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Bill Gates Says Trump's Climate Rollbacks May Have Slowed Progress, But Microsoft Co-Founder Doesn't Think 'That's a Permanent Thing'
Tuesday, May 6, 2025 - 6:22am | 475On Monday, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) co-founder Bill Gates spoke about the disruption in international climate cooperation in the wake of President Donald Trump's campaign. What Happened: Speaking at Temasek Holdings' Ecosperity Week conference in Singapore, Gates said these disruptions...
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Bill Gates' Climate Innovation Model Wins Praise From Ray Dalio, Klaus Schwab, But Say $1 Trillion Annual Funding Globally Is Not Enough
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 6:22am | 537Global leaders Klaus Schwab and Ray Dalio are calling for increased collaboration between public, private, and philanthropic sectors to address climate change funding gaps, citing Bill Gates‘ Breakthrough Energy as a successful model for climate innovation financing. What Happened: In a joint...
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Bill Gates Compares Climate Tech Landscape To His Transition From Microsoft To Philanthropy In Early 2000s: 'These Innovations Are Ready For Prime Time'
Friday, October 25, 2024 - 5:36am | 491Tech billionaire Bill Gates has drawn compelling parallels between the current climate technology revolution and his transition from Microsoft Corp. to global health philanthropy in the early 2000s, marking 2024 as a pivotal year for climate innovation deployment. What Happened: Gates, who founded...
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Bill Gates Recommends 25 Science Books That Shaped His Journey From Software To Philanthropy
Wednesday, April 5, 2023 - 8:23am | 552Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said he read up on physics, chemistry, biology and other sciences using textbooks after he transitioned to full-time philanthropy. What Happened: Gates shared a blog post on Twitter in which he said that in the fall of 2008, after decades of “focusing...