I’m looking forward to sharing posts from time to time about things I’ve learned in my career at Microsoft and the Gates Foundation. (I also post frequently on my blog.) Last month, I went to Omaha for the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting. It’s always a lot of fun, and not just because of the ping-pong matches and the newspaper-throwing contest I have with Warren Buffett. It’s also fun because I get to learn from Warren and gain insight into how he thinks. Here are three … [Read more...]
Lorre White, ‘Could the new CEO of Four Seasons be a non-hotelier?’
April 21, 2013 by
Bill Gates and Prince Alwaleed bin Talal of Saudi Arabia, the two billionaires who control 95% of Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts are keen to expand the business as fast as possible, to 150 hotels worldwide from the current 90. After the surprise departure of Kathleen Taylor (a company veteran for 24 years) more than a month ago, headhunters look for a new leader for the company, Four Seasons, being run, in the meantime, by a nine-person committee. Kathleen Taylor spent years preparing for … [Read more...]
