6 Best Tech CEO's Ever Produced

By siliconindia   |   Tuesday, 04 October 2011, 23:25 IST
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3. Bill Gates
Bill Gates
Bill Gates, an American business magnate, investor and former CEO and current chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen. After stepping down from his CEO role in 2000, Gates has focused on charity work and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of CEO and chief software architect, and remains the largest individual shareholder, with more than 8 percent of the common stock. Gates is one of the best-known entrepreneurs of the personal computer revolution. Although he is admired by many, a number of industry insiders criticize his business tactics, which they consider anti-competitive.