It’s a nice reader, but there’s nothing on the iPad I look at and say, “Oh, I wish Microsoft had done it.” The technology business has a lot of twists and turns. Probably the reason it’s such a fun business is that no business gets to rest on its laurels. ...
By Bill Gates published on Tuesday, Jul 9, 2024 Home When I was a kid, my parents took me to the World’s Fair in Seattle. It was amazing to see all these fantastic technologies that felt like something out of a science fiction novel. I asked them to take me back multiple times ...
The Seattle native resigned as Microsoft’s CEO in 2000, the same year he cofounded the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (now the Gates Foundation). Gates and his ex-wife, Melinda French Gates, divorced in 2021 after 27 years of marriage. Quick Facts FULL NAME: William Henry Gates III...
To date, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has invested $1.75 billion in the fight against COVID-19. Jan 27, 2021 Rules hold up at-home coronavirus tests funded by Bill Gates The SCAN program aims to let both healthy and sick people in the Seattle area test themselves from the comfort...
Bill Gates (1955–) Cofounder and chairman, Microsoft CorporationBorn: October 28, 1955, in Seattle, Washington.Education: Attended Harvard University, 1973–1975.Family: Son of William Henry Gates II (attorney) and Mary Maxwell (teacher); married Melinda French (Microsoft manager), January 1, ...
The toilet expo showcased a number of ingenious prototypes—the “most significant advances in sanitation in nearly 200 years,” Bill called them—and the Gates Foundation has put some $200 million into the effort so far. But as Bill and Melinda explained in a joint interview in Seattle in ...
Bill Gates Cofounder and chairman, Microsoft Corporation Born: October 28, 1955, in Seattle, Washington. Education: Attended Harvard University, 1973–1975. Family: Son of William Henry Gates II (attorney) and Mary Maxwell (teacher); married Melinda French (Microsoft manager), January 1, 1994;...
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation HistoryAddress: P.O. Box 23350 Seattle, Washington 98102 U.S.A. Telephone: (206) 709-3100Fax: (206) 709-3252 Website: www.gatesfoundation.org Non-Profit Foundation Incorporated: 1994 as the William H. Gates Foundation Employees: 200 Total Assets: $...
Bill Gates was in the news this year almost as much as when he was running Microsoft, as an advocate for science and equity in the pandemic. If things
Educators from the US and beyond: please share your teaching stories with Mr. Bill Gates. How have the policies of the Gates Foundation influenced your classroom, your students, your teaching, your schools, and your communities?