They showed him the door. We decided we would start a company together. Host when did you come to that conclusion . You talk about your work as a glassblower. When did you realize payments were a problem he had just been kicked out of or its somebody i needed to standm in better the first time, so my first suggestion was lets go to San Francisco and get even. It was like spike motivated. But jack to his credit said why dont we do something more positive and start a new company so that was the impetus and then we were looking for a problem and the only thing we determined was our company was going to be sort of focused on ive got my phone here, ive got to use it as a prop. These things. Are we going to focus on these things because the iphone had just come out and we knew it was going to b be entertained. We hired an engineer from apple and that gave us two weeks to figure out what we were going to do. We were stretching for ideas and i went back to my studio. I am a glassblower. I make
To create theranos. Doing any lab test from a tiny drop of blood from the finger. From a finger. Oh, my god, this is a rocketship. She was able to put a magic spell on people with her big, blue eyes and deep voice. The whole steve jobs look. The youngest selfmade female billionaire, magazine cover after magazine cover after news article, blog post, speech. The golden girl of Silicon Valley. Part of the new time 100 list. Only problem it didnt work. Did ms. Holmes know theranos could not do all those tests . Yes, she knew. This is a product that didnt work. Not only did they fool the investors all the nanotainers. They fooled patients, doctors. Elizabeth holmes charged with massive fraud. Elizabeth holmes and another former executive await a trial. Holmes pleaded not guilty. I am so incredibly humbled. Enough, Elizabeth Holmes. Listen, this company is a fraud. This is an investigation by the securities and Exchange Commission in the matter of theranos, inc. Elizabeth holmes, grilled by
I germany where reign supreme there are 47000000 cars on its roads in a cities a choking on dangerously high levels of particulate matter nitrogen oxides and enormous c o 2 emissions the government has bought to proposals for driving bans and speed limits now its decided electric cars full fix the problem. In this new day we need to rid transportation of it c o 2 footprint and electro mobility is a key part of that and switch to get. Going green on germanys rides electric my ability is promoted as the ticket to a clean future and one of the Fastest Growing sectors in the global markets. Seem to be some yeah thats france germany and the e. U. Came to supply 30 percent of global battery demand by 2030. 2 in the. Gym. And carmakers also have ambitious plans. To get shots in the same yard by 20251 in 5 models and the b. M. W. Group will be electric but our electric cars are really the solution. In a way with their bills and you cant talk about clean energy for countries like germany if you
Lifebegin to take on the of being an interviewer even though i have a day job running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . Years you have been the wealthiest man in the world. But because you have given away so much money recently, jeff bezos became wealthier. Do you think if you stayed in college and gotten your college degree, you do not feel inadequate because you are the only the second wealthiest man in the world . Bill it is a sign i have not given the money away fast enough to drop out of the top 10. The market has been strong. The market has been strong. Microsoft is 35 this year. To what do you would should be that . , a great ceopany is a whole dream of the importance of software has really come true. The five most valuable companies our technology companies. Microsoft has a good share of that. I get to spend a six of my time at microsoft. David you said the biggest mistake you made professionally is that microsoft should
Thank you, bill, for coming. For about 20 years, you have been the wealthiest man in the world. Because you have given away so much money recently, jeff bezoss became wealthier. Do think if you had stayed in college [laughter] you dont feel an adequate, inadequate, right . Bill i havent given the money away fast enough to drop out of the top 10. And the market has been strong. Host microsoft is up 35 this year. To what do you attribute that . Bill the company is doing well. We have a great ceo. The importance of software has really come true. The five most valuable companies are Technology Companies. I get to spend 1 6 of my time at microsoft. Host you said the biggest mistake you made professionally was that microsoft should have the android technology. Bill we were in the field of doing operating systems for personal computers. Mobile phones were very popular. We were doing windows mobile. We missed being the dominant mobile operator by a tiny amount. We didnt assign the best people