Bill Gates says he retired from Microsoft nearly a decade earlier than he intended—here's why. (via CNBCMakeIt)
In 2001, Gates' good friend Warren Buffett invited him to speak to a group of business leaders about what he and Melinda and were learning on their foundation trips.
While speaking about global health that day, "I was energized," Gates recalls. "When ideas excite me, I rock, I sway, I pace — my body turns into a metronome for my brain." "The speech helped me see more clearly a life for myself after Microsoft, centered on the work that Melinda and I had started," he continues. "Software would remain my focus for years, and I will always consider it the thing that most shaped who I am. But I felt energized to get further along this new path we were traveling."
Gates ended up retiring from Microsoft "almost a decade earlier than I had planned," he writes, adding: "The 2001 speech was a step, a private moment, on the way to that decision."
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