Accessibility helpSkip to navigationSkip to contentSkip to footer

Cookies on FT Sites

We use cookies for a number of reasons, such as keeping FT Sites reliable and secure, personalising content and ads, providing social media features and to analyse how our Sites are used.

Accept & continue
Manage cookies
  • Sign In
  • Subscribe
Open side navigation menuOpen search bar
Financial Times
SubscribeSign InmyFT
  • Home
  • World
    Sections
    • World Home
    • Global Economy
    • UK
    • US
    • China
    • Africa
    • Asia Pacific
    • Emerging Markets
    • Europe
    • War in Ukraine
    • Americas
    • Middle East & North Africa
    • Australia & NZ
    Most Read
    • Cern scientists restart hunt for answers to mysteries of universe
    • Eurozone inflation hits record 8.6% in June
    • Biden administration floats new oil leasing plan in Gulf of Mexico
    • How worried should we be about new Covid variants?
    • US Supreme Court’s blockbuster term reverberates through America
  • US
    Sections
    • US Home
    • US Economy
    • US Companies
    • US Politics & Policy
    Most Read
    • US government bonds rally after factory data heighten recession fears
    • Google closes data loophole amid privacy fears over abortion ruling
    • Central banks look to China’s renminbi to diversify foreign currency reserves
    • Biden administration floats new oil leasing plan in Gulf of Mexico
    • US Supreme Court’s blockbuster term reverberates through America
  • Companies
    Sections
    • Companies Home
    • Energy
    • Financials
    • Health
    • Industrials
    • Media
    • Professional Services
    • Retail & Consumer
    • Tech Sector
    • Telecoms
    • Transport
    Most Read
    • Klarna valuation crashes to $6.5bn from $46bn
    • Ryanair chief warns fares will rise for 5 years because flying is ‘too cheap’
    • Putin orders transfer of Sakhalin-2 gas project to Russian entity
    • EY wins share of BNP audit amid break-up planning
    • Covid could not sink cruise lines — but they now face an iceberg of debt
  • Tech
  • Markets
    Sections
    • Markets Home
    • Alphaville
    • Markets Data
    • Capital Markets
    • Commodities
    • Currencies
    • Equities
    • Fund Management
    • Trading
    • Moral Money
    • ETF Hub
    • Cryptocurrencies
    Most Read
    • Klarna valuation crashes to $6.5bn from $46bn
    • Live news updates: Crypto broker Voyager Digital suspends trading and withdrawals
    • US government bonds rally after factory data heighten recession fears
    • A soft landing is becoming a distant dream
    • US stocks suffer sharpest first-half drop in more than 50 years
  • Climate
  • Opinion
    Sections
    • Opinion Home
    • Columnists
    • The FT View
    • The Big Read
    • Lex
    • Obituaries
    • Letters
    Most Read
    • The end of the frictionless life
    • A soft landing is becoming a distant dream
    • Time to change my subscription model
    • We may not agree with the Taliban but we should help Afghanistan
    • The looming risks in private equity returns
  • Work & Careers
    Sections
    • Work & Careers Home
    • Business School Rankings
    • Business Education
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Recruitment
    • Business Books
    • Business Travel
    Most Read
    • How can I move from being a specialist police detective to financial services?
    • What’s a good (and bad) way to leave your job?
    • If you want to be more likeable, try showing more stress
    • ‘Exactly how much virtue do you really want to signal?’
  • Life & Arts
    Sections
    • Life & Arts Home
    • Arts
    • Books
    • Food & Drink
    • FT Magazine
    • House & Home
    • Style
    • Travel
    • FT Globetrotter
    Most Read
    • Life on the idyllic Swedish island where WW3 could start
    • Serhii Plokhy: Putin’s imperialist narrative ‘is being crushed’
    • The end of the frictionless life
    • Have we had enough of the nanny employer?
    • Time to change my subscription model
  • HTSI
MenuSearch
  • Home
  • World
  • US
  • Companies
  • Tech
  • Markets
  • Climate
  • Opinion
  • Work & Careers
  • Life & Arts
  • HTSI
Financial Times
SubscribeSign In

