In farewell letter, Melinda French Gates calls nearly 25 years at the Gates Foundation a ‘gift’ Melinda French Gates is signing off after nearly 25 years at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, telling colleagues and… Read More
‘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
Gates Foundation selects 48 projects in AI ‘Grand Challenge’ The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation named 48 grant recipients in its AI Grand Challenge, seeking to encourage new applications… Read More
Gates Foundation commits $1.2B to global fight to eradicate polio The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on Sunday announced a $1.2 billion commitment to aid an effort to eliminate polio… Read More
Melinda French Gates counters Bill Gates’ prediction that their foundation will end in 25 years Melinda French Gates this week offered a different timetable for the future of the Gates Foundation than the one laid… Read More
Bill Gates sees Gates Foundation winding down in 25 years — with Melinda French Gates and himself still at the helm In a recent interview at the 2022 Forbes 400 Philanthropy Summit, Bill Gates shared that the plan is to wind… Read More
Gates Foundation will boost annual payout 50% to $9B in call to action against ‘huge global setbacks’ The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation says it will increase its annual payout in grants and other financial assistance by… Read More
Bill Gates helps open new vaccine manufacturing facility in Seattle area Bill Gates helped cut the ribbon Monday afternoon at a new Seattle-area manufacturing facility for vaccines built by Inventprise, a… Read More
Melinda French Gates on Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘evil personified,’ her passion for philanthropy, and potential dating In the first interview addressing her divorce, Melinda French Gates shared details of the unraveling of her 27-year marriage to… Read More
Melinda French Gates shares details of divorce, what’s ahead for her in upcoming TV interview Ten months after announcing her divorce, Melinda French Gates is publicly sharing details of her split with Microsoft co-founder Bill… Read More
Play Episode Podcast ‘The Code Breaker’ author Walter Isaacson on the genetic revolution, regional hubs and ethical lines Play Walter Isaacson has studied and written extensively about the physics and technology revolutions as the biographer of such figures as… Read More
What gives Bill Gates hope about the world, and one thing he says we should all do right now The COVID-19 pandemic is a “gigantic setback” for the world. But Bill Gates is still optimistic about the future. As… 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
Bill Gates Sr., 1925-2020: Microsoft co-founder’s father made his own mark on Seattle and the world Bill Gates Sr., a respected lawyer, devoted civic leader, trusted mentor, and influential philanthropist who helped to shape Seattle’s tech… 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
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
Tech Moves: Madrona grows investment team; MicroVision, Axon add board members; and more — Seattle-based venture capital firm Madrona Venture Group announced that Anu Sharma is joining its investment team as a principal. Sharma… Read More
Gates Foundation pledges $1.6B for vaccines; Bill Gates addresses ‘bizarre’ conspiracy theories The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is pledging an additional $1.6 billion to the Gavi vaccine alliance for the next… 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
Hear from new Gates Foundation CEO Mark Suzman in a GeekWire member-exclusive virtual event Mark Suzman, the new CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and a key figure in the fight against… 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
Seattle researchers report early results from first US ‘swab and send’ COVID-19 surveillance program Updated below with details from news conference. Early results from a first-of-its-kind at-home testing program for COVID-19, analyzing more than… Read More
Gates Foundation’s CEO worries about pandemic politics — and says ‘we have nothing to hide’ Seattle’s Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is in the public health spotlight, thanks to its efforts to head off just… Read More
Report: Amazon and Gates Foundation aim to team up with scientists on home test kits for coronavirus Amazon Care is offering assistance to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for a plan to deliver coronavirus test kits… Read More
Why Bill Gates thinks gene editing and artificial intelligence could save the world Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has been working to improve the state of global health through his nonprofit foundation for 20… Read More
Researchers halt ‘ineffective’ HIV vaccine trial led by Fred Hutch with Gates Foundation backing A three-year-long clinical trial of an HIV vaccine in South Africa, funded in part by the Bill & Melinda Gates… Read More
Study: Global health ecosystem in Washington state is robust and growing, now employs 14,000 people Washington state’s global health organizations employ more than 14,000 people and contributed about $8.8 billion to the state’s economy in… Read More
New HIV vaccine study will test first-of-its-kind tech, with backing from the Gates Foundation The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative announced the launch of a first-of-its-kind clinical trial Tuesday that will test a new HIV… Read More
Judge sides with ex-Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation exec in lawsuit against organization A King County judge sided with a former executive at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, who claimed he was misled… Read More
Gates Foundation teams with Oxitec on new breed of malaria-blocking mosquito The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has forged a partnership with Oxitec, a British mosquito control company, to develop mosquitoes… Read More
