Leaders are those who empower others.

I think there certainly was a milestone in the '90s with regards to the Internet achieving critical mass. There were several magical factors that came together: the creation of HTML by Tim Berners-Lee, the drop in the price of communications, and all the PCs out there that you could put this software into.

How we deal with the AIDS epidemic should be one of the greatest ways that the world gets measured. The report card for this era.

I remember thinking quite logically that I didn't want to spoil my children with wealth and so that I would create a foundation, but not knowing exactly what it would focus on.

In the U.S., we believe the best way to improve lives is to improve public education.

Microsoft's philosophy is to 'do things better.' And Vista has given us lots of opportunity to do that.

The computer was born to solve problems that did not exist before.