1.In 2021, Bill Gates and Melinda Gates announced their divorce after 27 years of marriage. It came as a shock, given how long they had been together. Their split resulted in an estimated $76 billion settlement, making it the most expensive divorce in history. Instead of one lump sum, the settlement largely involved the transfer…
Cao Ting, a leading artificial intelligence researcher and former research manager at Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA), has left the US tech giant to join Tsinghua University, as AI becomes a new front in the US-China tech rivalry. According to the university’s website, Cao left MSRA in July to join Tsinghua’s Institute for AI Industry Research…
CEOs with major controlling stakes in their billion-dollar companies have the power to make themselves richer and richer, but one 82-year-old tech leader isn’t cashing in for herself. Judy Faulkner, the CEO of Epic Systems, has been selling her non-voting shares back to the company—and redirecting the profits elsewhere. “I’ve never cashed a single share…
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates spent decades in shaping the tech world, but there’s still a job that Bill Gates would never want. During a mock interview with NBA star Stephen Curry in 2020, Bill Gates talked about his professional preferences and admitted that there’s one Job role that he’d prefer to avoid which is of…
During job interviews, it is commonly asked, “Why should we hire you?” and “What are your salary expectations?” Now, you can use Bill Gates’, Microsoft co-founder, tips to crack interviews and get your dream job. In a unique role-playing exercise, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates transformed into a young college dropout, simulating the experience of a…
Their answer became Speed Rack, the world’s first and only all-female and femme speed bartending competition–a speed rack is also part of a bar to place liquor for quick handling. Now in its thirteenth year, Speed Rack, featuring “Women shaking up the cocktail world,” is part of a larger movement ensuring nobody else wonders where…
In an industry increasingly focused on sustainability and innovation, a remarkable development has emerged from Batavia, Illinois. A company named Savor has created butter made entirely from carbon and hydrogen—without any involvement of animals, plants, or traditional oils. This innovation promises to transform the understanding of dairy fats and their environmental impact.Backed by billionaire investor…
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates filed for their divorce in 2021. However, before the high-profile divorce, both Bill and Melinda Gates were just two working parents who were trying to juggle preschool schedules and household chores. Melinda Gates once revealed that a small decision by Bill Gates — driving their daughter Jennifer…
The Giving Pledge is a charitable campaign, launched in 2010 by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, that invites the world’s wealthiest individuals and families to publicly commit to giving away at least 50% of their wealth to philanthropy, either during their lifetimes or in their wills. The Institute for Policy Studies’ report “The Giving Pledge…
Figma burst onto the public stock exchange last week, surging in share price by 333% and hitting a market cap of over $70 billion in just the first few days of trading. For investors bullish on startups, last week was a rejuvenation after a sluggish stretch in the IPO market. But for Figma cofounder and…