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Bill Gates launches Gates Notes, his personal blog and platform
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Around 2010, as he stepped back from day-to-day work at Microsoft, Bill Gates launched Gates Notes, a personal website where he shares book reviews, reflections on science and global health, and his closely watched annual letters. The platform helped Gates build a public voice as a philanthropist and self-described optimist, recommending dozens of books a year and explaining topics from disease eradication to clean energy in plain language. Gates Notes became one of the most-read personal sites of any business figure and a key channel for shaping his post-Microsoft image.
Source: https://www.gatesnotes.com/
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