, Anupreeta Das. There are several controversial accusations against Bill Gates in the book.
Anupreeta Das delves into the life and fortunes of the Microsoft founder. He documents Bill Gates’ journey from boy genius to world’s richest person to dabbling in the world of philanthropy.
This book also reveals the secrets and weaknesses of Bill Gates, America’s youngest billionaire at the age of 31. He has bad taste in clothes, not very stylish, his hair is messy, but he is very dignified. Following the publication of this book, Bill Gates’ spokesperson criticized it as not being factual.
« Relying almost exclusively on second- and third-hand hearsay and anonymous sources, the book contains highly sensationalist accusations and outright lies that ignore actual documented facts, which our office provided to the author on numerous occasions, » he said.
The following are two discussions about Bill Gates’ ulcers that are alleged by the book, quoted by Cuaninaja.id from Insider, Monday (19/8/2024):
Likes to tease young leaves
Bill Gates was accused of acting like a kid in a candy store when dealing with young interns at Microsoft. That forced management to forbid the intern from being alone with the tech legend.
« It was not unusual for Gates to flirt with women and pursue them, making unwanted advances such as taking a Microsoft employee out to dinner when he was still chairman of the company, » Das wrote.
Problems arose soon after the couple married in 1994, as Gates missed his ex Ann Winblad. He had an unusual agreement with his wife to visit Winblad once a year. According to Das, Melinda even overhauled her husband’s security team because she was worried they would let her husband be in places he didn’t know.
But according to the book, Bill Gates thought his behavior would have no impact. Das wrote that the marriage ultimately ended because of differences in understanding of the meaning of marriage.
According to Das, Gates flirted with several interns at the Gates Foundation, making them uncomfortable. In one incident, a colleague reprimanded someone for sending a 22-year-old intern to Gates’ office alone, saying she was too young and pretty to worry about being seduced by Bill Gates.
However, Gates’ approach to women is considered clumsy rather than typically predatory, so it’s actually not an exaggeration. A former Microsoft executive said Gates did not « prey » on women or ask for intimate relationships. « He’s not Harvey Weinstein, » he said and thought Bil Gates was just naive.
The peak of Melinda’s anger was her husband’s alleged friendship with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, with whom Bill Gates met several times. The couple divorced in 2021.
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Considered the scariest person
Bill Gates is known as a friendly and generous figure, but it is different when he is in the work environment as a boss. Employees working at Bill Gates’ foundation admitted they were afraid of his domineering behavior, with some even comparing him to French King Louis XIV. His presence is intimidating and frightening.
Those who interacted with him professionally saw him as an absolute monarch and very thorough. « He’s the scariest person in the world to give recommendations or direction to because he scans one page and comes back to you saying something like, ‘what you wrote in the footnote on page 9 doesn’t match the footnote on page 28,' » said one former employee.
A former executive said the meeting with Gates gave the impression of a king presiding over a court. It’s as if Gates were Louis.
Another former executive claimed staff would observe Gates’ expressions during meetings. « A slight smile or nod could mean he agrees, an expressionless face could mean he disagrees, » Das wrote.
« Once the meeting ended and people returned to their offices and desks, they would discuss Gates’ questions and expressions for days, often celebrating if they concluded they had impressed their boss, » he added.
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