Meaning of Gates in English

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  1. Noun

    Gates

    Definitions

    1. United States computer entrepreneur whose software company made him the youngest multi-billionaire in the history of the United States (born in 1955)

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  • « When we think about online learning, it's such 'early days.' Bill Gates is a wildly smart insightful guy. Yet, even a guy as smart and insightful as that, 30 years ago can say things like,'Who's every going to need more than 640K of memory?' »
    Reed Hastings
  • « Bill Gates is a relative newcomer to the fight against global warming, but he's already shifting the debate over climate change. »
    Jeff Goodell
  • « Bill Gates is a very rich man today... and do you want to know why? The answer is one word: versions. »
    Dave Barry
  • « The devil had as good have let Paul alone, for he no sooner comes into prison but he falls a preaching, at which the gates of Satan's prison fly open, and poor sinners come forth. »
    William Gurnall
  • « As a parent and a citizen, I'll take a Bill Gates (or Warren Buffett) over Steve Jobs every time. If we must have billionaires, better they should ignore Jobs's example and instead embrace the morality and wisdom of the great industrialist-philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. »
    Eric Alterman

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