Bill Gates

Bill Gates, chairman of the Gates Foundation, flagged off the first India Day celebrations in the Greater Seattle area as Consulate General of India as Seattle’s Guest of Honor, on India’s 78th Independence Day, a media release said.

New York Times journalist Anupreeta Das wrote in her upcoming book that Bill Gates's wandering eye allegedly extended to young women working at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. It also revealed details of his infidelity that left his wife 'seething for a long time.'

'The idea of switching to lab-made fats and oils may seem strange at first. But their potential to significantly reduce our carbon footprint is immense,' Bill Gates explained in his blog.

'I had thought I was going to be married for life. I thought I'd be married for 50-plus years... I certainly didn't think I would be in my late 50s and be divorced,' philanthropist Melinda French Gates said.

Elaborating on how Munger's advice helped her, Melinda French Gates shared how she comforted a close friend when her husband died of cancer. That friend in turn helped her when she ended her marriage with Bill Gates after 27 years.

The move came as Microsoft shares rose to a fresh record, bringing their total gain this year to 21%.

She also said that going through the divorce during the pandemic helped the couple get the privacy they needed.

Gates has described as ‘alarmist’ the concerns about AI replacing software engineers, saying the technology will complement rather than replace human capabilities

Gates has announced his autobiography, ‘Source Code,’ which will hit the shelves on February 4, 2025, where he has revealed a lot of interesting facts about his formative and teenage years.

Bill Gates and Nikhil Kamath share a longstanding philanthropic association. The Zerodha co-founder has pledged to donate 50 percent of his wealth to 'The Giving Pledge,' founded by Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, making him the fourth and youngest Indian to commit to this significant charitable initiative.

'Over the years, I’ve often been asked about my upbringing, my time at Harvard, and co-founding the company (Microsoft). Those questions made me realise that people might be interested in my journey and the factors that influenced it,' Bill Gates said on writing his 'origin story'.

Billionaire Warren Buffett is known to enjoy the simplicity and convenience of the fast-food giant while Bill Gates has in a recent blogpost called cheeseburgers his 'favorite food'.

'In hindsight, it’s a lesson I could have learned a lot sooner had I taken more peeks at Warren Buffett’s intentionally light calendar,' Bill Gates shared on Threads recently. He added that as the CEO of Microsoft, he 'had every minute packed' on his schedule for 25 years until he stepped down in 2000.

For his 40th birthday, Mark Zuckeberg's wife, Priscilla Chan, recreated a bunch of places that he lived in his early days, From his childhood bedroom where he learned to code to the apartment where he lived in, Zuckerberg took a trip down memory lane on his birthday.

Jennifer Gates graduated from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York and shared a picture of herself in her graduation robe and hat. Proud parents Bill and Melinda Gates lauded her achievement in the comments section.

A new report suggests that Bill Gates is still one of the key figures in Microsoft’s key affairs even after exiting the company in 2020.

Writing on his blog, Bill Gates spoke how millets had been experiencing a resurgence, both via consumers and farmers, and felt that with the increasing concerns about climate change globally, millets will gain greater significance in the coming years.

This comes at a time when the Indian government has approved the IndiaAI program, a component of which is for the non-personal data collection/disemmination platform for the benefit of startups and academia.

Highlighting his use of AI, Modi asked Gates to take a selfie through his (NaMo) app and then showed him how it could be located through the face-recognition technology

The discussion focused on India's vision on AI, efforts to empower women through innovative schemes like Namo Drone Didi, and commitment to leveraging technology for inclusive development.