Articles about Bill Gates – Page 19 of 26

Microsoft names Satya Nadella CEO; Bill Gates stepping down as chairman to serve as tech adviser

Microsoft has named longtime executive Satya Nadella as its new CEO — picking a respected internal candidate to lead the… Read More

A new role for Bill Gates: How Microsoft’s co-founder can help the company now

It’s looking all but certain now that Satya Nadella will be Microsoft’s next CEO, but another interesting question has popped… Read More

Who is Satya Nadella? Getting to know Microsoft’s nerdy, charismatic heir apparent

This just in: Microsoft employees outside the Redmond Azteca think Satya Nadella would be a pretty good CEO, probably. Yes,… Read More

Report: Microsoft may replace Gates as chairman, close to naming Nadella as CEO

Microsoft is close to naming its top cloud and enterprise executive Satya Nadella its next CEO, and the company may… Read More

Checkmate! Bill Gates gets trounced by chess champ

It seems like Bill Gates has been having a lot of fun on late night talk shows these days. First there… Read More

Slideshow: The many silly outfits of Bill Gates

When Bill Gates took to Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, the Microsoft co-founder was really interested in getting the word… Read More

Hide that MacBook! Bill Gates talks tech and global health with Jimmy Fallon

Bill Gates was on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon for two segments last night talking about the 2014 Gates Annual… Read More

Bill Gates predicts that there will be almost no poor countries by 2035

Bill Gates’ just published his sixth annual letter and it came with a bold prediction from the Microsoft co-founder. The World… Read More

Optimistic Bill Gates dodges questions about Microsoft CEO search, says board will move at ‘the right pace’

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates took to the Bloomberg airwaves today to discuss his 2014 annual letter — a letter in which he… Read More

Bill Gates: India being polio-free is ‘one of the most impressive accomplishments in global health’

For the past three years, not a single person in India has been diagnosed with polio. The country is now… Read More

Bill Gates’ fortune grew by $15.8 billion in 2013 as Microsoft stock surged 35%

From a financial standpoint, 2013 was a good year for Bill Gates. The Microsoft co-founder saw his fortune grow by… Read More

Revealed: The 7 answers to our Bill Gates Book Contest

One GeekWire reader is about to receive a nice post-Christmas gift — and he’s probably going to become a little… Read More

Microsoft’s 2014 will be defined by a new CEO … if Ballmer and Gates can let go

One of the best moments in the Fremont Players’ production of “Dick Whittington and His Cat” — a British Panto on… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: Amazon at $400, favorite gadgets of 2013, and the new world of airplane tech etiquette

We have a lot to talk about this week on the GeekWire radio show, starting with Amazon’s gravity-defying share price,… Read More

Bill Gates is an amazing Secret Santa, Reddit user discovers

A Reddit user participating in the annual redditgifts Secret Santa gift exchange got a major surprise this week when she… Read More

Contest: Answer 7 questions about Bill Gates for a chance to win his top 7 books of 2013

Bill Gates certainly knows a lot of stuff, from computer software to global health, and much more. This contest is a bonus for… Read More

Gates Foundation picks California university chancellor as new CEO

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced today that it has found its next chief executive: Susan Desmond-Hellman, who is… Read More

Photos: Bill Gates to buy Mexican resort for $200M

Getting a room at the luxurious Four Seasons Punta Mita in Mexico is outside the realm of possibility for most folks,… Read More

Here are the 7 best books Bill Gates read in 2013

If you’re looking for that perfect holiday gift for a book worm, Bill Gates has some recommendations. The Microsoft co-founder… Read More

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GeekWire Radio: Amazon Drones, Artefact’s ‘Juice Box,’ a beautiful app and a classic console challenge

We’re getting very futuristic on this week’s GeekWire radio show — starting with our thoughts on Amazon’s surprising “Prime Air”… Read More

Gates and Zuckerberg lead $9M funding round for group helping schools upgrade their Internet access

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Mark Zuckerberg’s Startup:Education initiative have led a $9 million funding round for EducationSuperHighway… Read More

Bill Gates: Jeff Bezos overly optimistic on drones, but they will have a positive impact

Will Amazon really have fleets of aerial drones delivering products to customers’ doorsteps in four to five years? Bill Gates,… Read More

Here’s where Bill Gates prefers to eat a burger in Seattle

Bill Gates isn’t exactly a highly-regarded food critic. But for the decades he’s spent in the Seattle area, the Microsoft… Read More

Week in Review: Xbox One arrives; Bitcoin mania; Seattle council supports startups; etc.

Need to catch up? Here’s a roundup of highlights from GeekWire this past week, with news, nuggets and other commentaries.… Read More

Charles Schwab’s advice to Bill Gates: Come back as Microsoft CEO ‘for at least a year’

Bill Gates has signaled that he doesn’t plan to return to Microsoft to replace Steve Ballmer as CEO, but he… Read More

Wired magazine editor Bill Gates has a very special holiday wish list

Getting involved with dead-tree publishing seems to be the thing to do if you’re a tech billionaire from Seattle. While… Read More

Bill Gates explains what Microsoft needs in a new CEO

So much has been reported about Microsoft’s CEO search via anonymous sources in recent weeks and months. So how about… Read More

In final shareholder speech, Ballmer defends Bing and Xbox as key parts of Microsoft

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer just finished speaking at the company’s annual shareholder meeting — his final one as the company’s… Read More

What to expect from Steve Ballmer’s final shareholders meeting as Microsoft CEO

Microsoft’s annual shareholders meeting takes place Tuesday morning in Bellevue, Wash., and it’s almost an understatement to say that Microsoft… Read More

Farewell, stack rank: Why this change is so big for Microsoft

[Editor’s Note: Christopher Budd worked at Microsoft for more than 10 years, specializing in security response and communications.] Yesterday every… Read More