Bill Gates names Warren Buffet real career support: Bill Gates says Warren Buffet was a real support during the toughest period of his career

Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft, believes that American billionaire investor Warren Buffet is the person who has played the most important role in its success. Warren Buffet helped him through one of the most difficult periods of his career. In an interview last week, Bill Gates reported that 88-year-old Warren Buffet helped him overcome the antitrust lawsuit in the United States, which more than 20 years ago future of Microsoft at risk.

Indeed, Bill Gates revealed that Warren Buffet had acted as "great advisor" for the tech giant who, in 1998, was pursued by the US government. The latter accused Microsoft of having implemented monopoly practices in order to destroy the competition and favor the monopoly of its Internet Explorer browser. "In my career, the most difficult thing I had to experience was this antitrust lawsuit, it was impossible to predict what the outcome would be," said Bill Gates at an event organized by Global Village venture capital. "Get help from someone who has done well in another area but has that entrepreneurial spirit ... it has been a blessing."
Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, an unshakeable friendship.

Bill Gates names Warren Buffet real career support

Things finally ended for Bill Gates and Microsoft - these days, the US government has turned its attention to Google and Facebook. Bill Gates and Warren Buffet have maintained an unshakable friendship for almost 30 years. The two men are often happy to have shared with one another the best advice on business practices and entrepreneurship. With Bill Gates' wife, Melinda, the two billionaires launched the Giving Pledge in 2010 to encourage wealthier Americans to commit to donating more than half of their wealth for philanthropic purposes.

The friendship between the two men also turned business practices upside down. Bill Gates and Warren Buffet were seen testing mattresses together or serving at a Dairy Queen, a restaurant chain owned by Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway.

In the past, Bill Gates had already revealed that Warren Buffet had taught him to laugh more. And again, in the interview last week, Bill Gates thanked his friend for that. "[Warren Buffet] has a certain way of seeing things, for him, for example, work must be a source of pleasure," Bill Gates explained in his interview. "He made his job so much fun that he works more hours than me."

In this interview, led by Julia Hartz, co-founder and CEO of Eventbrite, Bill Gates also spoke about his intense work schedules when he launched Microsoft. Bill Gates said he worked on the weekends and did not "believe" in the benefits of the holidays at that time. He said he did not advocate these work habits to everyone while supporting his "hard enough vision" because, according to him, intensive work may be necessary when starting a business.