Bill Gates
Businessman
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The most amazing philanthropists are people who are actually making a significant sacrifice.
When I was growing up, my parents were almost involved in various volunteer things. My dad was head of Planned Parenthood. And it was very controversial to be involved with that.
In the long run, your human capital is your main base of competition. Your leading indicator of where you're going to be 20 years from now is how well you're doing in your education system.
This is a fantastic time to be entering the business world, because business is going to change more in the next 10 years than it has in the last 50.
Me and my dad are the biggest promoters of an estate tax in the US. It's not a popular position.
I don't think there's anything unique about human intelligence.
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