Articles about Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

‘She’s going to be a bigger deal’: What’s next for Melinda French Gates

Melinda French Gates is walking away from a 2,000-employee philanthropy with assets totaling more than $75 billion. But some say… Read More

Melinda French Gates resigning as co-chair of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Melinda French Gates announced Monday that she will resign as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Seattle-based… Read More

Gates Foundation’s toilet and sanitation exhibit in Seattle is flush with education and innovation

“Everyone poops,” declares the classic children’s book used by parents, including me, to help their kids understand what is a… Read More

‘The billionaires are in charge’ – here’s who is spending the most on climate change efforts

Climate change is starting to receive the funding and attention that some activists, scientists and policy makers have sought for… Read More

Grandfather-to-be Bill Gates sees world through new lens as he outlines assorted challenges

In his annual end-of-the-year essay, Bill Gates looks ahead to 2023 and the global challenges he hopes to help combat… Read More

Gates Foundation annual report shows stalled progress due to pandemic, wars — but also reasons for hope

You know times are tough when a typically upbeat missive from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation starts sounding grim.… Read More

In new video series, Bill Gates dines with health experts and reflects on COVID-19 lessons

Two years after first gathering with a group of health experts to dine and discuss the looming COVID-19 crisis, Bill… Read More

Gates Foundation poached Washington STEM CEO, then gave nonprofit $100K to find a replacement

In June, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced that it hired Angela Jones, the well-regarded CEO of Washington STEM,… Read More

Gates Foundation pledges $922M to address global malnutrition, targeting women and kids

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged to spend $922 million over five years to help tackle global malnutrition.… Read More

Tadataka Yamada, 1945-2021: Pioneer in drug development led global health at Gates Foundation

Tadataka Yamada, a pioneer in drug and vaccine development who helped forge numerous biotech companies and spent five years at… Read More

Bill and Melinda French Gates to take two years after divorce to assess partnership at foundation

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will still be led by its namesakes after their divorce, but the foundation announced… Read More

Gates Foundation commits $2.1B to advance gender equality and ‘deliver real change’

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced Wednesday that it was committing $2.1 billion toward advancing global gender equality over… Read More

How Melinda French Gates has ‘transformational potential’ to boost equality in VC, tech and beyond

Melinda French Gates created Pivotal Ventures in January 2015 with so little fanfare that news of the effort came out after… Read More

Gates’ divorce drama: Did Bill Gates’ alleged affair prompt board resignations?

Bill Gates resigned from the Microsoft board after allegations surfaced that the company co-founder had an inappropriate, years-long sexual relationship… Read More

Gates Foundation reverses position on COVID vaccine patent protections after mounting pressure

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced Thursday that it supports the lifting of patent protections on coronavirus vaccine technologies.… Read More

The Gates split: While the money is outrageous, here’s why the divorce likely won’t be

Just before he was about to begin teaching his online family law class at the University of Washington on Monday,… Read More

Divorce fallout: What happens to Gates Foundation when Bill and Melinda are no longer married?

Created more than 20 years ago, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has been a global leader in philanthropy. So… Read More

Photos: Go inside the University of Washington’s new Hans Rosling Center for Population Health

A lot can change in the landscape during a year in which social isolation is the norm. At the University… Read More

Here’s what Bill Gates is doing — and not doing — to help fight climate change

Climate change is by definition a global challenge, and in his new book, “How to Avoid a Climate Disaster,” Bill… Read More

Gates Foundation commits $250M more to COVID response, stressing equity in vaccine delivery

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is committing an additional $250 million in the fight against COVID-19, with funds going… Read More

GeekWire Summit: Bill Gates says world can avoid climate ‘disaster,’ if we learn lesson from pandemic

As COVID-19 began sickening and killing thousands, shutting down the world’s economies and emptying schools, many people belatedly acknowledged Bill… Read More

Experts foresee triumphs and tragedies in worldwide quest for COVID-19 vaccine

The good news is that Operation Warp Speed, the multibillion-dollar effort to develop vaccines for COVID-19, is moving ahead at… Read More

Tech Moves: AWS names first head of space policy; WeWork Labs leader joins Alexa Fund; Moz co-founder leaves board

— Peter Marquez has joined Amazon Web Services as the first head of space policy. “There are many exciting things… Read More

Bill and Melinda Gates: Here’s what it will take for the world to escape COVID-19 ‘catastrophes’

Bill and Melinda Gates paint a stark picture of COVID-19’s impact on the world in a new report, saying the… Read More

Researchers discover new avenue for fighting COVID-19, Ebola and other viral diseases

A team including researchers from Seattle’s Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason has identified a new pathway for protecting cells… Read More

Gates Foundation gives $23M to groups helping to keep college dream alive in the era of COVID-19

With all of the pandemic-related concerns around how children, parents and educators will deal with in-person or remote learning this… Read More

Melinda Gates spotlights COVID-19’s disproportionate harm to women

Melinda Gates, an advocate for women’s rights internationally, wrote an article published online Wednesday in Foreign Affairs magazine about the… Read More

Bill Gates says pandemic could get ‘worse than I would have expected’ — and calls for leadership

Tech leaders typically use their TED talks to sketch out an optimistic vision of the future, but today Bill Gates… Read More

Gates Foundation CEO: US and China should smooth over their ‘divide’ on coronavirus crisis

The CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is disappointed that the United States isn’t on the same page… Read More

Bill Gates says the world will need 7 billion vaccine doses to end COVID-19 pandemic

Bill Gates has been big on vaccines since before the start of the coronavirus pandemic, but in a new blog… Read More