Bill Gates

Bill Gates is siding with President Trump, saying US schools should reopen in the fall despite the continued spread of the coronavirus — claiming “the benefits outweigh the costs.”

In an interview with CBS Evening News' Norah O'Donnell, Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates said that it is likely that an effective coronavirus vaccine will require multiple doses. 

Twitter said on Wednesday that the hackers who breached its systems last week likely read the direct messages of 36 accounts.

Before a hacking campaign tore through Twitter and compromised some of its most high-profile users, an ad went up on a gray market site that facilitates the trade of user accounts for popular websites, including not only Twitter but Netflix,  Instagram, Minecraft and others.

Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates called for COVID-19 drugs and an eventual vaccine to be made available to countries and people that need them most, not to the “highest bidder,” saying relying on market forces would prolong the deadly pandemic.

More than 200 of the world's wealthiest people have pledged to give away a majority of their wealth since the Giving Pledge was created in 2010.

Billionaire Warren Buffett took a hit this week after donating nearly $3 billion worth of his Berkshire Hathaway stocks to five charities.  

Microsoft founder Bill Gates described wearing a mask as "not that bothersome" and "not expensive" as U.S. health officials continue to recommend face coverings as a way to slow the spread of COVID-19.

Jennifer Gates said she knows she comes from a "situation of privilege" in a recent interview.

Melinda Gates said health care workers should get first dibs on a coronavirus vaccine, and that black and indigenous people, the elderly and those with underlying conditions should also get priority in the U.S.

Many countries are helping fund CEPI in light of the coronavirus pandemic

The Seattle Coronavirus Assessment Network is funded by Gates Ventures, Bill Gates' private office.

Microsoft founder Bill Gates committed to "actions and words to help create a more equal and just future."

In Microsoft's earliest days, Bill Gates admitted he micromanaged his team.

Bill and Melinda Gates founded the organization in 2000. Here's what you need to know.

U.S. billionaires' wealth has grown by $434 billion since March 18, when the majority of the nation shutdown to slow the spread of the virus

Bill Gates on Tuesday released his summer 2020 reading list.

The Seattle Coronavirus Assessment Network, which uses home-based, self-collected samples, said the halt had nothing to with safety or accuracy.

His charity, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has been intertwined with the fight against infectious diseases.

Years before the Covid-19 pandemic, the billionaire tried to warn global leaders of the threat from new infectious diseases. Few listened. ‘I feel terrible.’