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Bill Gates. William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate best known for co-founding the software company Microsoft with his childhood friend Paul Allen. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), president, and chief software architect, while also being ...
The Giving Pledge. The Giving Pledge is a charitable campaign, founded by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, to encourage wealthy people to contribute a majority (i.e. more than 50%) of their wealth to philanthropic causes. As of June 2022, the pledge has had 236 signatories from 28 countries. [ 1] Most of the signatories of the pledge are ...
t. e. How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need is a 2021 book by Bill Gates. In it, Gates presents what he learned in over a decade of studying climate change and investing in innovations to address global warming and recommends technological strategies to tackle it. [ 1]
Anupreeta Das describes a stressful work culture at the Gates Foundation in her new book, “Billionaire, Nerd, Savior, King: Bill Gates and His Quest to Shape Our World.”
Billionaire philanthropist Melinda French Gates is blazing her own trail after leaving the charitable foundation she started with ex-husband Bill Gates.. Her exit raised questions about her ...
Steve Jobs, left, and Bill Gates, right, were alternately allies and enemies throughout their tenures at Apple and Microsoft, respectively. Beck Diefenbach/Reuters; Mike Cohen/Getty Images for The ...
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) [a] is an American private foundation founded by Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates. Based in Seattle, Washington , it was launched in 2000 and is reported to be the second largest charitable foundation in the world , [ 7 ] [ 8 ] holding $69 billion in assets as of 2020. [ 4 ]
The Future With Bill Gates,” which follows the tech icon, billionaire and health and climate philanthropist as he explores some of the world’s most pressing issues. Oscar winner Morgan Neville …