Bill Gates
Bill Gates Says Goodbye to Microsoft
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has stepped down as CEO of Microsoft, the world’s biggest software and technology company.
Gates Foundation Announces $500M Grant for AIDS Research and Care
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced Wednesday that it is giving its largest donation ever to support AIDS-related research and care.
Microsoft Sees Growing Pains at 30
Like all thirtysomethings, Microsoft is feeling its age, and CEO Bill Gates is taking strides to tighten up corporate fitness so the software giant will last another 30 years.
Bill Gates Biography
Bill Gates (Microsoft) is not only the richest man in the world but also the biggest philanthropist alive today. A fascinating account on how Gates and his friend Paul Allen derived inspiration from a magazine article to create one of the biggest companies in the world.
Bill Gates – A story of Success
William H. Gates is chairperson and chief software architect of Microsoft Corporation, the worldwide leader in software services and Internet technologies for personal and business computing.
Gates Joins Campaign to Curb Smoking in Developing World
Tycoon joins mayor of New York in crusade against tobacco companies' search for new markets
Spiritual Research on The Spiritual Life of Bill Gates
In an age where the super rich invest their wealth in various interests such as football teams, vintage aircrafts etc., Bill Gates stands apart. He has not only pledged a large percentage of his wealth to charity, but has also stated that after July 2008, he will be devoting all his time to charity work.
Bill's Excellent Adventure Ends in Tears - and Torpidity
THE SCENE: a tasteful, wooded corporate retreat north of Seattle. The time: one day last March. A large group - mainly chaps in their mid-forties - stands around. They seem to be in quite a state. Here's how one described the scene:
Bill Gates Logs Off Today
As the Microsoft figurehead bows out today to spend time giving away his $58bn fortune and 'improving the state of mankind', some believe he is getting out at the right time. By Andrew Clark
On the Roof of the Andes, Bill Gates Helps to Build 'the World's Biggest Digital Camera'
Billionaire and former colleague donate $30m for telescope that can provide early warning of asteroid crash
Gates Says Day of the Home-help Robot is Near
An office worker checks her home-gadget webpage from her work computer. The tasks she set for her home robots in the morning have all been completed: washing and ironing, vacuuming the lounge and mowing the lawn.
Gates Heralds the Next Revolution
The futuristic wall computers from Minority Report will soon be reality, Microsoft's chief tells David Smith.
Gates Breaks Ranks With Attack on Us Aids Policy
· Billionaire says focus on abstinence has failed · Call for more rights for women and sex workers
Gates Criticises Hiv Abstinence Policies
Bill and Melinda Gates came off the political fence and publicly backed key causes of Aids campaigners, criticising the abstinence policies beloved of the US government and calling for more rights for women and help for sex workers.
Gates Foundation Gives Aids Scientists $287m
Three British scientists looking for an Aids vaccine will be among the collaborators receiving a massive $287m (£156m) funding injection from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, it was announced last night.
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Invests $21 Million in Chicago Schools
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation made an investment of $21 million in Chicago Schools to strengthen the students’ preparation for college. The gift funds the Chicago High School Redesign Initiative, which will provide for major improvements in high school curriculum and instruction to ensure the students are prepared to succeed in college and career.
Gates and Buffett Plan Healthy Investment
American investor Warren Buffett is handing 85% of the proceeds of his lifetime of canny investment to charity. Most of it, about $31bn, will go to the Gates Foundation to help alleviate disease, illiteracy and malnutrition.
Bill Gates: I Don't Want to Be World's Richest Man
· Microsoft founder reveals distaste for $50bn fortune · Tycoon denies ambition to run for elected office
Gates Pledges $900m to Fight Against Tb
· Chancellor joins Microsoft boss to launch world plan · Plea for money and drugs to cut 2m deaths a year
Gates Triples Tb Pledge to $900m
Bill Gates today pledged to triple the amount of money his foundation will devote to tuberculosis research to $900m (£505.9m) by 2015.
Melinda, Bill and Bono Are Time's People of the Year
The Irish rock star Bono and the world's richest couple, Bill and Melinda Gates, were yesterday named winners of the seasonal ritual known as Time magazine's person or persons of the year award.
Bill Gates Gives $258m to World Battle Against Malaria
Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates last night gave $258m (£145m) to the fight against malaria, branding the rich world's efforts in tackling the disease "a disgrace".
Bill Gates at 50
Profile: As the so-called king of the nerds celebrates his 50th birthday, Bobbie Johnson takes a look back at some of the highlights of his reign.
