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Is Bill Gates the New Ben Franklin?
Last week, I had the unique opportunity of meeting Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, and until last year, the world’s richest man (worth $58 billion).
The meeting was arranged by friend John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods Market, who was invited by Time magazine to appear on a panel with Bill Gates and other luminaries to comment on Gates’ vision of “creative capitalism” and how business can help alleviate world poverty. The panel discussion will be a cover story in Time this month.
The moderator, Time’s managing editor Rick Stengel, started the panel by suggesting that Ben Franklin set the standard…
4Aug2008 | Investment U | Comments Off | Continued
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