Bill Gates was for a long time seen as a monster, the evil force behind the forced uptake of earlier WIndows operating systems and all the problems that went with them.
He has successfully rescued his reputation by becoming a notable philanthropist, targeting his contributions to areas and research that are of serious importance to the future (as opposed to just funding university buildings, for example).
He's always worth listening to these days, because he makes you think.
~~~~ Just another victim of the ambient morality ~~~~