<p class="title">Steve Jobs was a master at 'casting spells' to keep employees motivated and working long hours, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has said, as he praised the late Apple CEO's incredible leadership style that helped the company which was 'on a path to die' to turn into one of the most valuable firms.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Jobs, the former Apple CEO who died of pancreatic cancer in 2011, was an example of 'don't do this at home' in his style of leadership, the billionaire philanthropist said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I was like a minor wizard because he would be casting spells, and I would see people mesmerised, but because I'm a minor wizard, the spells don’t work on me," said the world's second-richest person.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I have yet to meet any person who could match him in terms of picking talent and hyper-motivating that talent."</p>.<p class="bodytext">"He brought some incredibly positive things along with that toughness," Gates said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Jobs was the singular reason, he said, for why Apple went on to become the most valuable company in the world, after being on the path to die.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Since Jobs’ passing, the leadership of the company has gone to current CEO Tim Cook.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Gates was interviewed by CNN for a programme on leadership that was scheduled for broadcast on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">When asked about his own style of leadership, Gates, who had his own reputation of being hard on people, said, "Other than a DOJ deposition I gave, no one ever said that when I went out to talk to the press or customers, that I was rude or abrupt or commanding.”</p>.<p class="bodytext">Gates was referring to his deposition before the Department of Justice when it had sued Microsoft.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Inside Microsoft, "we were pretty tough on each other, sometimes that went too far", he said. </p>
<p class="title">Steve Jobs was a master at 'casting spells' to keep employees motivated and working long hours, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has said, as he praised the late Apple CEO's incredible leadership style that helped the company which was 'on a path to die' to turn into one of the most valuable firms.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Jobs, the former Apple CEO who died of pancreatic cancer in 2011, was an example of 'don't do this at home' in his style of leadership, the billionaire philanthropist said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I was like a minor wizard because he would be casting spells, and I would see people mesmerised, but because I'm a minor wizard, the spells don’t work on me," said the world's second-richest person.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I have yet to meet any person who could match him in terms of picking talent and hyper-motivating that talent."</p>.<p class="bodytext">"He brought some incredibly positive things along with that toughness," Gates said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Jobs was the singular reason, he said, for why Apple went on to become the most valuable company in the world, after being on the path to die.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Since Jobs’ passing, the leadership of the company has gone to current CEO Tim Cook.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Gates was interviewed by CNN for a programme on leadership that was scheduled for broadcast on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">When asked about his own style of leadership, Gates, who had his own reputation of being hard on people, said, "Other than a DOJ deposition I gave, no one ever said that when I went out to talk to the press or customers, that I was rude or abrupt or commanding.”</p>.<p class="bodytext">Gates was referring to his deposition before the Department of Justice when it had sued Microsoft.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Inside Microsoft, "we were pretty tough on each other, sometimes that went too far", he said. </p>