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Bill and Melinda Gates being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by then President Barack Obama in 2016. Time magazine named Gates as one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century in 1999, as well as one of the 100 most influential people in 2004, 2005, and 2006 respectively. [249]
Warren Buffett wanted to use his vast fortune for good, but concluded he would not make a great philanthropist. So back in 2006, the Oracle of Omaha decided he would hand over the task of giving ...
This past spring, French Gates left the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which she ran for more than 20 years with ex-husband and Microsoft founder Bill Gates.
The Gates Foundation, in response to a request for comment about work culture at the organization, provided the following to Fortune: “The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has an unparalleled 25 ...
Steve Wozniak On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 89% based on 9 reviews, with an average rating of 7.2/10. Ray Richmond of Variety states that it is "a brilliant piece of filmmaking" and "a wildly entertaining geek tragedy with the stylistic feel of true art." John Leonard of New York Magazine, refers to it as "a hoot". Rob Owen of the Pittsburgh ...
Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation. The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation is a charitable organization formed 1964 in Omaha, Nebraska, by investor and industrialist Warren Buffett as a vehicle to manage his charitable giving. [1] It was known simply as the Buffett Foundation until 2004, when it was renamed in honor of Susan Buffett, who died ...
Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates looked at the big picture and the small picture as he was ... Gates stepped down as CEO in 2000, gave up his day-to-day duties in 2008, relinquished his chairmanship ...
The Road Ahead. October 1996 ("Completely revised and up-to-date.") The Road Ahead is a book written by Bill Gates, co-founder and former CEO of Microsoft; Nathan Myhrvold, Microsoft executive; and former Microsoft vice president Peter Rinearson. Published in November 1995, then substantially revised about a year later, The Road Ahead ...