The 36-year-old CEO isn't dressed in the usual geek-chic uniform.

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San Diego (CNN) -- Geek is chic these days, especially around the San Diego Convention Center.

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But he turns serious on the subject of the geek-to-chic evolution, saying it was a fait accompli the moment Forbes declared Bill Gates the world's richest man in 1993.

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