The foundations of Microsoft’s co-founder Bill Gates and former CEO Steve Ballmer will work together on a new initiative. Photo by Orjan F. Ellingvag/Dagens Naringsliv/Corbis via Getty Images Five of the world’s wealthiest individuals are backing a new philanthropic coalition aimed at improving the lives of low-income Americans and frontline workers. Over the next 15…
Bill Gates‘ youngest daughter, Phoebe Gates, is embracing independence after her dad’s inheritance revelation. The billionaire’s daughter has forged a new career path to secure her financial future, as she may not be receiving a substantial share of her father’s wealth. Bill Gates has announced that none of his children will receive more than 1%…
Bill Gates will not give up. The Microsoft co-founder turned philanthropist is continuing his public campaign against the Trump administration’s drastic cuts to U.S. foreign aid, warning of disastrous and preventable consequences for global health programs. His strategy is twofold: sound the alarm on the immediate human cost while highlighting the long-term benefits of American…
Bill Gates is giving it all away. The megabucks Microsoft founder’s fortune has plunged a staggering $51 billion in a few days because he’s ramped-up his charitable donations, according to the Bloomberg Billionaire index. Once the richest man on earth, Gates’ net worth fell to a measly $124 billion on Thursday – a steep drop…
Bill Gates speaks with Reuters during an interview in New York City, U.S., May 8, 2025. Mike Segar | Reuters Bill Gates, the philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder, on Friday said it’s not too late to reinstate international aid funding that President Donald Trump cut off. The Trump administration placed staff members at the U.S. Agency…
This isn’t the first time Elon Musk has taken a swipe at Bill Gates. In December last year, Musk remarked that Gates could face bankruptcy if Tesla ends up becoming “the world’s most valuable company by far” read more Elon Musk has entered an online brawl with Microsoft founder Bill Gates after the latter made…
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates believes that even the most advanced artificial intelligence (AI) won’t be able to replace programmers – not now, not even in the next 100 years. Gates says coding needs the human brain. Bill Gates spoke about this at a recent interview, including one with The Economic Times, and another on The…
Melinda French Gates doesn’t want to raise a nepo baby. The ex-wife of Bill Gates and longtime philanthropist, with a net worth of $31 billion, said she refused to fund her daughter’s startup. “I have a daughter who just started a business this year,” said French Gates, 60, during a recent talk with tennis legend…
Butch Meily is president of the Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation, IdeaSpace, and QBO Innovation. He is the author of the new memoir From Manila to Wall Street: An Immigrant’s Journey with America’s First Black Tycoon. In 1961, U.S. President John F. Kennedy created a new federal agency, the United States International Agency for Development (USAID)….
Bill Gates has dropped out of the top ten on the world’s richest list, with his net worth now calculated as less than that of his former assistant and successor as Microsoft’s former CEO, Steve Ballmer. This change comes after a recalculation to reflect Gates’ substantial charitable giving. Gates’ fortune was reduced by about $52…