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| Mar 21, 2026 | Buffett defends ‘Giving Pledge’ against Thiel and ‘billionaire backlash’ | (This is the Warren Buffett Watch newsletter, news and analysis on all things Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway. You can sign up here to receive it every Friday evening in your inbox.)
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| Dec 13, 2025 | MacKenzie Scott announced another $7.1 billion in 2025 charitable donations—she’s now given away $26.3 billion since 2019 | Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has unveiled the final tally for her 2025 charitable donations, which totaled $7.17 billion in gifts to roughly 225 organizations, she wrote in a blog post published on Tuesday.
“This dollar total ... |
| Oct 20, 2025 | Houston billionaire benefactors will donate almost entire fortune to charity | Houston billionaires Rich and Nancy Kinder plan to donate an astounding 95% of their multi-billion-dollar wealth to charities, they told ABC13's Melanie Lawson.
The news comes as the Kinder Foundation announced an $18.5 million expansion pr... |
| Aug 16, 2025 | Bill Gates meets Willy Wonka: How Epic’s 82-year-old billionaire CEO, Judy Faulkner, built her software factory | Judy Faulkner, who just turned 82, has spent the past 46 years running Epic Systems, turning it into one of the largest private technology companies in the U.S.
While Faulkner said she still has more to accomplish as CEO, sources told CNBC ... |
| Aug 7, 2025 | The Giving Pledge was meant to turbocharge philanthropy. Few billionaires got on board. | Fifteen years ago this week, 40 of America’s richest families and individuals pledged to give away most of their wealth.
In the years since, the Giving Pledge has lost steam even as billionaire wealth and headcount has soared.
The Giving Pl... |
| Jul 8, 2025 | John Caudwell: Bezos gives billionaires a bad name | If you ever want to feel like you don’t quite do enough with your time, speak to John Caudwell.
We are approaching the culmination of a wide-ranging interview, and the billionaire founder of Phones 4u – and a man hoping to build London’s mo... |
| Jul 2, 2025 | With $6B donation, Warren Buffett has now given away over $60B: It’s ‘substantially more than my entire net worth in 2006’ | Warren Buffett’s charitable giving over the past two decades now totals around $60 billion, after the billionaire investor recently announced plans to give away another $6 billion to five different charities, including the Gates Foundation.... |
| May 13, 2025 | Bill Gates says the world will be better in 20 years: ‘My optimism hasn’t been shaken’ | Bill Gates has issued some pretty big warnings in recent years — about the next pandemic or avoiding a “climate disaster” — but the billionaire says he’s actually very optimistic about the future.
“You can accuse me of being by nature an op... |
| May 9, 2025 | Bill Gates: A Billionaire's Bold Pledge to Philanthropy | Bill Gates is on a mission. The Microsoft co-founder has announced plans to give away nearly all of his fortune within the next two decades. He aims to close the Gates Foundation by December 31, 2045. His goal? To ensure that when he passes... |
| May 8, 2025 | Bill Gates plans to close his foundation, give away nearly all of his fortune over 20 years: I don’t want people to say, ‘He died rich’ | Bill Gates plans to give away nearly all of his personal wealth and shutter the Gates Foundation within 20 years, the billionaire announced in a blog post on Thursday.
“People will say a lot of things about me when I die, but I am determine... |
| Apr 16, 2025 | Melinda French Gates shares advice from Warren Buffett: I rely on it when ‘I get tough on myself’ | Billionaire philanthropist Melinda French Gates likes to stockpile advice for when she feels uncertain.
Whenever someone tells her something helpful, French Gates writes down their quotes so she can “replay them in my head,” she told the Wa... |
| Mar 10, 2025 | Asana CEO Dustin Moskovitz announces retirement, stock plummets 25% | Dustin Moskovitz, the CEO of Asana and one of the original co-founders of Facebook, will retire from the software company.