Gates Unveils His Vision of a Future Made of Silicon
Bill Gates arrived in London yesterday to deliver his vision of the future and predict the eventual demise of paper at the hands of silicon.
Gates Hires Ozzie the Wiz
Microsoft yesterday announced a deal to buy a company run by the creator of IBM's Lotus Notes, Ray Ozzie, at the same time hiring him to be one of the software firm's most senior technical executives.
Philanthropic Gates Made Honorary Knight
The richest man in the world hopes not to share the fate of Howard Stringer, chairman and chief executive of the Sony corporation. "He gets a hard time, it's sir, sir, sir all the time," said Bill Gates.
Gates gives $750m to fight deadly childhood diseases
Bill Gates, the chairman of Microsoft, has given $750m, his biggest ever donation, to an alliance dedicated to ending deaths from vaccine-preventable diseases among the poorest children in the world.
Bill Gates is an Intelligent Man Who Has Done
Andrew Brown: Bill Gates wants software patents to protect his profit, not the public. So when he gets caught out in a bare-faced lie this should matter to all of us; and last week, when he called the opponents of American intellectual property law a "communist" movement he was encouraging a mistake that could impoverish the entire world.
Gates Paid $20m to Adversary in Anti-trust Case
Microsoft paid $20m (£10.6m) to one of its fiercest critics, the Computer and Communications Industry Association, after the group dropped out of an EU anti-trust case against the software giant, it emerged today.
Bill Gates Gets 4 Million Emails a Day
The Microsoft founder is the most spammed man in the world, with 4m emails arriving in his inbox each day.
$25m Gates Gift to Gm Project Under Fire
Bill Gates is to donate at least $25m (£14.95m) to research into whether GM food can provide 840 million malnourished people with extra vitamins and micro-nutrients. But the first move by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the world's largest private philanthropic organisation,...
Rory Carroll on Bill Gates's Philanthropy
This week, Bill Gates gave £100m to fight malaria in Africa, the latest charitable donation from the billionaire geek who has pledged to give away his £28bn fortune before he dies. But what drives his philanthropy, and how much good is he actually doing? Rory Carroll asks his wife.
Gates Gives £100m to Wipe Out Malaria
World's richest man tackles killer of 1 million a year. What do you do with your money if you are the richest man in the world? Go to Africa and find a cure for a killer disease, Bill Gates decided yesterday.
Gates's $200m Gift to Fight Killer Disease
The world's richest man, Bill Gates, has set the medical community a $200m (£122m) challenge to narrow the health gap between the west and the developing world.
Gates gets wired to FM-based tech
Microsoft yesterday took another step away from the desktop PC world as founder and chairman Bill Gates announced plans for a range of products including a wristwatch which can receive live news and sports updates.
Gates keeps an eye on the time
His software drives the majority of the world's PCs, and you will also find it on many electronic personal organisers and mobile phones. Now Bill Gates is sizing up your wristwatch.
Bill Gates Show Loses Its Lustre
The Microsoft boss usually puts on quite a performance when he opens the Comdex computer show. But this year's keynote, delivered last night, fell flat. Jack Schofield reports from Las Vegas.
World's Richest Man Tries to Hold Back 'gathering Tempest' With £63m Gift
If Bill Gates was disappointed by India's apparent lack of gratitude, he did a good job of hiding it yesterday as he announced his biggest philanthropic donation ever - a $100 million initiative to fight the spread of HIV/Aids in India. But the vast donation - equivalent to £63m -...
India Rebuffs Bill Gates in Aids Row
Bill Gates was last night facing the prospect of a humiliating snub from India's prime minister in a row over whether India will soon have the world's largest number of HIV/Aids cases. Mr Gates, the world's richest man, arrives in New Delhi today to announce a $100m charitable programme...
It's Not Over Yet, Ec Tells Gates
The European commission yesterday fired a shot across the bows of Microsoft, warning that the software firm's US court victory last week would have little bearing on its monopoly investigation. The comments suggested that the legal challenges to Microsoft's dominance of the industry are...
Bill gates In hell..
Entering Heaven...
Gates' Charity Shifts Policy
Bill Gates has invested $205m in nine large pharmaceutical companies.
Gates Says Penalties Would Harm Security
Bill Gates, co-founder and chairman of Microsoft, yesterday said the software firm would be unable to improve security on its Windows operating system if the tough penalties demanded by nine US states are imposed.
