Leadership the Bill Gates Way
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Case Code : LDEN014
Case Length : 14 Pages
Period : 1968-2003
Pub Date : 2003
Teaching Note :Not Available Organization : Microsoft
Industry : Software
Countries : USA
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"Bill Gates is a modern business phenomenon: the
greatest of the cyber-tycoons. His is not simply a story of technical brilliance
and enormous wealth; it is one of remarkable business vision and an obsessive
desire to win. It is also about a leadership style that is radically different
to anything the business world has seen before."
- Des DearLove1 in his
book, Business The Bill Gates Way.
Introduction
In 1993, William Henry Gates III, popularly known as Bill Gates (Gates), was
conferred the 'Price Waterhouse Leadership Award for Lifetime Achievement' by
the Computerworld Smithsonian Honors Program (CSHP).2
This award was presented to Gates for his remarkable contribution to the
Information Technology (IT) revolution, for the distinctiveness of its
conception, for the wide reach of its vision, and the benefits it brought to the
society. In 1996, Gates was named the 'Technology Leader of the Year'3
by the editors of Industry Week for his corporate guidance and for his unique
ability to make his company - Microsoft Corporation (Microsoft)4
- adapt quickly to changes in the industry.
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With a market capitalization of US$ 260 billion on May 23, 2003, Microsoft had
emerged as the global computer software leader and the world's most valuable
company. Gates, the erstwhile CEO5 of
Microsoft, was also the world's wealthiest individual. Microsoft dominated
the global PC software market.
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According to analysts, Gates had played a pivotal role in Microsoft's
success. He had made major contributions to strengthen the product
development, human resources and marketing efforts of the company.
Appreciating Gates leadership, James Collins, co-author of the book -
Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies, said, "To my mind,
Microsoft has never been a company.
It's a single remarkable individual, Gates, with thousands of the smartest,
best-paid people anywhere helping that individual. It's basically like a big
wheel, with Gates at the hub."6 |
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