Bill Gates
9 statements across 7 episodes · 2 bullish · 2 bearish · 7 people on the record · first statement Oct 11, 2017 by Ray Dalio · said 85 times in 23 episodes since 2017 · across every show →
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2026 17 mentions in 2 episodes 9 per episode
2025 9 mentions in 4 episodes 2 per episode
- Netflix Founder Reed Hastings on Scaling High-Trust Culture & Bold Judgment
- How to Think Like a World-Class Marketer | Rory Sutherland
- Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan: Turning Ambitious Misfits into Founders
- How to Win by Being Right and Contrarian: Lessons from Zappos to DoorDash
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2024 10 mentions in 2 episodes 5 per episode
2023 4 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode
2022 3 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
2021 4 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
2020 7 mentions in 3 episodes 2 per episode
2019 29 mentions in 3 episodes 10 per episode
2017 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
Everything said about Bill Gates, oldest first
Oct 11, 2017
Dalio administered personality tests to Bill Gates and Elon Musk
“I've given personality tests to well, I mentioned that in, in the book, Bill Gates, Elon Musk many, many incredible, successful people, and they all have some elements in common, and then they also have differences, and so there's a path to leadership.”
Jan 22, 2019 neutral
Jan 22, 2019 positive
Wolfe: Bill Gates will aggressively eviscerate flawed ideas in the boardroom
“You know, publicly, he sort of has this Mr. Rogers persona, you know, sweater, and I think in the boardroom, you know, he'll eviscerate somebody. Somebody will say something, he'll be like, why would you possibly do that? You know, that's the stupidest idea, a…”
Jan 22, 2019 neutral
Apr 16, 2019 negative
Gross: Bill Gates's rule to always finish a book is terrible advice
“I always demanded Myself to finish books, and I actually heard Bill Gates actually say something similar recently. He always finishes a book. I could not think of worse advice. I think the main goal is to be reading a lot and if you find that yourself caught i…”
Mar 3, 2020
Maples: Compelling vision matters far more than personal charisma for founders
“I think charisma helps, but I think it's more about the power of the vision. So, you know, Steve Jobs, super charismatic, obviously, but Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg, I wouldn't say are, you know, a standard deviation, more charismatic than most people. But …”
Mar 21, 2023
May 28, 2024 negative
Housel: Controllable Actions That Change Odds Are Not Luck by Definition
“If you can do something that changes your odds of an outcome, it's not luck by definition.
Luck to me, the biggest are where and when you were born.
You can't control it.
Bill Gates couldn't control it.
Elon Musk couldn't control it, but it has a massive incom…”
Jun 10, 2025 positive
Hastings: Gates-Funded GMO Cassava Delivers 5 to 10x Crop Yield in Trials
“The plants with this genetic modification don't get the virus, and instead of getting a 10 or 20% yield that a farmer gets, because the virus has taken 80 or 90%, they get, you know, a 95% yield, so it's like a five or 10 times more food produced, ok?”