Gates Warns That Penalties Would Cripple Microsoft
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates yesterday warned that the tougher settlement demanded by nine US states in the long-running antitrust case would be crippling for the firm, setting it back 10 years and costing thousands of jobs.
Gates Seeks to Plug Security Holes
Bill Gates, the chairman of Microsoft, has redeployed 7,000 of his computer programmers from work on new software programmes to fixing security holes in the existing Windows operating systems. In an emailed memo, Mr Gates told programmers that their first priority should be ensuring the...
Bill Gates in Heaven
With Al Gore and Bill Clinton. A little dated, but alright.
Tycoon joins mayor of New York in crusade against tobacco companies' search for new markets
Spiritual Research on The Spiritual Life of Bill Gates
In an age where the super rich invest their wealth in various interests such as football teams, vintage aircrafts etc., Bill Gates stands apart. He has not only pledged a large percentage of his wealth to charity, but has also stated that after July 2008, he will be devoting all his time to charity work.
Bill's Excellent Adventure Ends in Tears - and Torpidity
THE SCENE: a tasteful, wooded corporate retreat north of Seattle. The time: one day last March. A large group - mainly chaps in their mid-forties - stands around. They seem to be in quite a state. Here's how one described the scene:
Bill Gates Logs Off Today
As the Microsoft figurehead bows out today to spend time giving away his $58bn fortune and 'improving the state of mankind', some believe he is getting out at the right time. By Andrew Clark
On the Roof of the Andes, Bill Gates Helps to Build 'the World's Biggest Digital Camera'
Billionaire and former colleague donate $30m for telescope that can provide early warning of asteroid crash
Gates Says Day of the Home-help Robot is Near
An office worker checks her home-gadget webpage from her work computer. The tasks she set for her home robots in the morning have all been completed: washing and ironing, vacuuming the lounge and mowing the lawn.
Gates Heralds the Next Revolution
The futuristic wall computers from Minority Report will soon be reality, Microsoft's chief tells David Smith.
Gates Breaks Ranks With Attack on Us Aids Policy
· Billionaire says focus on abstinence has failed · Call for more rights for women and sex workers
Gates Criticises Hiv Abstinence Policies
Bill and Melinda Gates came off the political fence and publicly backed key causes of Aids campaigners, criticising the abstinence policies beloved of the US government and calling for more rights for women and help for sex workers.
Gates Foundation Gives Aids Scientists $287m
Three British scientists looking for an Aids vaccine will be among the collaborators receiving a massive $287m (£156m) funding injection from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, it was announced last night.
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Invests $21 Million in Chicago Schools
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation made an investment of $21 million in Chicago Schools to strengthen the students’ preparation for college. The gift funds the Chicago High School Redesign Initiative, which will provide for major improvements in high school curriculum and instruction to ensure the students are prepared to succeed in college and career.
Gates and Buffett Plan Healthy Investment
American investor Warren Buffett is handing 85% of the proceeds of his lifetime of canny investment to charity. Most of it, about $31bn, will go to the Gates Foundation to help alleviate disease, illiteracy and malnutrition.
Bill Gates: I Don't Want to Be World's Richest Man
· Microsoft founder reveals distaste for $50bn fortune · Tycoon denies ambition to run for elected office
Gates Pledges $900m to Fight Against Tb
· Chancellor joins Microsoft boss to launch world plan · Plea for money and drugs to cut 2m deaths a year
Gates Triples Tb Pledge to $900m
Bill Gates today pledged to triple the amount of money his foundation will devote to tuberculosis research to $900m (£505.9m) by 2015.
Melinda, Bill and Bono Are Time's People of the Year
The Irish rock star Bono and the world's richest couple, Bill and Melinda Gates, were yesterday named winners of the seasonal ritual known as Time magazine's person or persons of the year award.
Bill Gates Gives $258m to World Battle Against Malaria
Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates last night gave $258m (£145m) to the fight against malaria, branding the rich world's efforts in tackling the disease "a disgrace".
Bill Gates at 50
Profile: As the so-called king of the nerds celebrates his 50th birthday, Bobbie Johnson takes a look back at some of the highlights of his reign.
Gates Unveils His Vision of a Future Made of Silicon
Bill Gates arrived in London yesterday to deliver his vision of the future and predict the eventual demise of paper at the hands of silicon.
Gates Hires Ozzie the Wiz
Microsoft yesterday announced a deal to buy a company run by the creator of IBM's Lotus Notes, Ray Ozzie, at the same time hiring him to be one of the software firm's most senior technical executives.
