• Key takeaways from Bill Gates’ interview with House committee about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein

    Key takeaways from Bill Gatesinterview with House committee about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein

    Jun 10, 2026 01:28 PM EDT

    ... has expressed regret for his relationship with Epstein and maintained that none of his meetings with the late financier involved illicit activity. In a 2021 interview, Gates told PBS News that he regretted having dinners with Epstein. “He had relationships with people he said would give to global health, which ...

  • Read the House transcripts of Bill Gates and Lesley Groff's interviews in Epstein probe

    Read the House transcripts of Bill Gates and Lesley Groff's interviews in Epstein probe

    Jun 23, 2026 10:07 PM EDT

    The House Oversight Committee on Tuesday released transcripts of the testimonies by Bill Gates and Lesley Groff in closed-door depositions before the panel in June as part of its investigation into the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Read Gates' testimony by clicking below: Gates said after his interview that ...

  • WATCH: Bill Gates says he hopes Epstein interview is 'helpful' for providing justice to survivors

    WATCH: Bill Gates says he hopes Epstein interview is 'helpful' for providing justice to survivors

    Jun 10, 2026 03:40 PM EDT

    ... reciprocated,” Gates said. The remarks come as lawmakers review documents detailing Gates’ interactions with Epstein. Included in the files are calendar entries for meetings between Gates and Epstein, email correspondence between the two about philanthropic projects and photos of Gates at events that Epstein also attended. Their relationship began in ...

  • Bill Gates pledges remaining fortune to Gates Foundation, which will close in 2045

    Bill Gates pledges remaining fortune to Gates Foundation, which will close in 2045

    May 08, 2025 05:23 PM EDT

    ... an additional $200 billion over the next 20 years. The foundation already has an endowment of $77 billion built from donations from Gates, Melinda French Gates and Buffett. “It’s kind of thrilling to have that much to be able to put into these causes,” Gates said in an interview ...

  • Bill Gates is breaking ground on a nuclear power plant in Wyoming

    Bill Gates is breaking ground on a nuclear power plant in Wyoming

    Jun 10, 2024 10:34 PM EDT

    ... founded TerraPower in 2008 as a way for the private sector to propel advanced nuclear energy forward to provide safe, abundant, carbon-free energy.WATCH: Bill Gates on vaccine equity, boosters, climate, his foundation and Epstein meetings The company's 345-megawatt reactor could generate up to 500 megawatts at ...

  • Bill Gates on where the COVID-19 pandemic will hurt the most

    Bill Gates on where the COVID-19 pandemic will hurt the most

    Apr 07, 2020 10:50 PM EDT

    Bill Gates, the billionaire and philanthropist who sounded a prescient warning five years ago about the threat of a global pandemic, spoke about the need for more testing and vaccine capabilities in the fight against the novel coronavirus.  When Gates warned in a 2015 TED Talk that “if anything kills ...

  • Bill Gates and top investors launch $1 billion clean energy fund

    Bill Gates and top investors launch $1 billion clean energy fund

    Dec 13, 2016 03:14 PM EDT

    Bill Gates launched a $1 billion fund for investment in clean energy innovation Monday to combat the effects of climate change. The Breakthrough Energy Ventures fund, which Gates will chair and run with a host of other high-profile investors, is focused on clean energy technology. The fund, Gates said ...

  • Satya Nadella named new Microsoft CEO; Bill Gates steps down as chairman

    Satya Nadella named new Microsoft CEO; Bill Gates steps down as chairman

    Feb 04, 2014 03:54 PM EDT

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5BhQVuRcTk Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday named 47-year-old Satya Nadella, the company's enterprise and cloud chief, as the new chief executive, ending a five-month search to replace Steve Ballmer who has been serving as CEO since 2000. Bill Gates, will also ...

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    Extended Interview: Google China President Kai-Fu Lee

    May 30, 2008 04:50 PM EDT

    ... the American dream as the same dream that they have. And it's kind of viewed as a role model. So you know people like Bill Gates or Larry (Page) and Sergey (Brin) at Google are the idols of the teenagers in China. And that's what they want to ...

  • News Wrap: Bill Gates says he made 'grave error' by meeting with Epstein

    News Wrap: Bill Gates says he made 'grave error' by meeting with Epstein

    Jun 10, 2026 10:45 PM EDT

    ... military bases and tensions remain high in Northern Ireland following anti-immigrant violence brought on by a stabbing attack. ... Amna Nawaz: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates told a congressional panel he made a -- quote -- "grave error in judgment" by ever meeting with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Bill Gates ...