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
When Melinda Gates quietly established a new organization last year called Pivotal Ventures, she was expected to further her work on gender inequity and women’s empowerment. In a new interview… 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
Airbnb co-founders Brian Chesky, Joe Gebbia, and Nathan Blecharczyk, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and wife Lynne are among 17 billionaires joining The Giving Pledge. The initiative, founded by Bill and… Read More
For wealthy people, living in wealthy countries, privilege manifests itself in obvious ways. But it also exists in more subtle ways, that even the most conscientious people may not realize.… 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
Bill Gates says that he and his wife Melinda are interviewed dozens of times a year, but in a new blog post the Microsoft co-founder says that high school students in Eastern… 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
Melinda Gates joined some highly esteemed company in the latest Forbes‘ list. According to the media giant, the co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is the third most… Read More
This is a funny how-we-got-together story: Melinda Gates turned Bill Gates down the first time he asked her out. In a video interview that AOL’s Makers did with Melinda, she… Read More
A Washington initiative to increase background checks for gun purchases that was supported by the likes of Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer, and Paul Allen passed on Tuesday evening. Initiative 594, which requires background checks… Read More
Bill & Melinda Gates had already donated $50,000 to the Washington Alliance for Gun Responsibility, a coalition that wants to require background checks for Washington residents who buy firearms at gun shows and online.… Read More
Bill and Melinda Gates told Stanford students at commencement yesterday that they should bring the school’s innovative spirit with them into the working world, but they shouldn’t lose sight of social… Read More
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced today that it has found its next chief executive: Susan Desmond-Hellman, who is currently serving as the Chancellor of the University of California… Read More
Up until now, Bill Gates was likely the only member of his family to have a comic book written about his life. Not anymore. Vancouver, WA.-based Blue Water Productions is back… Read More
Move over Oprah. Melinda Gates is out to change the world, and she’s moving up the list of the most powerful women. Forbes released its annual ranking of the 100… Read More
Duke University computer science and economics grad Melinda Gates returned to her alma mater this past weekend to deliver the commencement address, telling grads to reject the notion of Time… Read More
Did Stephen Colbert just get away with calling the Gates Foundation a ‘slut factory?’ Last night the cantankerous faux right-winger took aim at Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill &… Read More
Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, philanthropist Melinda Gates and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center director Dr. Larry Corey are among those who’ve been named to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a more… Read More
Sure, Bill Gates may get more attention, but Melinda Gates is the one who deserves the newsmaker title this year — making a mark in a variety of ways in… Read More
Addressing the Malaria Forum in downtown Seattle this morning, Bill Gates sounded at times like he was back in the tech business, trying to get a reluctant team to think… Read More
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates joined Twitter in January 2010, and has quickly assembled an audience of some 3.5 million followers. Now, Gates’ wife, Melinda, is joining the short-form communication channel.… Read More