Bill Gates is America's second richest man. His company, Microsoft, has amassed him a personal fortune of over $7 billion, but recently he's fallen foul of some of his main competitors who accuse him of unfair business practices and his case is now before the United States Justice Department.
In The Rise and Rise of Bill Gates, the first of ten documentaries about people, organisations, strategies and experiences of businesses, David Lomax reports on the man and his management style.
Future programmes will feature theatrical entrepreneur Bill Kenwright, Nicholas Hyack of Swatch, and the ice-cream war.
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