Contrary to Piketty’s rentier hypothesis, I don’t see anyone on the [Forbes 400 list of the wealthiest Americans] whose ancestors bought a great parcel of land in 1780 and have been accumulating family wealth by collecting rents ever since. In America, that old money is long gone - through instability, inflation, taxes, philanthropy, and spending.

Even with cameras being very cheap, one thing that researchers noticed was that you look really bad in a videoconference image because the lighting is bad and you get shadows and things.

People should just buy a CD and rip it. You are legal then.

Microsoft's only factory asset is the human imagination.

If you want to build a great company, get the hell out of Silicon Valley.

China adopted a capitalist system in the 1980s, and they went from a 60% poverty rate to 10%.

My dream is that every child has enough food to eat, good medical care, and the chance to go to school and even attend college.