Asana announced Moskovitz’s retirement on Monday as part of the company’s fourth-quarter earnings report.
Asana’s sto... |
| Mar 8, 2025 | The New Wave of Philanthropy and Lifestyle Branding: A Tale of Two Titans | In the landscape of modern influence, two figures stand out: Michael Bloomberg and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. Each, in their own realm, is reshaping perceptions of wealth and lifestyle. Bloomberg, a billionaire philanthropist, embodies the ... |
| Mar 7, 2025 | America’s top donor Michael Bloomberg gifted $3.7 billion last year: I’ve ‘never understood’ waiting to die to give away wealth | If you’re fortunate enough to have more money than you require, don’t wait until you die to give it to those in need.
That’s the philosophy of 83-year-old billionaire Michael Bloomberg, who gave away a total of $3.7 billion to nonprofits in... |
| Feb 24, 2025 | ‘Not my signature’: Embattled tycoon BR Shetty vows to appeal $106 mn Dubai court award to ICICI Bank | Mumbai: Bavaguthu Raghuram Shetty, the embattled Indian entrepreneur who founded the UAE’s largest private healthcare chain, said he was “shocked” after a Dubai court ordered him to pay nearly ₹1,000 crore to ICICI Bank, and vowed to appeal... |
| Dec 23, 2024 | 5 Entrepreneurial Reasons to Embrace Philanthropy Discover how embracing philanthropy can boost your business, foster goodwill and drive meaningful impact in your entrepreneurial journey. | Philanthropy isn't just about charity — it's a strategy for impact, growth and personal fulfillment. For entrepreneurs, giving back creates opportunities to strengthen communities, build lasting legacies and even fuel business innovation. I... |
| Jul 2, 2024 | Steve Ballmer is now richer than Bill Gates | Microsofties … Steve Ballmer, right, photographed in 204 with, from left, Bill Gates and Satya Nadella on the occasion of Nadella’s appointment as CEO of Microsoft
Steve Ballmer passed Bill Gates on Monday to become the sixth-richest person... |
| Jun 28, 2024 | Warren Buffett Just Changed Up His Will and Locked Out the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Buffett still donated over nine million Berkshire Hathaway shares to the foundation, but the contributions will only continue during his lifetime. | Warren Buffett revised his will and gave his biggest yearly donation yet to five charities.
Buffett told The Wall Street Journal on Friday that almost all of his fortune, valued at about $130 billion, will now go into a new charitable trust... |
| May 29, 2024 | Open AI CEO Sam Altman and Husband Vow to Donate Most of Their Wealth to Charity Through Giving Pledge | By Jace Dela Cruz
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| May 29, 2024 | CEO da OpenAI, Sam Altman, adere ao Giving Pledge e promete doar parte de sua fortuna para caridade | Sam Altman, CEO da OpenAI e influente líder no campo da inteligência artificial, anunciou sua decisão de se juntar ao Giving Pledge, um movimento global que incentiva bilionários a doarem a maior parte de suas fortunas para causas filantróp... |
| May 29, 2024 | Petition Demands UK Parents' Access to Deceased Child's Social Media After Suicide | By Quincy Jon
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| May 14, 2024 | Who will be the first trillionaire? | The world has about two million trillionaires – if you count their wealth in Lebanese pounds. Jokes aside, becoming a trillionaire in U.S. dollars seems out of reach, considering the richest person in the world right now, Bernard Arnault, i... |
| Mar 20, 2024 | The frugal life of Warren Buffett: How the billionaire spends his fortune, from McDonald's breakfasts to a rare and 'indefensible' splurge | Tech The frugal life of Warren Buffett: How the billionaire spends his fortune, from McDonald's breakfasts to a rare and 'indefensible' splurge
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| Mar 20, 2024 | MacKenzie Scott is worth $36 billion and has 'revolutionized philanthropy' since divorcing Amazon founder Jeff Bezos | Tech MacKenzie Scott is worth $36 billion and has 'revolutionized philanthropy' since divorcing Amazon founder Jeff Bezos
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| Jan 12, 2024 | This heiress is going to allow 50 strangers to advise her on how to spend $27 million | A woman who comes from a European business dynasty is taking part of her inheritance and allowing 50 strangers to determine what she does with more than $27 million. Why? It's her way of fighting wealth inequality.
