Gates Removes Car Radio

A story about how Bill Gates demonstrated his intense focus and dedication to Microsoft during its early days.

"People don't know this about Bill Gates because he's now a philanthropist with grandpa energy, wearing his sweater, talking about books and mosquito nets. But he was ruthless when building Microsoft.

Someone was riding in a car with him for an interview and noticed his tape deck was missing - it looked like it had been pulled out, almost like it was stolen. They asked him if it got stolen, and he said 'No, I took it out.' They asked why, if he didn't like listening to music, and he responded 'If I'm listening to the radio, I'm not thinking about Microsoft. So I just took it out. I don't want to listen to the radio, I want to think about Microsoft.'"