Bill Gates became the world’s richest man by tackling seemingly impossible problems — so it should come as no surprise that he believes in a startup whose goal is to… Read More
Edna Adan Ismail wanted to prevent women from dying during childbirth in her home country of Somaliland. It’s not easy for women in her region to get a higher education,… Read More
Crowd Cow, a Seattle-based startup focused on the delivery of sustainable meat products, announced a big new addition this week: retail tech vet Dwight Gaston has joined the company as its… Read More
Mark Suzman’s resume includes a doctorate from Oxford to top off a bachelor’s from Harvard, a correspondent gig for the Financial Times in Johannesburg, London, and D.C., and an advisory… Read More
Nearly a decade after leaving his full-time job at Microsoft, Bill Gates sat down with GeekWire for an extensive interview about his work at the Gates Foundation, progress in global… Read More
Scientific journals aren’t known for being advocates of open access — often research articles published in journals are behind a paywall, only accessible to subscribers. But that’s beginning to change. The Bill… Read More
“It was the biggest single gift anyone ever gave anybody for anything.” That’s how Bill and Melinda Gates describe Warren Buffett’s $30 billion donation in an open letter to the… Read More
President Donald Trump isn’t the biggest fan of science. He has also been very quiet on the topic of foreign aid, although some within his administration have advocated for cutting aid,… Read More
Microsoft and the U.S. Department of Justice are once again battling things out in court. But unlike their duel back in the 90s, this time Microsoft is defending the rights… Read More
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded the University of Washington a $279 million grant, distributed over the next 10 years, to help researchers study the health of populations… Read More
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is joining with the Wellcome Trust and the governments of Germany, Japan and Norway to launch a new Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, starting with a… Read More
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is committing up to $140 million to help Boston biotech company Intarcia Therapeutics develop an HIV prevention device. The funds will help Intarcia adapt… Read More
In July, Joanna Bichsel left a high-level job at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to move from Seattle to Kigali, Rwanda with her husband and two young children. She… Read More
An educator, a nerd farmer, a former president: these are a few of Bill Gates’ favorite things. As the holidays and new year approach, the billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder… Read More
To say Bill Gates is a voracious reader is an understatement. The Microsoft co-founder has been gobbling up books of all shapes and sizes since he first learned to read. He… Read More
The Bill and Melinda Gates foundation is awarding $210 million to the University of Washington’s Population Health Initiative, in one of the largest single donations the institution has ever received.… Read More
Bill and Melinda Gates were apparently under consideration for Hillary Clinton’s vice presidential nominee, according to an email from campaign chair John Podesta, released by Julian Assange’s WikiLeaks. The email,… Read More
Bill Gates believes countries throughout Africa can obtain economic prosperity and fairly distributed wealth — but only by mobilizing the region’s young entrepreneurs. He shared his optimistic vision as he… Read More
Bill Gates, chicken farmer? The Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist says in a blog post that investing in poultry would his first move if he were living on $2 per day. Nearly 1… Read More
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation CEO Sue Desmond-Hellmann thinks a Nigerian health officer’s work collecting sewage is “a thing of beauty.” It may seem like an unusual way to describe the… Read More
It goes without saying that Paul Allen and Bill Gates had an enormous impact on Seattle. But their influence on the region goes beyond Microsoft and the startup and venture… Read More
Melinda Gates was one of the speakers on a panel about gender parity on Friday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, with panelists including Canadian Prime Minister Justin… Read More
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is partnering with pharmaceutical giant Sanofi Pasteur and the nonprofit Infectious Disease Research Institute to create a new organization dedicated to advancing disease fighting technologies.… Read More
It’s not on the official agenda or getting much attention during the Chinese President’s visit to Seattle, but this region’s leadership in global health has already built strong connections to… Read More
Melinda Gates, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation co-chair, has quietly established a new organization called Pivotal Ventures, an independent executive office that will give her an opportunity to pursue ideas,… Read More
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has cut 33 jobs in its IT department, the foundation confirmed today in response to an inquiry from GeekWire. “The foundation’s growth and the changing… Read More
What happens when Warren Buffet and U2’s Bono get together at the Gates Foundation? They chat about philanthropy, of course. There was no doubt more to the conversation, but that’s… Read More
The Guardian is taking an unusual and forward stance with this campaign — they’re asking Bill Gates to take a leading role in the fight against climate change. Part of… Read More
The Indian government honored Bill and Melinda Gates this weekend with a Padma, one of the highest civilian awards in the country. The pair received the award for their work to improve… Read More
Bill Gates has long been focused on finding better ways to manage sanitation processes — and build better toilets — for developing nations. A big part of that has included finding… Read More