evidence: FACT CHECK: Did Bill Gates Say, ‘I Choose A Lazy Person To Do A Hard Job’? A Facebook post credits Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates with saying, "I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. [...] In 1947, automobile executive Clarence Bleicher testified before the Senate that one should "put a lazy man on it" to make a difficult job easier. Bleicher’s testimony may have been abbreviated over the years into the statement falsely attributed to Gates, according to the website Quote Investigator.