Marlene Engelhorn, 31, be... |
| Nov 22, 2023 | Warren Buffett donates nearly $900 million to charities before Thanksgiving | Warren Buffett has donated more than $870 million in Berkshire Hathaway stock to four charitable foundations, a holiday tradition that underscores the billionaire's pledge to give away most of his wealth to philanthropy.
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| Aug 30, 2023 | Warren Buffett turns 93 today. Here are 6 of the investing icon's best birthday stories. | Investing icon Warren Buffett turned 93 on Wednesday, August 30.
The Berkshire Hathaway CEO may be celebrating his Apple bet, charity work, and remarkable career.
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| Apr 20, 2023 | Bloomberg insiders can't be sure if Mike Bloomberg will choose an internal successor because he 'believes in stability, and then change,' report says | Michael Bloomberg at COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland in November 2021. Alastair Grant/Getty Images
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| Apr 10, 2023 | Investing In Diverse-Owned Funds Reaps Returns For Kresge Foundation | John A. Barker, Kresge Foundation vice president and chief investment officerKresge Foundation |
| Mar 26, 2023 | Warren Buffett's salary was just $100,000 last year - and he returned $50,000 to Berkshire Hathaway | Warren Buffett's salary was $100,000 last year, and he hasn't seen a pay rise in over four decades.
He repaid $50,000 to Berkshire Hathaway, partly to cover the cost of his personal calls and postage.
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| Mar 23, 2023 | MacKenzie Scott wants to know why she should give your nonprofit a $1 million donation from a $250 million pot of cash | MacKenzie Scott launched a $250 million "open call" for nonprofits.
She plans to make 250 donations of $1 million apiece through her organization, Yield Giving.
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MacKenzie Scott is well known for giving away cash – sh... |
| Feb 15, 2023 | Elon Musk Donates Tesla Shares Worth Roughly $2 Billion, US Filing Shows | Teejay Boris, Tech Times 15 February 2023, 07:02 am
Elon Musk, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Tesla, donated billions worth of shares of his electric vehicle (EV) maker to charity last year.
According to a recent United States Securit... |
| Jan 17, 2023 | Marie Osmond says her kids won't get an inheritance | Marie Osmond wants her seven kids to make their own fortunes, according to a new report.
The country singer believes individuals who are simply "handed money" often end up lacking drive and ambition, and she wants her children to ... |
| Jan 16, 2023 | Marie Osmond says her kids won't get an inheritance | Marie Osmond wants her seven kids to make their own fortunes, according to a new report.
The country singer believes individuals who are simply "handed money" often end up lacking drive and ambition, and she wants her children to ... |
| Dec 22, 2022 | Sam Bankman-Fried’s arrest is the culmination of an epic flameout | As recently as the summer of 2022, Sam Bankman-Fried was the boy-wonder face of crypto: a 30-year-old who founded one of the biggest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, a celebrated philanthropist worth an estimated $16 billion, and a ma... |
| Dec 14, 2022 | Elon Musk's mysterious $5.7 billion donation last year reportedly went to his Musk Foundation charity | Elon Musk gave away $5.7 billion in Tesla shares to his charity foundation last year, Bloomberg reported.
The gift was revealed earlier this year, but Musk did not name the charity receiving the funds.
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| Dec 3, 2022 | A former Amazon exec was reportedly paid more than $800,000 in 2021 to run Jeff Bezos' preschool system, which mostly comprised 1 school with 13 students | Jeff Bezos' nonprofit preschool reportedly paid leadership significantly higher-than-average salaries in 2021.
