Bill gates says this is the book every college grad. The ultimate bill gates book recommendation list quartz. The jobs book by walter isaacsson is an awful book. Bill gates says you should read these 5 books in 20 geekwire. The bill gates booklist bill gates provides a bookshelf at his official site. It isnt difficult if you dont spend a lot of time watching tv. Bill gates six book recommendations for this summer. Here are 5 of bill gates favorite books from 2017 originally published december 4, 2017 at 6. To see all of the favorite books from famous entrepreneurs weve profiled in this series, check out our goodreads page. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext.
Bill gates told fortune, my years with general motors is probably the best book to read if you want to read only one book about business. Energy, evolution, and the origins of complex life, by nick. Loomis when carol loomis first mentioned a littleknown omaha hedge fund manager in a 1966 fortune article, she didnt dream that warren buffett would one day be considered the worlds greatest. Bill gates is a very busy man, but as his admirers know, he makes time to read. 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. Many of the books i read this year actually came out years ago. Here are the 7 best books bill gates read in 20 by taylor soper on december 12, 20 at 7. All the books bill gates has recommended over the last eight years.
This reading list perfectly reflects his lifes work and interests. Billionaire microsoft founder bill gates spends a lot of time reading books. With the first day of summer coming up on june 21, theres plenty of. I read a lot, but i dont always choose whats on the bestseller list. This new york times bestseller was an immediate hit when it was first published. Diamond finds fascinating anecdotes about what life is like for huntergatherers. Bill gates invites us all to read jared diamonds the world until yesterday this article is more than 6 years old the philanthropist has shared his. A full list of bill gates book recommendations from 2012. Bill gates reading list bill gates book recommendations. Adult content the group should be set to adultsonly due to its adult content. Succeeding in the digital economy kindle edition by gates, bill. Does reading 50 books a year like bill gates make any. Bill gates the seven best books i read in 20 farnam street.
In this who was biography, children will learn of gates childhood passion for computer technology, which led him to revolutionize personal computers. In this book, lane looks at how life evolved on earth, concluding that. In bill gates 2017 book recommendations, he said he would read just about any. And bill gates has his annual reading lists book recommendations shared each year by the microsoft founder and philanthropist. You can find more books on the profile we made for bill gates on parrotread, or visit the books section on his site. I wish i knew how many books bill gates has read in his life.
This reading list perfectly reflects his life s work and interests. Book suggestion from outstanding entrepreneurs, great politicians, people you admire. Its not as good as diamonds guns, germs, and steel. The gates notes bill gates book recommendations group. But only these 6 leadership books made his list of recommendations of all 186 books bill gates has ever recommended on his personal blog, six. Bill gates favorite books by vaclav smil business insider. Bill gates favorite book recommendations offer quite an eclectic mix. 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. To see gates explain why he likes each book in his own words, check out the clip below. The microsoft founderturnedhumanitarian is a veritable font of book recommendations. Bill gates prioritizes disease eradication over the proliferation of internet. Bill gates, the renowned microsoft cofounder, philanthropist and author, has been reading a book a week since he was a.
Patricia brennan is an educator and childrens book author. Bill gates loves to read the billionaire cofounder of microsoft and chair of the bill and melinda gates foundation reportedly reads around 50 books a year, and he chronicles his literary. Billionaires beach reading suggestions include mathematicians how not to be wrong and an 800page neal stephenson novel. For gates, this book features on his mustread list because he believes that people need to. Commenting on the lack of novels on the list, gates writes. These are bill gatess 5 favorite books of the year. The 7 books bill gates wants you to read this summer. Favobooks contains book recommendations of famous people.
Bill gates, born in seattle, washington, in 1955, is an american business magnate, investor, philanthropist, and author. The five books on my endofyear list will help you start 2020 on a good note. Bill gates favorite books of 20 point to a better future for the world. Twenty books bill gates has been reading by todd bishop on july 29, 2011 at 12. A full list of bill gates book recommendations from 2012 to 2019. Leading american economist charles kenny shares his optimistic prediction of the future of the world. Here are 5 of bill gates favorite books from 2017 the. Every book recommendation bill gates has ever published.
