BIll Gates Mini-Interview
If you only had one question to ask the richest man in the world, what would it be? As I outlined in last night’s report on meeting Bill Gates, I got to meet him (in person) yesterday afternoon – as did a handful of other industry influentials with various passions and backgrounds. Actually, if Bill were ever to start a blog – I think he should answer a different question every week. Although I’m sure his answers would be filtered, it’d still be kinda neat to see happen. I asked him what he wanted to “do” or “be” when he grew up. What would you have asked him?
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17 Comments
Anonymous
June 7th, 2007
at 1:20am
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Kevin C. Tofel
December 14th, 2006
at 1:37pm
Good question you posed. Mine would likely be along these lines: “As you’re transitioning from Microsoft helmsman to philanthropist, what might you have done differently during your time at Microsoft? Put another way: if you could go back in time at your company, when would it be and what you do?”
Nancy
December 14th, 2006
at 2:12pm
“Does your foundation have a systematic way of capturing the efficacy of grants, and how do you keep the foundation from becoming wedded to programs that aren’t working?”
dori
December 14th, 2006
at 2:53pm
i would have asked him
if fortune makes it easier to bring happiness
ET
December 14th, 2006
at 3:45pm
What I would have asked him….Hmm, thats a hard one. I would ask him for a $20,000 sign on bonus and a job interestingly cool job at Microsoft.
Richard j Smith
December 14th, 2006
at 3:59pm
Golly, that sounds so cool…Id love to meet Bill Gates. I’d love to ask him about his computer set up at home.
Julie
December 14th, 2006
at 10:37pm
I would ask him if he ever met a computer he didn’t like.
Lisa Lee
December 15th, 2006
at 1:24am
Do you use a Mac at home?
What is the meaning of Life?
Leif
December 15th, 2006
at 3:46pm
(The link to your meeting with Bill goes to LALA land as of 12/15 at 2:45 BTW)
I’d ask him, after all that has changed in the world with the rapidly increasing goal of a pc in every home, do you really think the world is better of for it –more pros than cons? Of course to answer in the negative would probably be more guilt than any human could bear, so it might be a waste of a question…
Latif
December 16th, 2006
at 1:33am
I would have asked him about his views on future of robotics, would the human-like-robots serve as Customer Serivce Officer of a Shopping centre one day?! Approximately When?
Sandy
December 16th, 2006
at 3:30pm
I wonder what was the answer, mate, else this article seems like a mystic women without name.
Anyways, I don;t have question for him. Strange, isn’t it?
Vince Williams
December 16th, 2006
at 4:47pm
I’d ask him why he spent such an obscene amount of money on his house.
Diego
December 17th, 2006
at 6:48pm
No questions thrown at him about all those annoying UI and font glitches in their software? ;)
Karl-Heinz Rummenige
December 23rd, 2006
at 5:31am
Bill,
just a quick and frank question:
Why is Windows so dislocated, disjointed and utterly dysfunctional?
thanks,
KHR
Al Hunt
January 31st, 2007
at 10:24am
I’d be asking if I could buy him supper.
Robertaiken
June 6th, 2007
at 4:01am
if i could ask him anything it would have to be
“Are you hardcore Mac user?”
Nasir
June 7th, 2007
at 7:47am
Who do think is geekier today? Bill Gates or Chris Pirillo? ;)