Bill Gates To Focus On Saving World, Not Dominating It

Breaking news yesterday afternoon regarding the world’s richest Harvard dropout:

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Microsoft announced Thursday that chairman and co-founder Bill Gates will transition out of a day-to-day role at the company, effective July 2008, to spend more time working on his charitable foundation.

Gates will then work part-time at Microsoft as chairman and technical adviser and will work full time for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the organization he founded with his wife, which focuses on global health and education.

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