Philanthropic Gates Made Honorary Knight
The richest man in the world hopes not to share the fate of Howard Stringer, chairman and chief executive of the Sony corporation. "He gets a hard time, it's sir, sir, sir all the time," said Bill Gates.
Gates gives $750m to fight deadly childhood diseases
Bill Gates, the chairman of Microsoft, has given $750m, his biggest ever donation, to an alliance dedicated to ending deaths from vaccine-preventable diseases among the poorest children in the world.
Bill Gates is an Intelligent Man Who Has Done
Andrew Brown: Bill Gates wants software patents to protect his profit, not the public. So when he gets caught out in a bare-faced lie this should matter to all of us; and last week, when he called the opponents of American intellectual property law a "communist" movement he was encouraging a mistake that could impoverish the entire world.
Gates Paid $20m to Adversary in Anti-trust Case
Microsoft paid $20m (£10.6m) to one of its fiercest critics, the Computer and Communications Industry Association, after the group dropped out of an EU anti-trust case against the software giant, it emerged today.
Bill Gates Gets 4 Million Emails a Day
The Microsoft founder is the most spammed man in the world, with 4m emails arriving in his inbox each day.
$25m Gates Gift to Gm Project Under Fire
Bill Gates is to donate at least $25m (£14.95m) to research into whether GM food can provide 840 million malnourished people with extra vitamins and micro-nutrients. But the first move by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the world's largest private philanthropic organisation,...
Rory Carroll on Bill Gates's Philanthropy
This week, Bill Gates gave £100m to fight malaria in Africa, the latest charitable donation from the billionaire geek who has pledged to give away his £28bn fortune before he dies. But what drives his philanthropy, and how much good is he actually doing? Rory Carroll asks his wife.
Gates Gives £100m to Wipe Out Malaria
World's richest man tackles killer of 1 million a year. What do you do with your money if you are the richest man in the world? Go to Africa and find a cure for a killer disease, Bill Gates decided yesterday.
Gates's $200m Gift to Fight Killer Disease
The world's richest man, Bill Gates, has set the medical community a $200m (£122m) challenge to narrow the health gap between the west and the developing world.
Gates gets wired to FM-based tech
Microsoft yesterday took another step away from the desktop PC world as founder and chairman Bill Gates announced plans for a range of products including a wristwatch which can receive live news and sports updates.
Gates keeps an eye on the time
His software drives the majority of the world's PCs, and you will also find it on many electronic personal organisers and mobile phones. Now Bill Gates is sizing up your wristwatch.
Bill Gates Show Loses Its Lustre
The Microsoft boss usually puts on quite a performance when he opens the Comdex computer show. But this year's keynote, delivered last night, fell flat. Jack Schofield reports from Las Vegas.
World's Richest Man Tries to Hold Back 'gathering Tempest' With £63m Gift
If Bill Gates was disappointed by India's apparent lack of gratitude, he did a good job of hiding it yesterday as he announced his biggest philanthropic donation ever - a $100 million initiative to fight the spread of HIV/Aids in India. But the vast donation - equivalent to £63m -...
India Rebuffs Bill Gates in Aids Row
Bill Gates was last night facing the prospect of a humiliating snub from India's prime minister in a row over whether India will soon have the world's largest number of HIV/Aids cases. Mr Gates, the world's richest man, arrives in New Delhi today to announce a $100m charitable programme...
It's Not Over Yet, Ec Tells Gates
The European commission yesterday fired a shot across the bows of Microsoft, warning that the software firm's US court victory last week would have little bearing on its monopoly investigation. The comments suggested that the legal challenges to Microsoft's dominance of the industry are...
Bill gates In hell..
Entering Heaven...
Gates' Charity Shifts Policy
Bill Gates has invested $205m in nine large pharmaceutical companies.
Gates Says Penalties Would Harm Security
Bill Gates, co-founder and chairman of Microsoft, yesterday said the software firm would be unable to improve security on its Windows operating system if the tough penalties demanded by nine US states are imposed.
Gates Warns That Penalties Would Cripple Microsoft
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates yesterday warned that the tougher settlement demanded by nine US states in the long-running antitrust case would be crippling for the firm, setting it back 10 years and costing thousands of jobs.
Gates Seeks to Plug Security Holes
Bill Gates, the chairman of Microsoft, has redeployed 7,000 of his computer programmers from work on new software programmes to fixing security holes in the existing Windows operating systems. In an emailed memo, Mr Gates told programmers that their first priority should be ensuring the...
Bill Gates in Heaven
With Al Gore and Bill Clinton. A little dated, but alright.