Tag: Bill Gates

San Francisco: Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates officially surpassed Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos at world’s richest person on Earth with a net worth of $110 billion — according to the latest Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The Microsoft co-founder had briefly topped Bezos as the world’s richest man last month after Amazon’s lacklustre Q3 results resulted in Bezos […]

New Delhi: Microsoft Corp co-founder Bill Gates, who is the chief guest of the eighth International Conference on Agriculture Statistics here, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday. The co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation also met Smriti Irani, Union Minister for Textiles and Women and Child Development. “Prior to the launch of […]

New Delhi: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on Thursday announced that it will immediately commit up to $100 million for the global response to the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). The funding will help strengthen detection, isolation and treatment efforts; protect at-risk populations; and develop vaccines, treatments and diagnostics. “Multilateral organisations, national governments, the private sector […]

Washington: Bill Gates, the world’s second-richest person, has announced that he was stepping down from the board of directors of Microsoft, the company he co-founded in 1975 with the late Paul Allen. “I have made the decision to step down from both of the public boards on which I serve – Microsoft and Berkshire Hathaway […]

New Delhi:  In COVID-19 times, Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos has maintained his top slot as worlds richest man with a net worth of $113 billion, followed by Bill Gates at $98 billion, according to the latest Forbes 34th annual worlds billionaires list. Bernard Arnault, Chairman and CEO of luxury magnate LVMH (LVMHF), moved […]

New Delhi: Philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has commended Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership and his government’s “proactive measures” such as lockdown and expansion of focused testing in combating the COVID-19 pandemic in India. Also Read: New Ordinance Shows Our Commitment To Protect Healthcare Workers: PM Modi According to officials, Gates, in a letter […]

Washington: Unidentified hackers broke into the Twitter accounts of technology moguls, politicians, celebrities and major companies Wednesday in an apparent Bitcoin scam. The ruse included bogus tweets from former President Barack Obama, Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden, Mike Bloomberg and a number of tech billionaires including Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and […]

New Delhi: India’s pharmaceutical industry will be able to produce COVID-19 vaccines not just for the country but also for the entire world, according to Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates. A lot of “very important things have been done” in India and its pharma industry is doing work “to help make the coronavirus vaccine […]

San Francisco: Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has sued Google and its subsidiary YouTube over a Bitcoin scam, alleging that the tech giant failed to take down videos that used Wozniaks likenesses for allowing bitcoin giveaway scams on its platform. The lawsuit, filed in San Mateo County Superior Court, alleged that the videos used images and […]

San Francisco: Tesla co-founder Elon Musk on Monday surpassed Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates to become the world’s second-richest person. the Bloomberg Billionaires Index on Monday put the Tesla chief executive — with a $127.9 billion fortune — above Gates — at $127.7 billion — for the first time. Musk’s net worth soared $7.2 billion to […]

Elon Musk Overtakes Bill Gates To Become The 2nd Richest Person In The World, Meme Fest Unfolds Elon Musk has now surpassed Bill Gates to become the second richest person in the world. The Tesla co-founder’s net worth has increased from USD 7.2 billion to USD 127.9 billion, toppling Bill Gates’ net worth which is […]

Washington: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, whose foundation has been part of the effort to develop and deliver COVID-19 vaccines, has warned that the next four to six months could be the worst of the coronavirus pandemic. In recent weeks, the US has been experiencing record high cases, deaths and hospitalisations. “I thought the US would […]