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Musk hits $400 bn milestone: A look at the wealthiest of the last century

Bloomberg Billionaires Index 2024 reported that Elon Musk has become the first person in history to achieve a net worth exceeding $400 billion. Here's a look at the richest men in the last century:

Bill Gates calls India 'a laboratory to try things,' sparks outrage online

Bill Gates' recent podcast comment referring to India as a 'laboratory to try things' has ignited a wave of backlash, with many slamming the tech mogul's choice of words

'Apolitical' Bill Gates donates $50 mn 'dark money' to NGO backing Kamala

Bill Gates has not publicly expressed his support for Kamala Harris, making this contribution a notable departure from his previously cautious approach to political donations

US Presidential Election: Bill Gates secretly donates $50 million to back Kamala Harris

Bill Gates remembers Ratan Tata's legacy: 'Moved by his sense of purpose'

Ratan Tata passed away on Wednesday. Many noted personalities paid tributes to the former Tata Sons chairman's remarkable life, remembering his dedication to society's progress

Is Bill Gates a hero or villain? New book presents a balanced perspective

There is no shortage of books on the Microsoft founder, but this latest one is different in that it paints Mr Gates in shades of grey, leaving it to readers to make their own judgement about the man

World leaders must step up fight against nutrition crisis, says Bill Gates

The pandemic and debt crises in poorer countries have hit health and education funding

Bill Gates gives India 'A' for focus on solving malnutrition problem

Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has said he would give India "an A" for its focus on solving the problem of malnutrition. "Well, India, for its income level, acknowledges that some of these nutritional indicators are weaker than it would like. That kind of frankness and focus on it, I think is very impressive," Gates told PTI in an interview. He said India is more focused on the issue than any other government, Gates said. It's using the public feeding system and the Midday Meal System to try and get fortified foods out, but it's still a huge opportunity," Gates said. "I would give India an A for focus on the problem, he said. Responding to a question on the occasion of the launch of the Gates Foundation's Goalkeepers Report 2024, Gates said: I think it probably would rate itself maybe a B for the education but with the real serious intent to do even better." The annual report tracks progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The underst

India a global leader in breakthrough innovations: Bill Gates on I-Day

India is a global leader with breakthrough innovations, American businessman and Microsoft founder Bill Gates has said as he joined Indian Americans to celebrate the first ever India Independence Day celebrations of the newly-opened Indian Consulate in Seattle. Bill Gates, chairman of the Gates Foundation, flagged off the first India Day celebrations in the Greater Seattle area as Consulate General of India as Seattle's Guest of Honor, on India's 78th Independence Day, a media release said. Addressing the nearly 2,000 plus members of the Indian American community, he referred to India as a global leader with breakthrough innovations in areas like technology, agriculture and healthcare. Gates further said, From manufacturing safe low-cost vaccines to the remarkable leadership shown by the Indian diaspora to India's Digital Public Infrastructure India's ingenuity is helping not just Indians, but the whole world. Countries across the Global South are leveraging India's experience to .

Has friendship of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett reached final act?

As Berkshire global shareholders made their pilgrimage to Omaha for the conglomerate's annual meeting, they were delighted by the public displays of the pair's friendship

Warren Buffett donates $5.3 bn of Berkshire Hathaway shares to 5 charities

Warren Buffett has donated the stocks to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and four family charities. This is his biggest annual donation since he began making them in 2006

AI will advance green tech, offsetting its emissions, says Bill Gates

Gates countered the additional demand from electric cars, heat pumps, and green steel manufacturing will all "dwarf even this amazing demand for data centers now."

Google, Microsoft want nuclear power but doesn't see role as investor

Building reactors, especially plants using new technologies, comes with high costs and high risk, according to Briana Kobor, head of energy market innovation at Alphabet Inc.'s Google

Ready to put billions into nuclear power project in Wyoming: Bill Gates

TerraPower LLC, a startup founded by Gates, broke ground for construction of its first commercial reactor last week in Wyoming, where a coal plant is shutting down, he said

How Chandrababu Naidu convinced Bill Gates for Microsoft's Hyderabad office

After becoming the CM of the undivided Andhra Pradesh in 1995, Chandrababu Naidu met Bill Gates, resulting in the establishment of Microsoft India Development Centre in Hyderabad

Sam Altman pledges to donate 'most' of his wealth 'to improve the world'

Open AI CEO Sam Altman and his husband Oliver Mulherin have decided to give away most of their wealth to The Giving Pledge' - founded by Warren Buffett, Melinda French Gates, and Bill Gates

Most expensive divorce cases in the world that surprised people

Unfortunately, some couple ends their wedding mid-way due to different reasons, but here is a list of some of the most expensive divorce cases in the world

At Zuckerberg's 40th birthday party, Bill Gates arrives in shorts: Pics

Mark Zuckerberg is the chairman and CEO of Meta, which he originally founded as Facebook in February 2004. He turned 40 on May 14

Microsoft adds security chiefs to product groups in wake of hackings

The software giant said it is adding deputy chief information security officers within its product groups, while declining to identify the new officials

Pakistan working hard to eradicate polio: Shehbaz Sharif assures Bill Gates

Pakistan, one of two countries where polio remains endemic, was working tirelessly to eradicate the disease, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Monday, as he underlined that all partners needed to put in continuous efforts to reach the ultimate goal of a polio-free Pakistan. Prime Minister Sharif discussed with Bill Gates, the founder and co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the ongoing activities between Pakistan and the foundation in the areas of immunisation, nutrition and financial inclusion on the sidelines of a special meeting of the World Economic Forum. Gates, in the interaction with the prime minister on the sidelines of the WEF special meeting here, praised the programme of immunisation and polio immunisation in Punjab under Sharif's leadership as chief minister of the province and suggested the spread of the practice across the country, a statement released on X said. Recalling Gates' visit to Pakistan in February 2022, the prime minister invited him to .