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What do you do after developing Microsoft Word, traveling to outer space and living the bachelor lifestyle for 60 years? If you are CharlesSimonyi, you get married. The Medina billionaire wed 28-year-old Swedish socialite Lisa Persdotter in a ceremony in Gothenberg, Sweden this past weekend. Among the guests: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Rolling Stones front man Mick Jagger. (Sounds...
If Medina seemed a little empty this weekend, it was because a few of the billionaires were in Sweden for the wedding of CharlesSimonyi and Lisa Persdotter, a 28-year-old socialite and investment manager. Bill Gates created a stir when he flew in Friday to usher the wedding of Hungarian-born computing genius and "the father of Microsoft Word," according to a juicy report in The Local,...
Microsoft billionaire CharlesSimonyi sure likes to live large. He's a space tourist! He dates Martha Stewart! No wait, 60-year-old Simonyi is now marrying 28-year-old Swedish socialite Lisa...
Bill Gates Ushers Wedding Of Microsoft Billionaire Pal CharlesSimonyi | Nov 24, 2008 9:21 AM Billionaires have to do annoying wedding tasks, too! How excited were the random old ladies who he had to walk down the aisle? (Sweden) via Huffington Post: Bill Gates arrived in Sweden on Friday in time for the start of the three day wedding celebrations for old friend and Microsoft colleague...
Microsoft billionaire and philanthropist Bill Gates is in Gothenburg this weekend to attend the wedding of billionaire CharlesSimonyi and Swedish socialite Lisa Persdotter. Gates arrived in Sweden on Friday in time for the start of the three day wedding celebrations for old friend and Microsoft colleague CharlesSimonyi (60) and his 28-year-old bride-to-be Lisa Persdotter....
He plays the trumpet, loves football and has a well-known fondness for pink hoodies. Next week, University of Oxford mathematician Marcus du Sautoy takes over from Richard Dawkins as CharlesSimonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science. Is he bothered by comparisons with his fearsome predecessor? And what will his message be? Paul Parsons went to find out. What made you apply...
Next week, Marcus du Sautoy takes over from Richard Dawkins as CharlesSimonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science. He talks about selling science to the Big Brother generation. Redheads are in fact not going extinct. Dr. Karl explains. (Thanks to Huw.) When intelligent and natural design collide. (Thanks to Emory.) Do unicorns exist? Just in case [...]
Bill Gates will serve as an usher at the wedding of CharlesSimonyi . The wedding took place over the weekend in Sweden , where the future Mrs. Simonyi, Lisa Persdotter, is from. Simonyi is best known for creating Microsoft Office while heading Microsoft's applications software group, and also for flying into orbit as a space tourist. Simonyi, who is 60, had a 15-year...
Microsoft billionaire and philanthropist Bill Gates is in Gothenburg this weekend to attend the wedding of billionaire CharlesSimonyi and Swedish socialite Lisa Persdotter.
While you're getting tanked at your church brunch today, remember to bow your head and give a toast to 28-year-old Swedish socialite Lisa Persdotter for marrying 60-year-old Hungarian born billionaire CharlesSimonyi in Sweden yesterday! It always makes me feel warm inside whenever a gold digger finds true love. Guests at Lisa's wedding included Bill Gates, Mick Jagger, Ulf Ekberg of...
Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates is in Gothenburg, Sweden, this weekend for a society wedding.Gates attended the wedding Saturday of billionaire former Microsoft colleague CharlesSimonyi to Swedish socialite Lisa Persdotter.The Local reported Saturday that Gates arrived in Sweden Friday for three days of wedding celebrations. The newspaper said Gates was accompanied...
GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates is in Gothenburg, Sweden, this weekend for a society wedding. Gates attended the wedding Saturday of billionaire former Microsoft colleague CharlesSimonyi to Swedish socialite Lisa Persdotter. The Local reported Saturday that Gates arrived in Sweden Friday for three days of wedding celebrations....
... "I have placed 3 Quarks Daily at the head of my list of web bookmarks."—Richard Dawkins, CharlesSimonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University."Just wanted you to know I’m one of many who reads and enjoys 3 Quarks....almost daily."—David Byrne, musician, former lead-singer of the Talking Heads, artist, intellectual."I have placed 3 Quarks Daily at the...
When 60 year-old CharlesSimonyi ties the knot with twenty-eight year old investment manager Lisa Persdotter next month, one person who won't be attending is Simonyi's ex-: Martha Stewart. Though the 67 year-old homestyle queen has been invited, she is
Updated 10/29/08: Oxford announced yesterday the appointment of Professor Marcus du Sautoy to the CharlesSimonyi Chair for the Public Understanding of Science. Du Sautoy is a mathematician and a dedicated popularizer of math and science. To get to know...
