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World Health Organization considers $50 billion endowment
Aside from The Gates Foundation, endowments that have grown above $50 billion include Harvard University, which had $53.2 ...
Bill Gates regretted leaving Harvard: I spent Microsoft's first year trying to get a friend to 'take charge,' so I could return
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates struggled intensely with the "stay or go" decision that ultimately made him a billionaire.
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Philanthropy for health: past, present, and future
The Aga Khan IV, a billionaire businessman who died on Feb 4, aged 88 years, repeatedly rejected the title of philanthropist ...
Source Code: Bill Gates' journey from 'snotty brat' to world's richest man
Some episodes covered in Source Code – such as the "legal intricacies of Microsoft's negotiations with a long-defunct Seattle ...
Bill Gates looks to his Seattle past, pushes Trump for a better future
In his new memoir, "Source Code," Gates explores his childhood in Seattle, deep friendships and his early path in coding, ...
Baltimore youth fund leaders attend racial equity conference on taxpayers’ dime
The Baltimore Children and Youth Fund paid $55,000 for its 30-member racial equity committee to attend the 2024 Facing Race ...
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Critics decry Musk’s influence with Trump, ignore billionaires' influence in previous White House
The Biden administration worked closely with billionaires like Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, but Democrats and the media warn Elon Musk’s cooperation with Trump is unprecedented despite the fact that ...
‘The Road Ahead’ at 30: What Bill Gates’ classic book about the future says about the world today
GeekWire revisited Bill Gates’ classic book, The Road Ahead, and found parallels to the AI revolution that the world is ...
Bill Gates on Microsoft at 50, and what’s next for AI and innovation
Bill Gates talks about Microsoft's 50th anniversary, parallels between AI and the early days of the PC, and where he sees the ...
How much does scientific progress cost? Without government dollars for research infrastructure, breakthroughs become improbable
It costs money to maintain the various facilities, utilities and personnel that allow scientists to conduct research in the ...
Scientific breakthroughs are hard without money for research infrastructure
Notably, indirect costs from grants do not cover the full cost of carrying out research at universities. In 2023, colleges and universities contributed approximately $27 billion of their own funding, ...
The Raging Debate: When Will Quantum Arrive?
They are important niches to the scientists who can now solve previously unsolvable problems, but they may not constitute ...