I don't know if is just me but I like to compare my life style to successful individual. Learn what they did to achieve all that success learn the failures so I can be on the look for them. Bill gates is one of the richest individual n I think he might know something about success. He wasn't born into a wealthy family I don't see any advantages he had. I feel every one can achieve what they want but also success is not always being rich. Success to me is being happy with your life.
Interesting subject. I think the most interesting thing about him is that he kind of distanced himself from society for a good 10 years to build his company. Kind of shows what it takes to make it, you gotta dedicate your life and be willing to have those dark days where you're off the radar.
If you want to learn about success in business styles, I recommend learning from Sam Walton aka founder of Walmart. He has a book called 'Made in America', it's a great story about business and entrepreneurship. :)