The Specimen Significance of Bill Gates Retirement

Bill Gates retired from Microsoft on July 1. Gates is an iconic figure of an era, and his retirement also shows a special specimen significance. Microsoft is actually an out-and-out private enterprise. A research result from the Institute of Economics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences shows that in the next 10 years, Chinese private enterprises will be at a critical moment of intergenerational handover and property rights transformation. According to the general model, the original shareholders delegate power to appoint professional managers to manage the enterprise. However, the separation of powers also has its weaknesses. Statistics show that in China's current management economic crime cases, the crime rate of private enterprises is higher than that of state-owned enterprises, and most of them are private enterprises that have implemented the separation of ownership and management. At the beginning of the last century, American companies experienced large-scale mergers and reorganizations, and the original shares were dispersed into the hands of bosses, financial companies, and promoters who facilitated the merger. It was this check and balance force that found a balance, and professional managers were able to stand out. . Today's Microsoft transition is a typical portrayal of this balanced outcome. Gates' 'enlightenment' gave way, which is very useful for Chinese entrepreneurs. A large number of facts have proved that the sustainable development of an enterprise can only rely on mechanisms and teams. Without a continuous leadership and management team, in a competitive environment, success will disappear with the disappearance of key leaders. In this regard, Bill Gates has long had a strategic plan. As early as 8 years ago, when he handed over the position of Microsoft's president to professional manager Ballmer, he carefully arranged the work platform for top talents within the enterprise, and used the competition mechanism to make talents stand out. The world has entered the era of charitable business. Gates seems to have grasped this already. Someone once did the math for Gates: He had the wealth to buy more than 30 space shuttles. Gates is not the miser, miser Grandet of Balzac's pen, he thinks that the money is just a symbol of their success, other than that, he doesn't think there is any meaning. For Gates' admirers, Gates' transformation from entrepreneur to philanthropist has undoubtedly strengthened his charisma as a capital hero. For the huge wealth he has, Gates has been looking for the best way to spend money-to exert its social benefits. In 'Fifty Knowing the DestinyAfter the devastating earthquake in Wenchuan, Sichuan, China, the Melinda Gates Foundation, named after the Gates and his wife, made an emergency donation of US$1.3 million (approximately 9.1 million RMB) to the Chinese Ministry of Health to support the Ministry of Health in the earthquake-stricken areas. Water safety control and disease control work. Its ultimate intention is to donate $10 million. For several years, Gates and his wife Melinda have done good deeds in 100 countries around the world, and his wealth has been used to solve the most pressing problems in the world today: poverty, ignorance and disease. Gates' passion for philanthropy has also led a large number of wealthy individuals in the high-tech industry to donate generously to social welfare undertakings. A scholar in the United States who has done research on philanthropy believes that the transformation that Gates is about to achieve represents an important cultural change in American society, and will inspire more rich people to complete their spiritual life while benefiting mankind. sublimation. Gates said that he has the same passion for charity as Microsoft, and believes that it is also a very important and challenging cause. He will apply Microsoft's successful strategy to the operation and management of the foundation. In his mind, the capital they own has already become the public wealth of the society. The daughter was gone, and her heart was calm. The transformation from entrepreneurs to philanthropists is a leap in the spiritual quality of entrepreneurs, and it also represents an important cultural change in today's society, allowing wealth to be shared by all mankind. To forge ahead is a kind of hard work, and it is not a game to retire, in a sense, it is a more difficult game. Gates overcame his ego and turned away calmly.