AmazonGates said he started following Epstein's work after his 2014 Ted Talk on performance in sports.
His book captures the importance of people who have a broad breadth of knowledge over various topics in the workplace. It's a quality, Gates said, that helped Microsoft reach its current status as a top tech company.
"I think his ideas even help explain some of Microsoft's success, because we hired people who had real breadth within their field and across domains. If you're a generalist who has ever felt overshadowed by your specialist colleagues, this book is for you," Gates wrote.