Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

CEOs walk a fine line when it comes to talking about hot-button issues like transgender rights or gun control or arming transgender people to fight for the right of immigrants to have affordable health care and equal pay without enduring global warming. The Statista stats service has put together a...

Melinda Gates is well-known as the former wife of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) co-founder Bill Gates. The couple announced in 2021 they would divorce after 27 years of marriage. Here is a look at Melinda Gates and how she met Bill through Microsoft and was the driving push of helping people...

Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) co-founder Bill Gates has said he's tested positive for COVID-19. What Happened: Gates made the announcement on Twitter Tuesday, saying his symptoms were mild and he was following expert advice by isolating himself until he’s healthy again. ...

A low-cost portable ultrasound company is hitting the public market with a SPAC deal announced Friday. The SPAC Deal: Butterfly Network, a handheld portable ultrasound company, is merging with Longview Acquisition Corp (NYSE: LGVW). The deal values Butterfly Network at $1.5 billion. Longview...

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is now entirely focussed on fighting the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. What Happened The Gates Foundation has committed $250 million to the fight against COVID-19, but the scope of the battle has now broadened. According to the Foundation's Co-Chair...

While there's a pressing need to prevent deaths now from the COVID-19 coronavirus, the new disease reveals a separate important long-term challenge of improving how we respond to outbreaks, billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates wrote in an editorial published Friday in the New England Journal...

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged a commitment of $100 million to fight the coronavirus outbreak that originated from Wuhan city in China, it announced Wednesday. What Happened The non-profit organization founded by Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) co-founder Bill Gates and...

Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: BABA) co-founder Jack Ma has donated $14 million (100 million yuan) towards the research efforts for developing a vaccine against the novel Coronavirus through his non-profit organization. What Happened $5.8 million from the donation will go towards two government...

Billionaire software mogul-turned philanthropist Bill Gates celebrated his 64th birthday on Monday, but he’s far from living the retired life. Gates, the founder of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT), who remains the second wealthiest man in the world behind Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)...

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have partnered with the private sector to fight Zika amid the World Health Organization (WHO) warnings that people living in Zika-affected nations to delay pregnancy due to the virus' potential impact on children, according to a report on Fox Business Network. "I...

This week, Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan pledged to give away 99 percent of their Facebook shares over the course of their lives in a philanthropic gift that has been named the largest in the world to date. The couple's shares are currently valued at $45...

Bill Gates, founder and former CEO of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT), spoke with Bloomberg Television's Erik Schatzker at the Sibos conference in Boston. The billionaire philanthropist, who leads the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, discussed various hot topics. The video in its...

The departure of CEO Steve Ballmer from Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) – and the fact there is no named successor yet - has given rise to one obvious question. Is Bill Gates returning for a more active role with the company? He says he is not, but many believe his denial lacks real conviction....

Academic speculation about the search for a new CEO to replace retiring Steve Ballmer at Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is, frankly, boring. What’s infinitely more interesting is scuttlebutt or, as Business Insider called it, “barstool gossip.” Bar stool gossip is sometimes more than just...

Global investment company Invesco (NYSE: IVZ) has proposed a deal that would see it take on British retailer JJB Sports' outstanding debt. That debt is currently held by Lloyds Banking Group (NYSE: LYG) and Invesco, currently with a 47.3 percent stake in JJB Sports, would then effectively take...