#ExposeBillGates was trending on Twitter on Saturday. Many believe unhinged conspiracy theorists fuel the trend. A more in-depth look at the facts makes a compelling case against the billionaire. Bill Gates is working hard to prove he’s a great guy. And yet, he can’t seem to wrestle free of the internet’s villainous conspiracies against him.…
Bill Gates has stepped down from the board of Microsoft to spend more time on his philanthropic endeavors, the company announced Friday afternoon. Though he will remain technology advisor to CEO Satya Nadella, this move reduces his involvement with the company to the lowest level it has ever been. Gates led Microsoft from the ’80s…
A project funded by the Gates Foundation will soon begin issuing at-home testing kits for the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, according to a report in the Seattle Times. The study, based on a nose-swab should be able to return results in up to two days and will be shared with health officials who can then notify…
Elon Musk is not one to mince words, but he may have just lost a potential customer because of a cutting tweet. That customer is renowned big deal Bill Gates, who sat down recently with YouTuber Marques Brownlee, who joined the platform in 2009 and has amassed more than 10 million viewers. Gates and Brownlee…
Since roughly 2012, billionaire Bill Gates has been participating in Reddit’s annual Secret Santa gift exchange, which matches Reddit users with internet strangers who give them presents. He seems to relish the role. For example, in 2017, he was matched with a cat lover, sending off a giant load of feline-themed gifts, including a large…
(08:45 GMT 10/21/2019) Editor’s Note: The headline is corrected and updated for accuracy after a previous erroneous figure of the budget deficit total. Medina, Washington, where the world’s second-richest man Bill Gates lives is in financial trouble. The city of 3,200 residents is projecting a budget deficit of $0.5 million by 2020. If left unchecked…
Next month, Netflix will release a three-part documentary series called “Inside Bill’s Brain: Decoding Bill Gates,” in which Davis Guggenheim (director of “An Inconvenient Truth” and “He Named Me Malala”) aims to figure out what goes on inside the head of the world’s second-richest human. Netflix first announced the docuseries last week. Now they’ve released…
In a poll from YouGov, the top three most admired men in the world are Bill Gates, Barack Obama, and Jackie Chan. The topmost admired women are Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey, and Angelina Jolie. Now, naturally, none of those people are starving on the street. Let’s take a look at their net worth – it…