Your guide to a disrupted world

Start a 4-week trial

Bill Gates

Add to myFT Digest

Add this topic to your myFT Digest for news straight to your inbox

  • Sunday, 1 May, 2022
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Bill Gates calls for global surveillance team to spot pandemic threats

    The philanthropist urges world leaders to increase spending to improve preparedness for health threats

  • Monday, 25 April, 2022
    Gates-backed company accused of firing whistleblowers

    US-listed Ecolab also praised ‘integrity’ of compliance culprit

  • Wednesday, 26 January, 2022
    Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
    Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation plans massive giving expansion

    Annual spending jumps to $6.7bn as foundation overhauls governance following co-chairs’ divorce

  • Tuesday, 18 January, 2022
    Bill Gates warns of pandemics potentially far worse than Covid

    Philanthropist calls on governments to contribute billions to tackle future pathogens and increase vaccine supplies

  • Monday, 10 January, 2022
    Technology sector
    Bill Gates-backed fund aims to invest $15bn in clean tech

    Breakthrough Energy Catalyst to leverage private-public capital to subsidise new markets for green technologies

  • Tuesday, 30 November, 2021
    Microsoft Corp
    Microsoft shareholders back protest vote over sexual harassment claims

    Tech group called on to reveal more about handling of allegations in wake of pervasive cases

  • Sunday, 31 October, 2021
    Innovation
    Bill Gates: Funding clean technology is the way to avoid climate disaster

    We need to turn lab-proven concepts into ubiquitous products that people want and can afford to buy

  • Wednesday, 8 September, 2021
    Four Seasons Hotels Inc
    Bill Gates vehicle buys $2.2bn stake in Four Seasons from Saudi royal

    Tech billionaire cements control over luxury hotel group after deal with Prince Alwaleed

  • Wednesday, 8 September, 2021
    Mining
    BHP links up with Bill Gates-backed AI start-up to prospect for metals

    World’s biggest miner to harness KoBold’s technology to predict location of deposits

  • Sunday, 18 July, 2021
    Health sector
    Soros and Gates back buyout of UK diagnostic technology group

    Mologic will be turned into a social enterprise for testing tropical diseases

  • Sunday, 11 July, 2021
    The Big Read
    The political awakening of Melinda French Gates

    The philanthropist has shifted from an intensely private figure to a leader comfortable in the spotlight

  • Wednesday, 7 July, 2021
    Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
    Gates Foundation makes contingency plans for break-up

    Deal unveiled by philanthropic giant would give Melinda French Gates option of going it alone

  • Wednesday, 30 June, 2021
    Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
    Gates Foundation pledges to donate $2.1bn to women’s causes

    First major initiative announced since philanthropic juggernaut was roiled by marital split

  • Thursday, 17 June, 2021
    Microsoft Corp
    Microsoft chief Satya Nadella also takes on chair role

    Appointment comes amid scrutiny of board over handling of Bill Gates’s departure as a director

  • Friday, 28 May, 2021
    Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
    Gates foundation considers governance changes following divorce filing

    Billionaire couple’s pending split could alter way the charitable group operates

  • Monday, 17 May, 2021
    Bill Gates says investigation into affair ‘in no way related’ to leaving Microsoft board

    Tech company reviewed relationship between co-founder and an employee

  • Friday, 7 May, 2021
    Jennifer Petriglieri
    The Gates divorce shows the messy reality for couples who work together

    Sustaining both a romantic and professional relationship is hard graft

  • Tuesday, 4 May, 2021
    ExplainerBill & Melinda Gates Foundation
    Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation faces uncertain governance after split

    Memos insist ‘business as usual’ at philanthropic organisation despite founders heading for divorce

  • Tuesday, 4 May, 2021
    Bill and Melinda Gates to end marriage after 27 years

    Couple say they will continue to work together at their charitable foundation

  • Thursday, 1 April, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    ‘Farmer Bill’ is not alone in dreams of a rural idyll

