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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Das, Anupreeta (Journalist), author.

Title: Billionaire, nerd, savior, king : Bill Gates and his quest to shape our world / Anupreeta Das.

Description: First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition. | New York : Avid Reader Press, [2024] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2024014139 (print) | LCCN 2024014140 (ebook) | ISBN 9781668006726 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781668006733 (trade paperback) | ISBN 9781668006740 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Gates, Bill, 1955–| Businesspeople—United States—Biography. | Computer scientists—United States—Biography. | Philanthropists—United States—Biography. | BISAC: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Rich & Famous | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Philanthropy & Charity

Classification: LCC HD9696.63.U62 G37429 2024 (print) | LCC HD9696.63.U62 (ebook) | DDC 338.7/610053092 [B]—dc23/eng/20240419

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2024014139

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2024014140

ISBN 978-1-6680-0672-6

ISBN 978-1-6680-0674-0 (ebook)