Anupreeta Das

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Anupreeta Das is the finance editor of The New York Times, and the author of Billionaire, Nerd, Savior, King.

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A book cover titled "Billionaire Nerd Saviour King" by Anupreeta Das, featuring a black-and-white photo of Bill Gates with green text overlay about the nerd founder's influence on the world.

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How Bill Gates cemented the folkloric status of the “nerd founder”

He peppers his sentences with words like “neat” and “cool,” he’s not great at working the room after dinner — oh, and he's a peerless visionary.

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