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My opinion is that Bill Gates owes his wealth to luck, his father, his work ethic, and his high functioning autism, in that order.
Luck, well, that would take all night. He stole from Apple, QDDos existed, IBM too arrogant, world needed standardized PC operating system, etc etc etc. I agree 95%.
His dad wrote all the important contracts, such as the famous IBM contract, that made him wealthy. His dad gave him wealth and stability.
His work ethic is famous. He went to 100s of user groups and all over the country to promote. I only know one guy (barely) who knew him personally when he was young, and he says his work ethic was legendary even then. What he expected from his people, he could expect from himself.
His gentle and well managed autism gives him the ability to code in assembler (!!) something few can do. He also is a famously demanding boss with zero empathy, and no malice or insecurity either. To him there is only problem and solution. Business ethics, stealing, crushing people, all done with expediency and not a whit more effort than needed.
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