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Rob Enderle (April 25, 2005). "IPod's Dirty Little Secret and the Power of the Internet". TechNewsWorld. While researching this piece, I once again ran into Wikipedia -- a free online encyclopedia which I think does a really nice job of summing up some of the world's most famous chief executives. If you get a chance you should read up on Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Linus Torvalds. (Linus isn't really a CEO but he may be the closest thing that Linux has).
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I've just watched a BBC interview of Gates where he claimed to have, over the years, donated $100bn of his wealth to charity. I can't see that in this article nor can I see any RS supporting it after a very quick search. if true and RS could be found, it should be included. Any ideas if it can be sourced? Whether or not it's supported it seems a noteworthy claim to be mentioned (whether true or exaggeration). DeCausa (talk) 22:43, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Even if independent reliable sources are not found, The fact that Gates has made that assertion might be sufficiently noteworthy to mention in the article. Wtmitchell(talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 01:14, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Agreed. The BBC have now reported it[1] and they claim it as an exclusive. I've added it - I wasn't sure of exactly the best place to add it (because the $100bn seems to cover all charities) so I've added it as an opener to the Philanthropy section above all sub-sections. Might be a better place. DeCausa (talk) 22:35, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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In Chapter eleven of Bill Gates book "Source Code" he declared his major at Harvard in his sophomore year as "applied math" and this information is to correct the line reading "He did not stay at Harvard long enough to choose a concentration but took mathematics (including Math 55) and graduate level computer science courses." under early life and education. Acholloman (talk) 05:13, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Not done for now: Please clarify what you want to change in 'X to Y' form and provide a source. Warriorglance(talk to me) 05:50, 21 March 2025 (UTC)