(Reuters) -Movie star George Clooney said on Friday that U.S. President Donald Trump‘s threat to impose a 100% tariff on all films produced overseas was the wrong solution for a real issue. Clooney spoke before the annual Albies awards ceremony in London, a program that he and his wife Amal created to recognize global human…
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…
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…
Growing up, many little girls were told they should be seen and not heard. The billionaire philanthropist Melinda French Gates, however, was told something entirely different: that she could do anything—and it shaped who she is today. “My father, who worked on the Apollo missions, believed that women could do anything,” French Gates recently said…
Last Updated:July 09, 2025, 02:24 IST Melinda French Gates declined to invest in her daughter startup, stressing the need for entrepreneurial resilience and the importance of struggle. Melinda French Gates Billionaire philanthropist Melinda French Gates shared that she refused to invest in her daughter’s startup, saying that entrepreneurial resilience must be built without parental safety…
The Gist Melinda French Gates appeared on the latest episode of Elizabeth Day’s “How to Fail” podcast. She discussed why divorcing Bill Gates was inevitable. Melinda was married to the billionaire from 1994 to 2021, and they share three children. Melinda French Gates just revealed the reason she called it quits with her husband of…
Melinda French Gates has spoken candidly about her choice to file for divorce from Bill Gates after twenty-seven years of marriage, stating that her decision ultimately stemmed from a personal place. Melinda French Gates revealed her decision to divorce Bill Gates stemmed from personal revelations about the marriage. REUTERS/Kamil Zihnioglu/Pool/File Photo (REUTERS) “When that voice…
Phoebe Gates, daughter of Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates, has stepped into the startup world with the launch of Phia, a browser extension and mobile app designed to make fashion shopping smarter, more sustainable, and more affordable for Gen Z consumers. Phia, co-founded with Stanford University classmate Sophia Kianni, functions as a digital shopping…
Melinda French Gates never expected to be a grandmother at such an early age.The 60-year-old philanthropist – who was married to Microsoft founder Bill Gates for 27 years until their divorce in 2021 – became a grandparent for the first time in 2023 at the age of 58 when her eldest daughter Jennifer, 28, welcomed…
Topline Phoebe Gates, the 22-year-old daughter of billionaires Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates, launched a new podcast aimed at Gen Z female entrepreneurs under The Unwell Network, the media company owned by “Call Her Daddy” host Alex Cooper. Phoebe Gates attends is the youngest of Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates’ three children. (Photo…