Bill Gates and Warren Buffett ushered in a new Gilded Era of philanthropic giving, likened in influence to the Rockefellers and Carnegies. But charity work is about to look very different as higher taxes are threatened on liberal institutions, and new methods of giving are popularized by women mega-donors. MacKenzie Scott has become a pioneer…
RIO DE JANEIRO – When summer heat comes to the Arara neighborhood in northern Rio, it lingers, baking the red brick and concrete that make up many of the buildings long after the sun has gone down. Luis Cassiano, who’s lived here more than 30 years, says he’s getting worried as heat waves become more…
To his fellow high priests of the church of climate change, Bill Gates has just committed the ultimate heresy. He has told us that we are not all going to die from scorching temperatures, despite in the past having said “we are setting ourselves up for a humanitarian and geopolitical disaster.” In a new essay…
Bill Gates and Brazil’s president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (host of COP30 meeting next week in Belem) speak on stage during the annual Goalkeepers NYC event in 2024. The event is a catalyst for action linked to the UN’s 17 Sustainable Goals (Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images) Getty Images In the pantheon of philanthropy,…
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a House Republicans Conference. Getty Images Bill Gates is worth $115 billion, made by founding and building Microsoft, one of the most successful companies in the world (net worth almost $4 trillion). He has been for many years a strong advocate for climate change. But Gates…
The climate conformity caucus is breaking up at long last, and the latest evidence is a change of mind by none other than Bill Gates. The Microsoft billionaire turned liberal philanthropist now says the “doomsday view” about the climate is wrong, and “it’s diverting resources from the most effective things we should be doing to…
OpenAI is now the world’s most valuable private company, but when Microsoft originally invested $1 billion in the startup in 2019, it was less than a sure bet. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella faced pushback even from the company’s cofounder and original CEO Bill Gates, he recalled during an interview on tech-focused YouTube channel TPBN. “Remember…
Published on: Oct 30, 2025 04:33 am IST Donald Trump and his allies have denied climate change, calling it a “ liberal hoax”. US President Donald Trump claimed victory Wednesday over what he called the “hoax” of climate change, after billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates said a warming world would not end civilisation. Posting on his…
Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. When Bill Gates cautioned Satya Nadella that Microsoft Corporation’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) $1 billion OpenAI investment could go up in flames, few could have imagined it would turn into a $135 billion stake. Microsoft shares climbed nearly 2% Tuesday after…
For decades, Bill Gates has warned of climate disaster — but his tone meaningfully shifted Tuesday as the billionaire Microsoft co-founder cautioned against taking a “doomsday view” on the planet’s future. In a memo posted online, Gates wrote that while climate change is still a major problem that needs to be solved, “People will be…