by Bill Gates · Le Grand Livre Du Mois · tapa dura · ISBN 9782286002220
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«La route du futur» is Bill Gates's essay on technology, published by Le Grand Livre Du Mois in hardcover (352 pages, in French).
Bill Gates sets out his vision of the beginning of the information age and the digital future, from hardware and software to education and entertainment. Written in the 1990s, the book analyzes how computers and the Internet will transform everyday life, work and business, anticipating an increasingly connected world.
This French edition translates the original work «The Road Ahead», originally published in 1995; the French version dates from 1996.
For readers interested in technology, computing and business who want to learn about Bill Gates's vision of the digital society.
William Henry Gates III is an American businessman and philanthropist. A pioneer of the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, he co-founded the software company Microsoft in 1975 with his childhood friend Paul Allen. Following Microsoft's initial public offering in 1986 and the subsequent increase in its stock price, Gates became the world's then-youngest billionaire in 1987, at age 31. Forbes magazine ranked him as the world's wealthiest person for 18 out of 24 years between 1995 and 2017, including 13 years consecutively from 1995 to 2007. Gates became the first centibillionaire in 1999, when his net worth briefly surpassed US$100 billion. According to Forbes, as of February 2026, his net worth stood at US$107.7 billion, making him the 18th-wealthiest individual in the world.
