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[global times comprehensive report] although microsoft founder bill gates has left microsoft's front-line business for a long time, he has not been idle and wants to continue working for a long time. the us consumer news and business channel (cnbc) reported on the 7th that gates, 68, said that as long as his body allows, he wants to "work for at least another 10 years, and even hope for 20 to 30 years."

according to the us financial magazine forbes, gates' personal net worth is $128 billion. currently, gates still serves as a "technical consultant" for microsoft and promotes public welfare such as disease prevention and control, poverty reduction, and climate change through his foundation. in an interview with cnbc, he said that the idea of ​​not working full-time was "uncomfortable." he specifically mentioned that his old friend, buffett, chairman and ceo of berkshire hathaway, still insists on going to the office 6 days a week. gates previously revealed that when he was in his 20s, he was only thinking about microsoft's business, "not looking forward to weekends and holidays." not only did he put pressure on himself, he also hoped that the company's employees would have the same attitude. at that time, he even wrote down the license plate numbers of employees, so that he could "know when someone arrived and when they left work" by looking at the clock-in records. in a joint interview with gates and buffett in 2017, buffett advised gates not to push himself and his employees too hard, and that it was more important to control his own time than to control the time of others. gates seemed to have listened to buffett's advice completely. last year, gates said at the northern arizona university's commencement ceremony that he wished someone had told him earlier that "take a break when you need one."

today, gates's work intensity in charity is much lower than when he was at microsoft. he revealed that he often plays tennis now, enjoys vacations, and reads for three hours every day during his breaks. he likes to read about various topics that interest him, such as alzheimer's disease and artificial intelligence. (zhen xiang)