The billionaire and business tycoon is known for his passion for books and even has an. Published in november 1995, then substantially revised about a year later, the road ahead summarized the implications of the personal computing revolution and described a. A full list of bill gates favorite books in 2019and from. Book lists from barack obama, steve jobs, mark cuban, bill gates and others. Bill gates often points out books that he considers worth reading, and hes come out with new recommendations this month.
Bill gates and bono joined approximately 150 billionaires, nearbillionaires, philanthropists and leading social entrepreneurs, as well as two nobel peace prize winners, all of whom spent the day. Gates notes that hillbilly elegy doesnt use a lot of data and reveals which book sent him to the dictionary a dozen times. Bill gates thinks every student should read this book hey, if the richest man in the world recommends a book, its probably worth a read. Alux 15 bill gates books everyone should read the great gatsby f. Thats why this post isnt called the best books of 20 you may notice that there arent any novels on my list this year. Bill gates book recommendation for graduates simplemost. The first science fiction gates has read in over a decade, seveneves reignited his passion for the genre.
It consists of thoughtprovoking books, and chances are that at least one title from it. Every book recommendation bill gates has ever published 2017. When it comes to excellent book recommendations, theres one opinion people trust more than most. For acolytes, his reading habits provide a glimpse into both his personal life and. The road ahead is a book written by bill gates, cofounder and thenceo of the microsoft software company, together with microsoft executive nathan myhrvold and journalist peter rinearson. Read some of the stories that didnt make the new netflix docuseries about my life. Click through via the link above, and click on the specific book. In a column for the wall street journal, bill gates writes that he has had buffets copy of business adventures, by john brooks since he first received it in 1991 he calls it the best business book gates also recommends the following other 5 books this summer, below are a brief description of all 6 and the videos in which gates discusses them. I read a lot, but i dont always choose whats on the bestseller list, according to the billionaire and microsoft cofounder. Inappropriate the group contains hate speech or sexual roleplay activity, or facilitates illegal activity. Every book recommendation bill gates has ever published time. Ive read the catcher in the rye a bunch of timesits one of my favorite books ever and i enjoyed salinger, the documentary that. More people should know about this guys work, says gates.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. In a post on his personal blog, the gates notes, the microsoft founder. Curated reading recommendations from authors you love. Here are the 5 books bill gates wants you to read this summer. His picks for 2017 and early 2018 includes novels that delve into history, mental illness, and poverty. The book from james wallace and jim erickson is an unauthorized biography of microsoft chairman bill gates that details tactics such as software programming in microsoft products that led to the failure of nonmicrosoft products, microsoft managers spying on employee email, and allegations of abusive behavior towards female executives. A top book recommended by bill gates, getting better encourages us with the fact that the global quality of life has vastly improved and its set to keep on climbing. Here are ten bill gates suggested books that he thinks everyone must read. 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. Bill gates favorite books of 2017 business insider. Bill gates recommends five books for summer 2017 open. Gates reads little fiction, as he readily admits, but will dabble in ya, comedic memoir, and graphic novels on occasion. But when he reads for pleasure, he likes books that make him feel dumb. She has written several titles for children, including many books in the leveled reader program, penguin.
The book is well written, with little or no obvious bias. Last year i shared my summer reading list, and i thought id do it again this year. Bill gates says you should read these 5 books in 20. Warren buffett on practically everything, 1966 20 by carol j. Luckily, we now have a onestop shop that provides book recommendations from hundreds of leaders, including bill gates, warren buffett, elon musk, and jeff bezos. Twelve classic tales from the world of wall street, john brooks this is bill gates favorite business book, so you know we had to include it. The man inspires me to read more, and now hes out with a recommended reading.
Plagiarized the groups content has been reproduced from another group. The bill gates booklist share book recommendations with. All the books bill gates has recommended over the last. Through the success of his nowworldfamous software company, microsoft, bill gates. The trick is not to try to read for hours at a time, especially nonfiction. Here are the 7 best books bill gates read in 20 geekwire. We collected some of the recommendations he shared on twitter. Bill gates says you should read these 5 books in 20 by taylor soper on january 25, 20 at 12.
Bill gates top book recommendations for the summer aol. The best books i read in 20 bill gates gates notes. Top 10 authorized and unauthorized books on bill gates. This book, hard drive is really good about bill gates bill gates and the making of the microsoft empire. If avid reader bill gates could give every member of the class of 2017 a graduation present, it would be, fittingly, a book.
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