Bezos Academy's president and chief of operations were both longtime Amazon employees.
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| Dec 3, 2022 | Sam Bankman-Fried was the poster boy for 'effective altruism.' Now, its followers are heartbroken and critics are questioning its 'weird' funding setup. | Sam Bankman-Fried was a proponent of effective altruism: earning as much as possible to give your wealth away.
With FTX's collapse, plans to fund fellowships and a basic-income program have been scrapped.
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| Nov 27, 2022 | MacKenzie Scott says she's given away almost $2 billion this year | MacKenzie Scott has donated $2 billion to charities this year, per her most recent Medium post.
Jeff Bezos' ex-wife pledged to give half her fortune away as part of the Giving Pledge.
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| Nov 14, 2022 | Jeff Bezos pledges to give away the majority of his $124 billion fortune to charity | Jeff Bezos has said he plans to give away the majority of his wealth to charity.
The billionaire is worth an estimated $124 billion, per Bloomberg.
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| Nov 8, 2022 | Why the FTX collapse is a big deal | CommunityCryptoNewsOpinion
Alvin Chow · 9 Nov 2022 · 3 min readWhy the FTX collapse is a big deal
You should have already read the news that crypto exchange FTX has run into liquidity problems and Binance has signed a non-binding letter of ... |
| Oct 30, 2022 | Leonid Radvinsky bought OnlyFans after building an empire of porn sites. Now he wants to join the ranks of the super-rich and give away his fortune. | Leonid Radvinsky bought OnlyFans, an adult-content platform, in 2018 for an undisclosed sum.
He's amassed an estimated $1.2 billion fortune from webcam-porn and adult sites.
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| Oct 30, 2022 | Leonid Radvinsky bought OnlyFans after building an empire of porn sites. Now he wants to join the ranks of the super-rich and give away his fortune. | Leonid Radvinsky bought OnlyFans in 2018 and has since collected more than $500 million in dividends. Leonid Radvinsky
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| Oct 23, 2022 | Only 5 billionaires including the founders of Zynga, FTX and 23andme have signed up to The Giving Pledge this year | Anne Wojcicki, co-founder of 23andme, has signed up to The Giving Pledge this year. Kimberly White/Getty Images
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The number of billionaires pledging to give away most of their wealth has fallen to a record low.
Only five have sign... |
| Oct 23, 2022 | Only 5 billionaires including the founders of Zynga, FTX and 23andme have signed up to The Giving Pledge this year | The number of billionaires pledging to give away most of their wealth has fallen to a record low.
Only five have signed up for The Giving Pledge in 2022, down from 14 last year.
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| Oct 4, 2022 | Patagonia’s philanthropy won’t fix – and might hurt – the planet | In September, Patagonia’s billionaire founder Yvon Chouinard grabbed headlines after announcing that he was giving away his company to a trust that will use its profits to combat climate change.
Chouinard joins the growing ranks of the mega... |
| Oct 1, 2022 | MacKenzie Scott likely had a prenup with her second husband, legal experts say. Here's what could happen next with her divorce — and how it could affect the billions designated for charity. | MacKenzie Scott's divorce is unlikely to have a major impact on her $28 billion fortune.
Legal experts agree that Scott likely had a prenuptial agreement that protects her Amazon stake.
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| Sep 29, 2022 | Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott is reportedly getting divorced from her second husband | MacKenzie Scott filed for divorce from her second husband, Dan Jewett, The New York Times reports.
The news comes after Jewett was quietly removed from her online posts about her charitable giving.
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| Sep 24, 2022 | Rice University Receives $50 Million Gift For Its Kinder Institute | |
| Jul 26, 2022 | Billionare Philanthropy: Why Warren Buffett, Jeff Bezos, And Elon Musk Have It Wrong | Warren Buffett has said his business investments need to create shareholder value, and social and political concerns should be left in the hands of individuals. Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk seem to think the same way. This approach to business ... |
| Jul 13, 2022 | Bill and Melinda Gates are giving their foundation a record $20 billion in response to ‘the great crises of our time’ | Sign up for the Fortune Features email list so you don’t miss our biggest features, exclusive interviews, and investigations.
