Bill Gates

While many billionaires start their morning routine with coffee and watching the news or reading the news online, Bill Gates revealed in 2022 that part of his daily routine included playing word game Wordle. Here's a look back at Gates's addiction to World and other guessing games and how it could...

Bill Gates and Elon Musk are two of the richest men in the world and at times enemies who don't agree on much. When it comes to thoughts on drinking, the two may have more in common than they know. What Happened: A social media thread in 2023 by entrepreneur and investor Marc Andreessen ...

Billionaire Bill Gates is worth $175 billion today and helped transform the tech industry by co-founding Microsoft. Things could have looked a lot different if Gates didn't fix a bad habit along the way.While an undergraduate student at Harvard University, Gates has a bad habit of procrastinating...

Venture capitalist Michael Moritz of Sequoia Capital revealed an extraordinary anecdote about Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) co-founder Bill Gates that perfectly captures the obsessive focus that drove one of America’s most successful tech entrepreneurs to billionaire status. What Happened:...

The Gates Foundation Trust, founded by the billionaire Bill Gates, has a portfolio valued at $41.806 billion, which is concentrated in these three stocks as of the end of the first quarter of 2025. What Happened: The foundation has received donations from Gates and the Oracle of Omaha, Warren...

Billionaire philanthropist and co-founder of Microsoft Inc. (NASDAQ:MSFT) Bill Gates has responded to a video posted by Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) regarding the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). What Happened: Gates shared a video on X from Senator Collins discussing the...

Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, could have been the world’s first trillionaire if he had retained his original company stock. What Happened: The Forbes projection comes in light of Gates’ public commitment to donate nearly all of his remaining wealth and wind down the...

This week, on multiple occasions, Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates expressed concern over the future of global health, warning that recent cuts to funding for Gavi could undo decades of progress in saving children’s lives through vaccinations. What Happened: In a post titled "A perilous...

Billionaire Bill Gates has backed several clean energy companies with his Breakthrough Energy Ventures and one of those companies could have a way to change wind energy forever. While Airloom Energy could disrupt the wind energy sector, it also faces a tough industry that may experience slower...

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) co-founder Bill Gates has once again expressed his concerns about the impact of continued U.S. cuts to global health aid, warning that these reductions could lead to an additional 8 million child deaths by 2040, citing a study. What Happened: Sharing his Gates...

Phoebe Gates says she and co-founder Sophia Kianni leaned on ChatGPT and spreadsheet sleuthing, rather than a big ad budget, to push their fashion-tech startup Phia onto social feeds. What Happened: “We'll make an Excel sheet … then we'll reverse-engineer how to make that video,” Gates...

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk added $19 billion to his wealth on Monday thanks to a stock rally that pushed his wealth to be worth more than that of many other billionaires combined. What Happened: Tesla’s stock spiked Monday after the rollout of robotaxi vehicles in Texas as part of...

After decades of shaping the computing world from opposite sides of the operating system divide, Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) co-founder Bill Gates and Linux creator Linus Torvalds have finally met—at a private dinner hosted by a top Microsoft executive. What Happened: The long-anticipated meeting...

Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ:SBUX) might never have grown beyond six Seattle coffee shops if not for Bill Gates Sr., the towering attorney, who stepped in when Howard Schultz lacked the cash and the clout to buy the company in 1987. What Happened: Schultz, then 33, had 60 days to raise $3.8 million...

Nvidia Corporation's (NASDAQ:NVDA) venture capital arm, NVentures, has joined a $650 million funding round for TerraPower, a nuclear energy company founded by Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) co-founder Bill Gates. What Happened: The investment also includes participation from HD Hyundai and...