I have spoken to a whole group of millionaires, head executives at Microsoft. Boy did I chew those guys out.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I worked for Microsoft until 1996, till I had a different angle to view life. I wanted to be an entrepreneur and control my own destiny.
When I was in my 40s, Microsoft was my primary activity.
No one person controls Microsoft. The board and the shareholders decide whether they want to have me as CEO.
John D. Rockefeller wanted to dominate oil, but Microsoft wants it all, you name it: cable, media, banking, car dealerships.
Microsoft represents the best of ourselves or the worst.
When Paul Allen and I started Microsoft over 30 years ago, we had big dreams about software. We had dreams about the impact it could have.
I just did an ad with Microsoft. I'm dressed as Napoleon, and I get to slap Bill Gates.
Microsoft is one of those rare companies to have truly revolutionized the world through technology, and I couldn't be more honored to have been chosen to lead the company.
It is impossible to count the blessings I have received over my years at Microsoft. I am humbled by the professionalism and generosity of everyone I have had the good fortune to work with at this awesome company.
My career at Microsoft really was getting in the way of my cooking.