“The great crises of our time require all of us to do more,” Bill Gates says today of a record new donation to the... |
| Jul 9, 2022 | Warren Buffett pledged to give away his $96 billion fortune. What will his three children get? | Sign up for the Fortune Features email list so you don’t miss our biggest features, exclusive interviews, and investigations.
Billionaire investor Warren Buffet famously told Fortune in 1986 that he would give his children "enough mone... |
| Jun 28, 2022 | Warren Buffett has promised to give away 99% of his wealth when he dies. A family charity that quietly focuses on reproductive rights could get a huge windfall | Sign up for the Fortune Features email list so you don’t miss our biggest features, exclusive interviews, and investigations.
Warren Buffett has pledged for years to give away the bulk of his fortune to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundati... |
| Jun 2, 2022 | Could Terra become the next ghost chain? | This is the web version of The Ledger, Fortune’s weekly newsletter covering financial technology and cryptocurrency. Sign up here to receive future editions.
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| Jun 1, 2022 | FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Signs Billionaires’ Giving Pledge | FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has signed the Giving Pledge, a public commitment taken by the world’s richest people and families to give away the majority of their wealth to philanthropy either in their lifetimes or in their wills.
Bankman-... |
| May 24, 2022 | BREAKING: Regrow raises $38m Series B funding to expand reach of its regen ag tech platform | Regrow, a US-based startup using technology to enable regenerative agriculture practices, has raised $38 million in funding.
The Series B round was led by Galvanize Climate Solutions, the VC firm launched by former US presidential candidate... |
| Apr 15, 2022 | Warren Buffett praises Elon Musk, applauds Jeff Bezos, and discusses old age in a new interview. Here are the 12 best quotes. | Warren Buffett applauded Elon Musk, MacKenzie Scott, and Jerome Powell in a new interview.
The Berkshire Hathaway CEO reflected on his age, his legacy, and the main drivers of his success.
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| Mar 21, 2022 | Meet Vladimir Potanin, the richest man in Russia. He's worth R371 billion, plays ice hockey with Putin | Potanin reportedly has close ties with Vladimir Putin.
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Vladimir Potanin is the richest man in Russia, worth an estimated R371 billion.
He's been known to vacation on yachts and play ice hockey with Russian Presi... |
| Feb 2, 2022 | Melinda French Gates is reportedly no longer pledging the majority of her $11 billion fortune to the Gates Foundation | Melinda French Gates will no longer give most of her wealth to the Gates Foundation.
The Wall Street Journal reports that she now plans to spread it among several philanthropic groups.
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| Feb 2, 2022 | Gates Foundation will reportedly no longer get the bulk of Melinda French Gates’ fortune | Melinda French Gates.
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Melinda French Gates will no longer give most of her wealth to the Gates Foundation.
The Wall Street Journal reports that she now plans to spread it among ... |
| Jan 13, 2022 | Japan’s ghost town problem, the bleak reality of ‘Squid Game,’ and how Vietnam destroyed its last paradise: our most popular stories from Asia | Insider launched its first Asia bureau in January 2021. Since then, our small but mighty team of reporters in Singapore, and our network of writers across Southeast Asia, has written about everything from the anti-work trend sweeping across... |
| 2022 | Bernie Sanders attacked Warren Buffett for rejecting his request to intervene in a strike at a Berkshire Hathaway company | A composite image of Warren Buffett (left) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (right). CNBC/Getty Images/Insider
Sen. Bernie Sanders criticized Warren Buffett for staying out of a labor dispute.
