• 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 ...

  • Who is Leon Black? Billionaire fails to appear for Epstein deposition

    Who is Leon Black? Billionaire fails to appear for Epstein deposition

    Jul 17, 2026 10:44 PM EDT

    ... the Justice Department has released related to the late financier. Other notable figures who have provided testimony include billionaire co-founder of Microsoft and philanthropist Bill Gates, former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, former Attorney General Pam Bondi, two of Epstein's ...

  • How the UK is reacting to the arrest of former Prince Andrew

    How the UK is reacting to the arrest of former Prince Andrew

    Feb 19, 2026 11:50 PM EDT

    ... K.?Katty Kay: What we have had in the U.S. is more private sector resignations and stepping back from public light. So you have Bill Gates not attending an A.I. summit, speaking at an A.I. summit in India, for example. But then you don't get the ...

  • WATCH: 'Overwhelming consensus' for artificial intelligence regulation, Musk says after Senate tech meeting

    WATCH: 'Overwhelming consensus' for artificial intelligence regulation, Musk says after Senate tech meeting

    Sep 13, 2023 06:17 PM EDT

    ... featured some of the industry's biggest names: Meta's Mark Zuckerberg and X and Tesla's Elon Musk as well as former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates. All 100 senators were invited; the public was not. "Today, we begin an enormous and complex and vital undertaking: building a foundation for ...

  • Larry King, broadcasting giant for half-century, dies at 87

    Larry King, broadcasting giant for half-century, dies at 87

    Jan 23, 2021 02:43 PM EDT

    ... Hussein of Jordan and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. He welcomed everyone from the Dalai Lama to Elizabeth Taylor, from Mikhail Gorbachev to Barack Obama, Bill Gates to Lady Gaga. Especially after he relocated to Los Angeles, his shows were frequently in the thick of breaking celebrity news, including Paris ...

  • Why we are so susceptible to misinformation

    Why we are so susceptible to misinformation

    Oct 28, 2020 10:40 PM EDT

    ... the Department of Homeland Security. William Brangham: Have you heard that voter fraud is rampant in the u.s? Well, it isn't. Or that Bill Gates is going to microchip Americans using the COVID-19 vaccine? That's also false. Or that President Trump didn't really have the ...

  • Many businesses cautious about restarting economy amid virus

    Many businesses cautious about restarting economy amid virus

    Mar 26, 2020 06:14 PM EDT

    ... of bodies over in the corner. We want you to keep spending because there’s some politician who thinks GDP growth is what really counts,''” Bill Gates, a major philanthropist to global public health efforts, said in an interview that was part of a series organized by TED.The travel ...