Bill Gates
Why billionaires need to give more — and give faster.
The billionaire philanthropist talks about how the fight for global health lost steam — and how to get it back.
Buffett’s decision to put his money into a foundation controlled by his kids is a mistake.
The billionaire and public health leader answers five of Recode’s questions about pandemic prevention and economic disparities.
The billionaire’s new book shows why we can’t expect the 1% to come up with solutions for the rest of us.
The Berkshire Hathaway billionaire says he’s “optimistic.”
People are drawing connections between Gates’s vast farmlands and climate change advocacy.
The aura that Gates built over the past two decades may be permanently shattered.
How important are billionaires? Look at the reaction to Bill and Melinda Gates’s divorce.
The billionaire couple is getting a divorce.
It is relatively easy for a billionaire to say they support higher taxes. More is on the line if they are asked to do something about it.
Pay more attention to what Gates is doing overseas than what he’s saying about the United States.
Everyone from Barack Obama to Kanye West tweeted a bitcoin scam that raises concerns about how secure their accounts really are.
The small messages that Gates sends the signers of the Giving Pledge could have big effects.
This push is one of the few coronavirus initiatives focused on political advocacy.
Eric Schmidt and Bill Gates are being asked to “reimagine” New York. Not everybody loves that.
Gates rebuked the proposal of leaders like Donald Trump.
The outbreak offers tech billionaires a chance to change the narrative about themselves.
How complicit was Silicon Valley?
Sue Desmond-Hellmann has helped Bill Gates spend $5 billion a year.
Shah says the most effective form of private philanthropy involves working with the public sector, “not trying to replace it.”
Zuckerberg, Bezos, and Gates shouldn’t have an outsize say in how we run our country, Giridharadas says on the latest episode of Recode Decode.
Even though they “want to see themselves as gods,” most tech leaders aren’t doing anything about climate change. Why?
It’s been seven months since Bezos tweeted a request for philanthropic ideas.
Happy Birthday, Bill Gates!
It’s part of a $60 million funding round.
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Someone, or something, has to make up the difference.
Gates spoke with Recode on Monday, shortly after announcing his $1 billion clean energy fund.
Gates tells Recode the time is right to pour big bucks into clean energy.
The effort comes as Donald Trump (and a cabinet full of clean energy opponents) prepares to assume office.
It’s like Oprah’s book list, but for nerds.
The real challenge is ensuring humans stay in control.
Maybe Gates just wants everyone to be happy?
Bill Gates is one of those people for whom “needs no introduction” is actually true.
Whither Gates?
Will she debut it during the Super Bowl half time show?
Stupid is as Trump does.
The Microsoft founder and philanthropist will reportedly make his biggest move yet toward “zero-carbon energy.”
It’s hard to believe, but it has been 40 years since Bill Gates and Paul Allen established that little software company called Microsoft.