Sanders asked him to help striking workers at Berkshire ... |
| 2022 | Bernie Sanders attacked Warren Buffett for rejecting his request to intervene in a strike at a Berkshire Hathaway company | Sen. Bernie Sanders criticized Warren Buffett for staying out of a labor dispute.
Sanders asked him to help striking workers at Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary Special Metals.
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| Dec 18, 2021 | America's 12 richest people are collectively worth more than $1 trillion. Here's what happens to all that wealth and power when they die. | This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
The 12 wealthiest billionaires in the US are worth more than $1 trillion, per Forbes.
They own islands, jets, and huge chunks of valuable c... |
| Dec 15, 2021 | Canva co-founders sign up to Bill Gates’ Giving Pledge, committing the ‘vast majority’ of their wealth to charities | Canva co-founder Melanie Perkins. Source: supplied.
Canva co-founders Melanie Perkins and Cliff Obrecht have signed up to Bill Gates’ Giving Pledge, doubling down on their commitment to donate most of their wealth to philanthropic causes.
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| Dec 8, 2021 | MacKenzie Scott Makes A U-Turn On Transparency, Keeps Latest Philanthropy Donations Secret | In this March 4, 2018, file photo, then MacKenzie Bezos arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in ... [+] Beverly Hills, California.Evan Agostini/Invision/AP |
| Sep 28, 2021 | Warren Buffett’s close friend and business associate is dead at 90. Here are 5 things to know about Walter Scott Jr. | Walter Scott Jr. NETNebraska
Walter Scott Jr., a longtime friend and associate of Warren Buffett, died on Saturday.
Scott was a Berkshire Hathaway director for more than three decades.
He served as CEO of Kiewit, a construction group, and c... |
| Aug 16, 2021 | Why Warren Buffett Is A Model For His Billionaire Peers | CEO Warren Buffett was surrounded by press and fans when he arrived at Berkshire Hathaway’s 2019 annual shareholders meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, in May 2019. Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images
Warren Buffett, who turns 91 on Aug. 30, 2021... |
| Aug 16, 2021 | Why Warren Buffett Is A Model For His Billionaire Peers | CEO Warren Buffett was surrounded by press and fans when he arrived at Berkshire Hathaway’s 2019 annual shareholders meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, in May 2019. Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images |
| Aug 6, 2021 | One chart shows how MacKenzie Scott’s fortune has soared – even as she’s become one of the world’s leading philanthropists | MacKenzie Scott. Taylor Hill/FilmMagic via Getty Images; Taylor Borden/Business Insider
MacKenzie Scott is worth $US59 ($AU80) billion due to Amazon’s soaring share price over the last year.
At the same time, Scott has given away $US8.5 ($A... |
| Jun 23, 2021 | Warren Buffett defends his approach to philanthropy as he quits the Gates Foundation board | Warren Buffett announced on Wednesday that he’s donating $4.1 billion of Berkshire Hathaway shares to five foundations — and he’s stepping down from his role as a trustee of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the largest philan... |
| Jun 23, 2021 | Kakao Founder Becomes Korea’s Richest Person As Shares Of His Internet Giant Surge | Kim Beom-su JAE-HYUN KIM/FORBES ASIA |
| Jun 22, 2021 | Endaoment Partner Rari Capital Votes to Take the Crypto Giving Pledge | Rari Capital votes to become the first DAO to dedicate 1% of yearly revenue to charitable causes, made possible on the Endaoment platform
Endaoment, the first philanthropic institution built entirely on the Ethereum blockchain, has announce... |
| Jun 17, 2021 | Melinda And MacKenzie: Forging A New Direction In Philanthropy | Since the era of 19th century robber barons, creators of great wealth have built or rehabilitated their public image through the practice of philanthropy. As company builders, they generally channeled their giving into very visible communit... |
| Jun 15, 2021 | MacKenzie Scott, Formerly Bezos, Donates Another $2.7 Billion: 'Generosity Is Generative' | June 15, 2021 3 min read
Following a very public divorce and $38.3 billion settlement from billionaire and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in 2019, MacKenzie Scott became the world’s richest woman in September 2020, with an estimated net worth of... |
| May 17, 2021 | Bill Gates crafted a public image as a likable, nerdy do-gooder. Office affairs, ‘uncomfortable’ workplace behavior, and Epstein ties reveal cracks in his facade. | Bill Gates. Courtesy of the Gates Foundation
For years, Bill Gates has forged a nerdy, likable public image, largely through his philanthropy.
