Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett said he will resign as a trustee at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. “For years I have been a trustee — an inactive trustee… Read More
Bill Gates made a name for himself with software. On a recent trip to Omaha, Neb., the Microsoft co-founder tried his hand at soft-serve ice cream, joining longtime pal Warren… Read More
Famed investor Warren Buffett has long been a fan of Amazon but never invested in the tech giant, until now. His company Berkshire Hathaway finally took the plunge and bought… Read More
In the five years that he has been “active” on Twitter, Warren Buffett has tweeted nine times. The billionaire Berkshire Hathaway chairman and CEO has 1.43 million followers, and… Read More
No one knows for sure whether Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates even eats at McDonald’s these days, but we do know he wouldn’t have to pay. Gates is reportedly in exclusive… Read More
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When Warren Buffett was 6 years old in 1936, he would get a nickel a week for allowance, which he would take to a local drug store and spend on… Read More
The door to the black SUV opened, and suddenly there was Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, wearing a dark blue blazer and crisp white shirt, striding confidently into the ground floor… Read More
Warren Buffett has admitted to being “out of touch” when it comes to why he doesn’t use an iPhone despite his appeal for Apple as a company. While Buffett’s… Read More
The announcement last month that Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, tech giant Amazon and JPMorgan Chase were teaming up on a new healthcare venture came with very few details on what… Read More
He drinks Coca-Cola and eats at Dairy Queen, presumably in part to promote the stocks and companies owned by Berkshire Hathaway. So when will CEO Warren Buffett, who said… Read More
Three of the world’s most influential business leaders — Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffett and Jamie Dimon — are bringing their companies together in a quest for a better approach to… 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
A new report released this week titled Billionaire Bonanza points out the growing divide in the U.S. among the super wealthy and the rest of the country. The most stark… Read More
Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are admittedly close friends, but have we ever seen them lie side by side on a bed before? We have now. The Microsoft co-founder made his… Read More
At the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting earlier this month, chairman Warren Buffett heaped praise on the success of Amazon and the smarts of CEO Jeff Bezos. On Tuesday, Bezos… Read More
Editor’s note: Utrip CEO Gilad Berenstein has attended Berkshire Hathaway’s annual board meeting in Omaha, Neb. for the past two years. Berenstein, who was named GeekWire’s Young Entrepreneur of the Year… Read More
Warren Buffett’s billions are testament to his brains when it comes to taking the right investment bets. But when it comes to Amazon, the Berkshire Hathaway chairman had a one-word… 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
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
Warren Buffett is already best buds with one Seattle area billionaire, his bridge-playing software mogul friend Bill Gates. Now, the Oracle of Omaha — a value investor who backed Walmart… 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
Investor extraordinaire and billionaire Warren Buffett’s childhood home in Omaha is listed on Airbnb. And, if you’re a Berkshire Hathaway shareholder, you could win a stay there during the Berkshire Hathaway… Read More
Learning the game of bridge isn’t the only thing Warren Buffet has taught Bill Gates. In Gates’ first-ever post on LinkedIn titled “Three Things I’ve Learned from Warren Buffett,” the Microsoft co-founder… Read More
Billionaire buddies Bill Gates and Warren Buffett wholeheartedly agree on one thing: Online retailers need to be taxed. Speaking on CNBC this morning, Gates and Buffett discussed a bevy of… Read More
Now, here’s a pairing we’d love to see at GeekWire’s upcoming ping-pong tournament. At the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting earlier this week, billionaires Bill Gates and Warren Buffett busted out… Read More