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by guiambros
4030 days ago
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Per Walter Isaacson [1], the influence of Mary Gates was more to endorse and confirm the deal, than to serve as an introduction. During a business trip, Mary Gates mentioned to John Opel that "My son is doing business with your company", but he answered that he wasn't aware of any deal, and never heard of any "Micro-soft". On her return, she joked with Bill that his deals with IBM shouldn't be that important. Several weeks later, when deal was ready to be signed, IBM execs ran the agreement by John Opel, who then mentioned "oh, this must be Mary Gates' son. She's great. Yes, go ahead". [1] http://smile.amazon.com/The-Innovators-Hackers-Geniuses-Revo... |
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