This persona made him more relatable compared with more outspoken, eccentric billionaires.
But ne... |
| May 17, 2021 | Bill Gates crafted a public image as a likable, nerdy do-gooder, but there were cracks in his facade | Gates
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For years, Bill Gates has forged a nerdy, likable public image, with his many philanthropic efforts.
This persona, in contrast with the more outspoken, eccentric billionaires of his time, made him more... |
| May 4, 2021 | The biggest impact of the Gates divorce may have nothing to do with the Gates Foundation | A divorce is typically a private matter that affects a family, with little consequence for the public at large.
But the split between Bill and Melinda Gates could have far-reaching consequences for global health and American life because th... |
| May 4, 2021 | 11 mind-blowing facts that show just how wealthy Bill Gates really is | Bill and Melinda Gates are getting a divorce after 27 years of marriage, the couple announced Monday.
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Bill and Melinda Gates announced they are getting divorced after 27 years of marriage.
Bill Gates is the four... |
| Apr 15, 2021 | Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong’s fortune explodes with stock listing | More On: coinbase
SEC: Crypto platforms should treat customer funds as own assets, liabilities Coinbase job requires ‘counter-surveillance’ skills Coinbase blocks 25K Russia-linked crypto addresses over ‘illicit activity’ Coinbase CEO slamm... |
| Apr 15, 2021 | Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong’s fortune explodes with stock listing | More On: coinbase
SEC threatens to sue Coinbase Intel discloses small stake in crypto exchange Coinbase Coinbase stock jumps on better-than-expected Q2 earnings Americans got richer off bitcoin than any other country in 2020
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| Mar 8, 2021 | MacKenzie Scott Marries a Seattle Science Teacher | March 8, 2021 2 min read
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MacKenzie Scott , a philanthropist, writer, and one of the richest people in the world, married Dan J... |
| Mar 8, 2021 | MacKenzie Scott, billionaire ex-wife of Jeff Bezos, has married a Seattle chemistry teacher | Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott in 2018, prior to her high-profile divorce from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Scott is now one of the world’s wealthiest women. ORG CARSTENSEN/dpa/AFP via Getty Images
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| Mar 8, 2021 | MacKenzie Scott, ex-wife of Jeff Bezos, marries chemistry teacher | Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott in 2018, prior to her high-profile divorce from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Scott is now one of the world's wealthiest women.