    New wave of landowners prioritises sustainability as well as profits

  • Monday, 29 March, 2021
    Special ReportFTfm: Real Assets
    Bill Gates’ farmland buying spree highlights investment appeal

    With productivity expected to increase, arable land is attractive — and can help meet carbon-neutral targets

  • Friday, 19 February, 2021
    Best FT Weekend long reads of 2021
    Bill Gates: My green manifesto

    The billionaire philanthropist offers four bold ideas to help business take on the climate crisis

  • Thursday, 18 February, 2021
    John Thornhill
    Saving the planet is a software challenge too

    It is ironic that Bill Gates, foremost among techno-optimists, bets that revolutionary new hardware can do the job

  • Friday, 8 January, 2021
    LexMergers & Acquisitions
    Signature/private jets: boarding Gates Premium content

    Aviation services company has a decent business model and could attract higher bids

  • Friday, 20 November, 2020
    The Top LineTom Braithwaite
    The next fight is over the new normal

    From ‘humanised pets’ to ‘amenitised offices’, there are competing visions for post-pandemic work

Previous page You are on page 1 Next page

Useful links

Support

View Site TipsHelp CentreContact UsAbout UsAccessibilitymyFT TourCareers

Legal & Privacy

Terms & ConditionsPrivacy PolicyCookiesCopyrightSlavery Statement & Policies

Services

Share News Tips SecurelyIndividual SubscriptionsGroup SubscriptionsRepublishingExecutive Job SearchAdvertise with the FTFollow the FT on TwitterFT TransactSecondary Schools

Tools

PortfolioToday's Newspaper (ePaper)Alerts HubBusiness School RankingsEnterprise ToolsNews feedNewslettersCurrency Converter

Community & Events

FT CommunityFT LiveFT ForumsFT Board DirectorBoard Director Programme

More from the FT Group

Markets data delayed by at least 15 minutes. © THE FINANCIAL TIMES LTD 2022. FT and ‘Financial Times’ are trademarks of The Financial Times Ltd.
The Financial Times and its journalism are subject to a self-regulation regime under the FT Editorial Code of Practice.
Financial Times

International Edition

Subscribe for full access
  • Switch to UK Edition
  • Top sections
  • Home
  • World
    • Global Economy
    • UK
    • US
    • China
    • Africa
    • Asia Pacific
    • Emerging Markets
    • Europe
    • War in Ukraine
    • Americas
    • Middle East & North Africa
    • Australia & NZ
  • US
    • US Economy
    • US Companies
    • US Politics & Policy
  • Companies
    • Energy
    • Financials
    • Health
    • Industrials
    • Media
    • Professional Services
    • Retail & Consumer
    • Tech Sector
    • Telecoms
    • Transport
  • Tech
  • Markets
    • Alphaville
    • Markets Data
    • Capital Markets
    • Commodities
    • Currencies
    • Equities
    • Fund Management
    • Trading
    • Moral Money
    • ETF Hub
    • Cryptocurrencies
  • Climate
  • Opinion
    • Columnists
    • The FT View
    • The Big Read
    • Lex
    • Obituaries
    • Letters
  • Work & Careers
    • Business School Rankings
    • Business Education
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Recruitment
    • Business Books
    • Business Travel
  • Life & Arts
    • Arts
    • Books
    • Food & Drink
    • FT Magazine
    • House & Home
    • Style
    • Travel
    • FT Globetrotter
  • Personal Finance
    • Property & Mortgages
    • Investments
    • Pensions
    • Tax
    • Banking & Savings
    • Advice & Comment
    • Next Act
  • HTSI
  • Special Reports
  • FT recommends
  • Lex
  • Alphaville
  • Lunch with the FT
  • FT Globetrotter
  • #techAsia
  • Moral Money
  • FTfm
  • Newsletters
  • Video
  • Podcasts
  • News feed
  • FT Community
    • FT Live
    • FT Forums
    • Board Director Programme
  • myFT
  • Portfolio
  • Today's Newspaper (ePaper)
  • Crossword
  • Our Apps
  • Help Centre
  • Subscribe
  • Sign In