Mother stopped telling me to be a doctor and started getting me programming lessons.  From 1993 to 2006, Bill Gates topped the Forbes 400 as the richest man around, at one time having assets worth over $100 billion.  His company, Microsoft, has depreciated significantly after the dot com bubble burst, but Gates is no less a power house representing the epitome of geek revenge - success.  Gates has a dream job building a monster company from the ground up.  He was so wrapped up in building Microsoft, he took an multi-decade leave of absence from Harvard.  His billion dollar company, however controversial, is a geek playground from operating systems to online software to video game consoles and expanding.  Bill Gates is the geek we all hope to become.  His wife’s hot too.