Microsoft executives warned Bill Gates in 2008 about inappropriate emails he had sent to a female employee,a Microsoft spokesman confirmed.
Donald J. Trump,whose personal brand has always been intertwined with his wealth,is no longer considered one of America’s richest people. At least not according to Forbes.
Bill Gates has raised more than $US1 billion in corporate funding for Breakthrough Energy Catalyst from BlackRock’s Larry Fink and Microsoft’s Satya Nadella to rally support for some of the world’s most demanding clean-energy projects.
For older established companies,typically run by male baby boomers,the concept of a social licence is relatively new. Unintentionally,the story of Canva amounts to generational shaming.
Cascade Investment,the firm that manages the fortune of Bill Gates,is buying half of a Saudi billionaire’s stake in Four Seasons for $US2.2 billion ($3 billion) — making Gates the majority owner of the luxury hotel chain.
Regrets,he has a few:The billionaire acknowledged in a TV interview he shouldn’t have spent time with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein on several occasions.
The couple filed for divorce on May 3 after 27 years of marriage,but pledged to continue their philanthropic work together.
Microsoft thrived despite doing almost everything wrong. So is Big Tech successful because they’re the best at what they do,or because monopolies are extremely hard to kill?
In posts on YouTube,Facebook and Twitter,the Microsoft billionaire has been falsely portrayed as the mastermind behind COVID-19 and as a profiteer from a virus vaccine in the past year.
Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates have called their foundation their “fourth child.” If they can’t find a way to work together after their planned divorce,Gates will get full custody.
Coming on the back of the Gates divorce,Warren Buffett’s departure comes at an uncertain time for the foundation.