Reading is my favorite way to indulge my curiosity, he writes on his blog. These are the best books bill gates read in 2015 quartz. A full list of bill gates book recommendations from 2012 to 2019. Here are the 7 books that bill gates says you need to read this. Jennifer edstrom and marlin eller were two insiders who wrote this book on the success and sordid details of bill gates company. Below is a categorized list of his favorite books on each topic. Bill gatess wife and children in 1987, a 23yearold microsoft product manager named melinda french caught the eye of gates, then 32. The world economic forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. This year he put together a list of his favorites from 20, though he stressed that they are not all books that came out in the past year. Top 10 authorized and unauthorized books on bill gates. The next in the series is bill gates, who shares his list exclusively with t. Kindle edition by demuth, patricia brennan, who hq, hammond, ted.
In an article in the new england journal of medicine, bill gates laid out a frightening scenario regarding future epidemics. Gates best books of 2015 list is here, and in true form, gates top reads from the year include six books and one honorable mention that delve into some very difficult yet fascinating topics. Bill gates shares his list of books you might enjoy reading this. Bill gates favorite book recommendations offer quite an eclectic mix. Bill gates reads about 50 books a year, but only a few make his annual list of favorites. When hes not busy trying to eradicate polio or invest in a cure for alzheimers, bill gates is a big reader. Every book recommendation bill gates has ever published time. Discount prices on books by bill gates, including titles like blitzscaling. The best books i read in 2015 bill gates gates notes. Bill gates lists the best books he read in 2015 marketwatch. The road to character by david brooks thing explainer. The very bright and organized melinda was a perfect match. Through may 22, one grand is hosting a popup shop at industry city.
Aside from a handful of novels, theyre mostly nonfiction books covering his and his foundations broad range of interests. When a billionaire hands out free advice, its probably a good idea to listen, and in this case, read. Learn about the major challenges faced by the health community in disease eradication and what public health is predicted to look like in the future. The gates foundation focuses primarily on progressing healthcare, so it comes as no surprise that one of bill gates favorite books is about how to eradicate disease. Microsoft cofounder bill gates predicted a global pandemic would kill many people and grind the world economy to a halt in a 2015 ted talk. Microsoft cofounder bill gates reportedly reads 50 books a year. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
Bill gates favorite books of 2015 business insider. Complicated stuff in simple words by randall munroe. Above, you can watch a gatesnarrated video highlighting his five favorite books of 2015. Bill gates warned in 2015 ted talk that next big threat to. Bill gates, book critic, names his top 5 books of 2015. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading who is bill gates. I read a lot, but i dont always choose whats on the bestseller list, according to. Bill gates says these were the 5 best books he read in 2017. We must prepare for future epidemics of diseases that may spread more effectively than ebola. To make a point, bill gates brings a jar of human poop to his toilet expo. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the biography of bill gates. The book is well written, with little or no obvious bias. Oprah winfrey has called reading her personal path to freedom.
In a brand new blog post, the billionaire inventor and philanthropist has shared his five favorite books of 2014. The top books bill gates read in 2015 microsoft cofounder bill gates reads roughly 50 books every year so when he recommends a book, its worth listening. Books bill gates thinks you should read business insider. Secrets behind the success of the microsoft billionaire biographies of famous people series kindle edition by walters, steve. Based on accounts by the daughter of a microsoft spin doctor and a year veteran microsoft developer, it gives the scoop on microsofts history from the early 80s to the present.
Books on education, energy etc bill gates, the cofounder of microsoft corp. Incorporated as a notforprofit foundation in 1971, and headquartered in geneva, switzerland, the forum is tied to no political. Msft, the worlds largest software company, is technologys richest man. Books by bill gates author of surely youre joking, mr.
I read a lot, but i dont always choose whats on the bestseller list. Bill gates often points out books that he considers worth reading, and hes come out with new recommendations this month. Bill gates on reddits ama pinker is a pulitzer finalist and a professor of psychology at harvard, so when he writes about the decline of violence, it matters. Bill gates names his five favorite books of 2016 the. Complicated stuff in simple words by randall munroe being nixon. Gates isnt shy about proclaiming smil, a professor emeritus at the university of manitoba, his favourite author. Bill gates says he likes to put some time away every us summer for a little extra reading.
Here are 5 of bill gates favorite books from 2017 the. Last year, there was only one book on my summer reading list that you could reasonably call a beach read. The season is awash in best books lists, and heres one more bill gates favorite books of 2016. We should all know by now that bill gates is an avid reader with taste that tends to lean toward nonfiction books about advances in research. Thats why this post isnt called the best books of 20 you may notice that there arent any novels on my list this year. Gates notes that hillbilly elegy doesnt use a lot of data and reveals which book sent him to the dictionary a dozen times. Gates and winfrey, along with a number of other successful people. Selfmade billionaire bill gates reads about 50 books a year. Theodore roosevelt, william howard taft, and the golden age of journalism by doris kearns goodwin one of the best books of the year as chosen by the new york time s, the washington post, the economist, time, usa today, christian science monitor, and more. While bill gates has a schedule thats planned down to the minute, the entrepreneurturnedbillionairehumanitarian still gobbles up about a book a week. Bill gates reveals his favorite books of 2015 geekwire. Many of the books i read this year actually came out years ago. As usual with my yearend lists see 20 and 2014, not all the books came out this year.
Bill gates reveals his 6 favorite books of 2015 thing explainer. Here are the 7 books that bill gates says you need to read this summer by molly brown on may 19, 2015 at 11. 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. Our neighbor in medina is an avid reader, and he doesnt flinch from a. I just looked over the list of books i read this year, and i noticed a pattern. Here are the 7 books that bill gates says you need to 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. A full list of bill gates favorite books in 2019and from. During his career at microsoft, gates held the positions of chairman, chief executive officer ceo, president and chief software architect, while also being the largest individual. I read a lot, but i dont always choose whats on the bestseller list, according to the billionaire and microsoft cofounder.
He is best known as the cofounder of microsoft corporation. In fact, hes recommended several of smils books before. Bill gates is a very busy man, but as his admirers know, he makes time to. Bill gatess most popular book is surely youre joking, mr. The five books on my endofyear list will help you start 2020 on a good note. If youre interested, hes released his list of books he. Gates, a businessman and philanthropist, challenged the world to learn from what happened with ebola. Bill gates on books and blogging the new york times. Bill gates has 17 books on goodreads with 32949 ratings.