Gotta love Bill Gates
fool.com | at | by Mike
Many years ago, it was often fashionable to hold Bill Gates in scorn, as the founder and leader of a monopolistic firm that squashed its competition. Today, many folks still have trouble liking the guy -- as his company, Microsoft, hasn't exactly experienced much shrinkage in the market share department. It still dominates its world -- and our world -- and sour grapes abound.
But these days, if you look at the big Bill Gates picture, you might see a lot to like -- and even admire. One good place to look is the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, started by Gates and his wife and run by his father, among other people, with much involvement from the founders. Gates has amassed more money than anyone else on earth, and it's nothing but heartening to see that he's giving much of it away to improve life on this planet -- for billions of people. And better still, he's begun giving away a lot of money now, having already infused his foundation with billions of dollars.