Paul Allen has made a name for himself as a co-founder of Microsoft, a supporter of artificial intelligence research and a contributor to causes such as wildlife conservation — so it… Read More
Jeff Bezos’ donation of $2 billion to his newly announced charitable fund clearly isn’t chump change. But in the world of ultra-rich tech philanthropists, it’s roughly on par — or even… Read More
Customer obsession has driven Jeff Bezos from the day he founded Amazon as a tiny online bookseller. Full text: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos reveals long-awaited philanthropic initiative So it’s no… Read More
Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos on Thursday revealed a new $2 billion philanthropic initiative called “Bezos Day One Fund” that will help tackle homelessness and childhood education. It’s a long-awaited… Read More
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has unveiled his eagerly-awaited philanthropic initiative, announcing a new “Bezos Day One Fund” that will focus on efforts to help homeless families and improve preschool education,… Read More
Jeff Bezos transformed the modern economy, using disruptive thinking to reshape how people buy products and read books, and how companies access computing and deliver goods. Now, the 54-year-old founder… Read More
Today’s featured stories Tech titan Paul Allen gives $100,000 to GOP causes — and he’s not the only one Amazon briefly tops $1T market cap, joining Apple among most valuable… Read More
Amazon has been criticized in the past for not doing enough in terms of philanthropy. But it’s going to be tough to miss its latest charitable push. During an event… Read More
Seattle’s tech industry and the rest of this booming city are at odds like never before, and tech leaders acknowledge that any efforts to mobilize the tech community to solve… Read More
News Brief: Students from colleges and universities in the U.S. and Canada are being recruited for the Base 11 Space Challenge, a $1 million competition to encourage the development of… Read More
Over the past year, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has been collecting ideas for philanthropic causes he should back with his fortune, driving tremendous interest (and nearly 50,000 replies) to his… Read More
After a year of deliberation and thought, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announced plans to back two philanthropic initiatives, potentially signaling a new chapter for the planet’s richest person. Bezos’ fortune… Read More
COMMENTARY: Amazon’s showdown with elected officials in its hometown has been fascinating to cover, disappointing to watch, and ultimately not healthy for anyone. Watching the fight over Seattle’s proposed “head… Read More
While Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates spends billions of dollars a year on global health, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is putting $1 billion a year into his Blue Origin space venture —… Read More
The University of Washington’s Institute for Protein Design has won an $11.3 million grant from the Open Philanthropy Project to cook up a public health breakthrough: a universal flu vaccine.… Read More
Luke Timmerman started climbing mountains with college buddies when he was in his 20s. He’s climbed Mount Rainier in Washington state (14,400 feet), Alaska’s Denali (20,000 feet) and even Argentina’s… Read More
Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and head of Pivotal Ventures, was among the speakers today at SXSW Interactive in Austin, Texas, discussing the 21st century workforce… Read More
Bill Gates made his money in software, Andrew Carnegie in steel. And while roughly a century separates these two hard-charging titans of industry, they are connected not through the massive… Read More
It would be easy for Sue Desmond-Hellmann, CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to look back on 2017 as a year to forget. This year has brought a… Read More
Zillow Group is leveraging its position as a leading real estate technology company to try to do something about the insecurity some people feel about their ability to stay in… Read More
Two months after he asked the Twitterverse to suggest short-term options for future philanthropy, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos passed along his appreciation for the tens of thousands of responses that… Read More
Five new Seattle restaurants opened by FareStart in partnership with Amazon attracted enough patrons and community donations over a 25-day period to raise $1.6 million. A $1 million match from… Read More
A new website wants to be the Amazon, the Yelp, the go-to destination for the world of philanthropy. Because while you might get a warm fuzzy feeling for clicking on… Read More
Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos is one of the richest people in the world, and like fellow billionaire and Seattleite Bill Gates, he’s trying to find ways to… Read More
The nonprofit FareStart announced today that the five restaurants and cafes that it’s launching with Amazon’s help will be ready to open their doors next month. The eateries, in Seattle’s… Read More
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation says its economic impact in the Seattle region was $1.5 billion in 2015. That’s a whopping sum — and the non-profit juggernaut came up… Read More
We’re constantly blown away by the efforts of our community to make the world a better place using technology. GeekWire has been tracking this generous work as part of our Impact… Read More
Microsoft has again broken its record for employee giving, donating $142 million to nearly 19,000 charities last year. That’s a 14 percent increase over the previous year’s donations, and the… Read More
Bill Gates is one of the most recognizable symbols of success in the modern world. So how does Bill Gates, the man, define success on a personal level? With a… 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