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Hundreds of billionaires pledged to give away $600 billion to charity—but the Bill Gates and Warren Buffett era of philanthropy may be over

May 24, 2025 by DON

The era of billionaire baby boomer men leading philanthropy is over—wealthy women are taking the reins, as the likes of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett close an epoch of giving. Thanks to newly proposed tax policies, trust-based “stealth giving” and female mega-donors like MacKenzie Scott are the future of philanthropy. Bill Gates and Warren Buffett … Read more

Waymo recalls 1,200 robotaxis following low-speed collisions with gates and chains

May 14, 2025 by DON

Waymo issued a software recall on 1,200 self-driving vehicles after some of its robotaxis were involved in minor collisions with gates, chains, and other gate-like roadway objects. The software update, which was first reported by Reuters, was conducted late last year, according to documents filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The Alphabet-owned company … Read more

The philanthropy world weighs in on Bill Gates’ $200 billion bet on global health: ‘People will be watching this as an example’

May 10, 2025 by DON

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Bill Gates doubles giving to $200 billion, ‘virtually all’ his wealth

May 8, 2025 by DON

Bill Gates arrives for a press conference to launch the Global Polio Eradication Initiative at the European Commission’s Berlaymont headquarters in Brussels on October 11, 2023. Simon Wohlfahrt | Afp | Getty Images Billionaire Bill Gates announced on Thursday that he will double his charitable giving to $200 billion over the next 20 years. In … Read more

Bill Gates tells his foundation to spend it all by 2045

May 8, 2025 by DON

The Gates Foundation received a death sentence of sorts today. Microsoft co-founder turned billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates said today that his foundation will have just 20 years to exhaust its coffers and wind down operations. He has pledged to donate 99% of his fortune, which today is worth an estimated $107 billion, to the foundation. … Read more

Melinda French Gates says the Gates Foundation’s commitment to spend its entire $200 billion on global health by 2045 is ‘fantastic’: ‘The vast majority of resources were to go back to society’

May 8, 2025 by DON

Good morning! Bumble makes new hires before a tough earnings, Penny Pritzker gets swept up in Harvard-Trump drama, and Fortune’s Alexa Mikhail talks to Melinda French Gates about gigantic news from the Gates Foundation. – 20-year plan. For the last several months, I’ve been working alongside Fortune Senior Editor at Large Geoff Colvin on a … Read more

Raven Gates and Adam Gottschalk’s Relationship Timeline

April 18, 2025 by DON

A Bachelor Nation success story! Raven Gates and Adam Gottschalk are one of the few couples to survive life after Bachelor in Paradise. The couple met in 2017 while filming season 4 of BiP, and though their love lasted through the finale, Gottschalk pointedly did not propose on the show. At the time they were … Read more

Melinda French Gates explains why her new book focuses on big transitions, and why Warren Buffett was one of the first to learn about her divorce

April 15, 2025 by DON

Melinda French Gates says she never expected to write a book about transitions. But over the last few years, she’s gone through a divorce (from her ex-husband, Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates), left the $75 billion foundation the two founded back in 2000, and turned 60. Her new book, The Next Day, dives into each of … Read more