Bill Gates

Bill Gates Backs $30 Million Push For Early Alzheimer's Diagnostics

World News | Reuters | Tuesday July 17, 2018

Billionaire Bill Gates and Estee Lauder Cos chairman emeritus Leonard Lauder on Tuesday said they will award $30 million over three years to encourage development of new tests for early detection of Alzheimer's disease.

Mark Zuckerberg Becomes World's Third Richest Person as Facebook Stock Soars

Tom Metcalf, Bloomberg | Saturday July 7, 2018

Mark Zuckerberg, trails only Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, eclipsing Buffett Friday as Facebook shares climbed 2.4 percent.

Barbs for Bezos but Bill Gates Largely Admired in Seattle

Associated Press | Monday July 2, 2018

While Amazon's Jeff Bezos is blamed by some for rising rents and clogged city streets, Bill Gates is largely admired for donating billions through his philanthropy.

Mark Zuckerberg On Cusp Of Topping Warren Buffett With Facebook Share Hitting $200

Business | Tom Metcalf,Olivia Carville, Bloomberg | Thursday June 21, 2018

Mark Zuckerberg, more than a half-century younger than Warren Buffett, the Berkshire Hathaway Inc. chairman, is now worth $81.6 billion

Jeff Bezos, World's Richest, Miles Ahead Of Bill Gates, Shows Latest Data

World News | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday June 19, 2018

Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos has become the richest man in the world with a net wealth of $141.9 billion, the Forbes World's Billionaires list showed on Monday.

Bill Gates Draws Laughs At Trump's Expense. Says The President Confused HIV With HPV

World News | Allyson Chiu, The Washington Post | Friday May 18, 2018

While taking questions at a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation event, Microsoft founder Bill Gates had the crowd in stitches as he talked about President Donald Trump and recounted stories from past meetings the two have had, according to footage aired Thursday by MSNBC's "All In with Chris Hayes."

Gates, Zuckerberg Team Up on New Education Initiative

Associated Press | Wednesday May 9, 2018

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative intend to explore a number of potential pilot projects.

Amitabh Bachchan Thanks Bill Gates For Acknowledging His Polio Eradication Efforts

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday May 7, 2018

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has thanked Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates for acknowledging his contribution in helping India become polio free.

Technology Can Help India Leapfrog Into Inclusive Growth: Bill Gates

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday May 4, 2018

The use of technology coupled with bold decisions can help India leapfrog into inclusive growth and improve the quality of health and education, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has said.

Bill Gates Praises Aadhaar, Says "It Doesn't Pose Any Privacy Issue"

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday May 3, 2018

Aadhaar and the technology behind it do not pose any privacy issue, Microsoft founder Bill Gates has said. In fact, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has funded the World Bank to take Aadhaar to other countries as it is "worth emulating".

Bill Gates Calls On US To Lead Fight Against A Pandemic That Could Kill 33 Million

World News | Lena H. Sun, The Washington Post | Saturday April 28, 2018

Bill Gates says the White House and Congress have failed to lead the nation and the world in preparing for the "significant probability of a large and lethal modern-day pandemic occurring in our lifetimes."

In Fight To End Malaria, Bill Gates Backs Gene Technologies

World News | Reuters | Thursday April 19, 2018

Gene-editing technologies that alter mosquitoes' DNA could prove critical in the fight against malaria, Bill Gates said on Wednesday, and ethical concerns should not block progress in such gene-modifying research.

Forbes Top 10 Billionaires List For 2018 Is Out. A Look At The World's Richest

World News | Edited by Richa Taneja | Wednesday March 7, 2018

The Forbes Top 10 Billionaires list list features the likes of Amazon chief Jeff Bezos, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, famed investor Warren Buffet, Facebook CEO Mark Zukerberg among others.

Jeff Bezos Tops Forbes' List of World's Richest People

Agence France-Presse | Wednesday March 7, 2018

Bill Gates, Microsoft's co-founder and an occasional bridge partner of Buffett's, ranks second on the Forbes list with wealth of $90 billion.

Amazon's Jeff Bezos Tops Forbes World's Rich List As Trump's Wealth Drops

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday March 6, 2018

Amazon chief Jeff Bezos is now the world's richest person, having snatched the top spot from Microsoft founder Bill Gates who slips to second place, according to Forbes magazine's annual billionaires list published Tuesday