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title: Bill Gates in Coke ad
date: "2005-11-01T12:00:00Z"
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wp_id: 512
description: I found this amusing video of Bill Gates starring in a 2005 Coca-Cola commercial. He wanders the Microsoft halls late at night looking for spare change for a soda machine, promising to pay his employees back.
keywords: [bill gates, coca-cola, microsoft, commercial, advertising, advertising history]
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[Bill Gates in a Coca Cola ad](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2428643356101239067). In August 2005, Bill Gates starred in a Coca Cola commercial. He wanders in the halls of Microsoft late one night looking for someone to loan him change for the Coke machine. "I'll pay you back," he promises.