What did Bill Gates think of Steve Jobs?

The more one tries to understand the deceased Apple co-founder, Steve Jobs, the more difficult it is. On the one hand he was a devoted follower of Zen practice and on the other he was an often tyrannical manager who managed his team and many others who got in his way with the technique of intimidation Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft and a close friend of Jobs, he was always fascinated by the Apple symbol. And in fact, according to the biography of the co-founder Apple written by Walter Isaacson, Gates envied Jobs' legendary ability to literally captivate a room full of people, bringing everyone to his logic.

He also thought Steve Jobs was "weird" and had too many flaws. For Gates, Steve Jobs could relate to other people on one or two other levels.

He believed that “Jobs was the kind of guy who either wrote you… normally or tried to charm you.” The Apple co-founder wasn’t the nicest person in the world. He fired the head of MobileMe in front of many of the company’s employees, and there were many times when he showered people with cosmetic epithets. Sometimes his anger was part of his charm.

While psychologists have a word for this kind of behavior. It's called narcissism. Narcissists are constantly seeking validation, they want to control people, and they are ruthless about their needs. They have to be satisfied. This often makes them extremely effective as executives, just like Steve Jobs was.

Source: newsbeast.gr