Bill Gates

I'm not in, I, you know, could sincerely tell him what a brilliant job he did. Now, partly picking people, but that's, you know, kind of amazing, you know, now part of Disney. And, you know, in both a sense of thankfulness, although, you know, he was very sick and just hoping some new drug would come along, and tragically, it didn't.

Well, the fact that, you know, why were we both so competitive and pushing ahead? I think both of us, you know, in his case, he's an orphan. So he has a more complicated childhood that maybe can explain his zeal. I don't have any thing like that, you know, even though Kent died, that's not why, you know, well before that I was somehow always, you know, pushing as hard as I could be.

Well, the fact that, you know, why were we both so competitive and pushing ahead? I think both of us, you know, in his case, he's an orphan. So he has a more complicated childhood that maybe can explain his zeal. I don't have any thing like that, you know, even though Kent died, that's not why, you know, well before that I was somehow always, you know, pushing as hard as I could be.

And, you know, I think both of us, you know, being thankful for what we'd been able to work on. I mean, you know, we got more of a front row seat and help build this thing. Steve never got around to doing philanthropy. Now his widow, Lorene, is doing great philanthropy. So, you know, that's, I'm sure he'd, He'd be proud of that.

And, you know, I think both of us, you know, being thankful for what we'd been able to work on. I mean, you know, we got more of a front row seat and help build this thing. Steve never got around to doing philanthropy. Now his widow, Lorene, is doing great philanthropy. So, you know, that's, I'm sure he'd, He'd be proud of that.

But he didn't get to that stage, and I was just getting into that stage. So I shared with him a little bit about, wow, a lot of children die, and we don't do much to stop that. And that kind of intrigued him, but then he never got to pursue it.

But he didn't get to that stage, and I was just getting into that stage. So I shared with him a little bit about, wow, a lot of children die, and we don't do much to stop that. And that kind of intrigued him, but then he never got to pursue it.

I have a good friendship both with Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg. Elon stands by himself. Maybe that drives everybody else together. I don't know. And, you know, over time, I think Elon, as he gets older, maybe he'll mellow out a little bit and – probably be an incredible philanthropist based on everything else that he's done. But yes, there is some good conversation.

I have a good friendship both with Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg. Elon stands by himself. Maybe that drives everybody else together. I don't know. And, you know, over time, I think Elon, as he gets older, maybe he'll mellow out a little bit and – probably be an incredible philanthropist based on everything else that he's done. But yes, there is some good conversation.

Larry Ellison is now in a phase where he's doing some excellent philanthropy and we're all a bit more reflectful. I mean, hopefully by the time you get to 70, you've been hyper-successfully, you can relax and let your guard down a little bit and laugh about the things you got wrong.

Larry Ellison is now in a phase where he's doing some excellent philanthropy and we're all a bit more reflectful. I mean, hopefully by the time you get to 70, you've been hyper-successfully, you can relax and let your guard down a little bit and laugh about the things you got wrong.

Yeah, well, you know, Microsoft, the one big challenge we had is we were so successful by the late 90s that we got into antitrust difficulties. And in retrospect, we could have handled that better. And so I've been very open with Mark. You know, I used to brag that I didn't have an office in D.C. and I didn't. you know, what a great country that I didn't have to talk to politicians.

Yeah, well, you know, Microsoft, the one big challenge we had is we were so successful by the late 90s that we got into antitrust difficulties. And in retrospect, we could have handled that better. And so I've been very open with Mark. You know, I used to brag that I didn't have an office in D.C. and I didn't. you know, what a great country that I didn't have to talk to politicians.

Well, that was a mistake. You know, now, you know, you've got all of them going to the inauguration and, you know, so they're not making that mistake. Maybe they, have they corrected too much in the other direction? Well, you know, history will judge. So, yeah, I'm It's weird to be kind of an elder statesman. Satya, who runs Microsoft, has done such a brilliant job.

Well, that was a mistake. You know, now, you know, you've got all of them going to the inauguration and, you know, so they're not making that mistake. Maybe they, have they corrected too much in the other direction? Well, you know, history will judge. So, yeah, I'm It's weird to be kind of an elder statesman. Satya, who runs Microsoft, has done such a brilliant job.

And one of my great fears when I left Microsoft to go do philanthropy was how bad I would feel if it wasn't doing well. And so Steve Ballmer did a great job, and now Satya's with this AI generation.

And one of my great fears when I left Microsoft to go do philanthropy was how bad I would feel if it wasn't doing well. And so Steve Ballmer did a great job, and now Satya's with this AI generation.

So that's another great blessing is that not only the value of the stock, but also the fact I can just focus on, okay, what about polio and malaria, you know, knowing that they're taking the company to new heights? You know, what? what a great blessing, uh, that's been for me.

So that's another great blessing is that not only the value of the stock, but also the fact I can just focus on, okay, what about polio and malaria, you know, knowing that they're taking the company to new heights? You know, what? what a great blessing, uh, that's been for me.

over a hundred billion dollars. I mean, that, you know, what is that? And it's not, you know, you don't want to just give that to children and create some dynasty. That's not even a favorite to them. You want to give that back. So these are unprecedented fortunes.