Gates Says Steve Jobs Cast ‘Spells’ to Keep Apple From Dying
- Microsoft co-founder talks during CNN segment on leadership
- World’s second richest man can’t shake tendency to micromanage
Steve Jobs in 2005.
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Apple’s Steve Jobs was singular in his ability to take a company “on a path to die” and turn it into the world’s most valuable -- in part by “casting spells,” billionaire Bill Gates said.
Gates spoke of Jobs, the Apple Inc. co-founder and chief executive officer who died of pancreatic cancer in 2011, in a segment on leadership to be broadcast Sunday on CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS.”