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| Feb 26, 2021 | Coinbase wants to go public. Its CEO needs to change his leadership style first, insiders say. | Brian Armstrong's memo declaring Coinbase an "apolitical" workplace made him one of tech's most polarizing figures overnight. Steven Ferdman/Getty; Skye Gould/Business Insider This story is available exclusively to Insider subscri... |
| Dec 31, 2020 | Salesforce has built a deep bench of executive talent via acquisition | When Salesforce acquired Quip in 2016 for $750 million, it gained CEO and co-founder Bret Taylor as part of the deal. Taylor has since risen quickly through the ranks of the software giant to become president and COO, second in command behi... |
| Dec 22, 2020 | Investor Ron Conway and Zillow CEO Rich Barton are among 13 new billionaires who have agreed to give away most of their fortunes by signing the Giving Pledge | Ron Conway in 2017. Steve Jennings/Getty Images for TechCrunch
Famed Silicon Valley investor Ron Conway, Zillow cofounder Rich Barton, and early Facebook employee Jeff Rothschild are among this year’s new signatories of the Giving Pledge, t... |
| Dec 22, 2020 | Investor Ron Conway and Zillow CEO Rich Barton are among 13 new billionaires who have agreed to give away most of their fortunes by signing the Giving Pledge | Famed Silicon Valley investor Ron Conway, Zillow cofounder Rich Barton, and early Facebook employee Jeff Rothschild are among this year's new signatories of the Giving Pledge, thereby agreeing to give the majority of their net worths to cha... |
| Dec 16, 2020 | Mackenzie Scott’s Philanthropy Continues To Challenge Traditional Giving Norms As Her Total Reaches Nearly $6 Billion | MacKenzie Scott has given $4.2 billion away throughout 2020. Evan Agostini/Invision/AP |
| Dec 1, 2020 | Tech CEO moves $9B cybersecurity company’s HQ to Seattle area, says S.F. is ‘not the city it was’ | Tanium CEO Orion Hindawi recently moved the company’s headquarters to Kirkland, Wash. (Tanium Photo)
Orion Hindawi was born in the San Francisco Bay Area, and helped build two successful companies there. But the 40-year-old co-founder and C... |
| Sep 14, 2020 | 2020’s Greatest Lesson In Philanthropic Leadership | According to recent estimates, the world’s wealthiest individuals are collectively worth more than 8 trillion dollars. That’s more than the GDP of Australia, Canada, Brazil and the UK combined. And while some billionaires are moving money o... |
| Sep 7, 2020 | Meet Netflix billionaire Reed Hastings, who once was a teacher in Swaziland | Netflix co-CEO Reed Hastings says he has no hobbies outside of his work.
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After racking up late fees at a traditional video rental store, Reed Hastings co-founded Netflix and made R83 billion in the proce... |
| Aug 30, 2020 | Warren Buffett turns 90 today. Here are 5 of the legendary investor's best birthday stories. | Warren Buffett's 90th birthday is on Sunday.
The billionaire investor and Berkshire Hathaway CEO has a lot to celebrate, including his lucrative Apple bet, charity work, and remarkable career.
Here are five of Buffett's best comments and st... |
| Aug 29, 2020 | Warren Buffett's 90th birthday is on Sunday. Here are 5 of the legendary investor's best birthday stories. | Warren Buffett (Getty)
Warren Buffett's 90th birthday is on Sunday.
The billionaire investor and Berkshire Hathaway CEO has a lot to celebrate, including his lucrative Apple bet, charity work, and remarkable career.
Here are five of Buffett... |
| Aug 22, 2020 | Billionaire philanthropist Robert Smith, who paid off the student debts of an entire college class last year, is facing a criminal tax probe. Here's a look at his charity work. | Advertisement
Billionaire philanthropist Robert Smith is being investigated by federal officials for potentially not paying taxes on about $200 million of assets, according to Bloomberg.
The Vista Equity Partners CEO hasn't been charged and... |
| Aug 9, 2020 | Pulling pranks, bidding for Yahoo, and launching a $1 billion basketball stunt: Rocket founder Dan Gilbert and Warren Buffett are close friends with a colorful past | Advertisement
Rocket Companies, which owns Quicken Loans, went public on Thursday, boosting founder and chairman Dan Gilbert's fortune to about $34 billion.
Gilbert is close friends with Warren Buffett and has partnered with the investor an... |
| Jul 20, 2020 | Can Next-Gen Philanthropists Finance The Transition To A Sustainable Post-Covid Economy? | Who will finance the transition to a more sustainable post-Covid economy?Getty |
| Jun 30, 2020 | Ten Ways That Racial And Environmental Justice Are Inextricably Linked | The statue of former US President Theodore Roosevelt is to be removed from the American Museum of ... [+] Natural History, New York City announced on June 22. The statue, put up in 1940, features a Native American and a Black man standing a... |
