Bill Gates

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “We should be excited about automation”

In a talk at SXSW, the New York Congresswoman notes that automation is a net positive when the government offers a social safety net.

Bill and Melinda Gates want to surprise you

In their latest annual letter, the philanthropic couple explain some of their big revelations from the last year of giving.

Why you should surround yourself with more books than you’ll ever have time to read

An overstuffed bookcase (or e-reader) says good things about your mind.

5 surprising traits of great leaders

In my career as an executive recruiter, I’ve learned through thousands of interviews in dozens of countries to pay attention to how the C-suite candidate interacts with the receptionist.

It’s time to break up wealth dynasties in the U.S.

First, consider that three U.S. families control more wealth than 4 million average households, then consider what policies might fix this imbalance.

Bill Gates just gave the keynote at a toilet expo

This self-lubing condom lasts for 1,000 thrusts–and could change sex

How do you get people to wear condoms? Design one that feels better than anything else on the market.

Are you smarter than Bill Gates about climate change? Take this quiz to find out

Bill Gates is investing in European companies that solve the less obvious parts of climate change

His Breakthrough Energy Ventures fund is teaming up with the European council to invest in companies focused on agriculture, manufacturing, and transportation.

Is Bill Gates throwing some shade at Mark Zuckerberg’s philanthropy?

“There are aspirations and then there are plans.”

Bill Gates is encouraging teachers’ grassroots efforts for change

Gates tells the story of Mandy Manning, the National Teacher of the Year, and how she’s fought to change policy to make life better for her students.

Thanks to Bill and Melinda Gates, today is a great day to help teachers get school supplies

Bill Gates offers a simple explanation for why the economy works differently now

Why Bill Gates is reading “Capitalism Without Capital”

The tech-mogul-turned philanthropist has just published a review of a dense 2017 book on how “intangible assets”–things like software and data–are changing the economy.

Why Bill Gates backed a $30 million fight against Alzheimer’s

Gates and a team of deep-pocketed donors have committed to spend $30 million dollars over the next three years to fund better diagnostic tests for the disease.

14 more billionaires sign the Giving Pledge

They’re the latest to join Bill Gates’s effort to get the super-wealthy to commit to giving away half of their wealth before they die.

These are the books Bill Gates says to read this summer

His annual beach reading list includes a biography of da Vinci, award-winning fiction, and new ways of thinking about global progress.

Bill Gates has some scary anecdotes about Donald Trump

Bill Gates’s Mosquito Week Reminds You Which Animal To Actually Fear

Sharks might have more dramatic videos, but mosquitoes kill 1,470 people per day.