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News Articles: Bill Gates

Microsoft Co-founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen pose for a portrait in 1984 in Seattle, Washington.

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Microsoft turns 50: A look back at everything from the Altair to the Zune

The company helped launch the software industry and bring a computer to every desktop. Hit products like Windows and the Xbox became household names – but does anyone remember the Zune?

April 06, 2025
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By:
  • Monica Nickelsburg
Bill Gates at NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C., February 5, 2025.

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Bill Gates reflects on his youth, beginnings of Microsoft, in new memoir

In his new memoir, "Source Code," billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates opens up about his adolescence and early adult life.

February 10, 2025
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By:
  • Noah Caldwell,
  • John Ketchum,
  • and 1 more
Bill Gates stands for a photo after an interview with The Associated Press in Indian Wells, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025.

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  • Health

Bill Gates is optimistic about the global future

In a wide-ranging interview with NPR, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates expressed concern about the new administration's recent steps to pull back from approach to public health but says he's optimistic about the future and wants to find common ground with the White House.

February 06, 2025
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By:
  • Scott Detrow,
  • John Ketchum,
  • and 1 more
Bill Gates at NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C., February 5, 2025.

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  • Energy

Bill Gates is going nuclear: How his latest project could power U.S. homes and AI

The billionaire philanthropist tells Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep his new TerraPower nuclear plant is safer than traditional builds. He’s putting his own money behind the project.

June 16, 2024
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By:
  • Obed Manuel and
  • Steve Inskeep
Bill Gates discusses his new book, <em>How to Prevent the Next Pandemic</em>, onstage in New York City. Gates announced Tuesday that he tested positive for COVID-19.

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  • Health

Bill Gates tests positive for COVID-19, says he's experiencing mild symptoms

The 66-year-old wrote in a tweet Tuesday that he is experiencing mild symptoms and is "following the experts' advice" by isolating himself until he's healthy.

May 10, 2022
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
A spokesperson for Bill Gates denied on Sunday that an investigation into a prior romantic relationship with an employee had anything to do with Gates leaving Microsoft's board of directors last year.

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  • Technology

Microsoft Board Investigated Bill Gates' 'Intimate Relationship' With Employee

A spokesperson for Gates maintained that his decades-old "affair," which was the subject of an investigation, had no connection to his decision to step down from the board.

May 17, 2021
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
Bill and Melinda Gates smile at each other during an interview in Kirkland, Wash., in 2019. The couple announced on Monday that they are divorcing.

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  • National

Bill And Melinda Gates Announce Divorce

"After a great deal of thought and a lot of work on our relationship, we have made the decision to end our marriage," the couple wrote in a joint statement.

May 03, 2021
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is the world's wealthiest person, according to the latest Bloomberg Billionaires Index, with a net worth of $182 billion. Four others also have fortunes over $100 billion. Here, Bezos speaks at a conference in 2018.

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  • Business

There's Rich, And Then There's Jeff Bezos Rich: Meet The World's Centibillionaires

The Amazon CEO and four other billionaires are part of the world's most exclusive club in the midst of the pandemic: those whose fortunes exceed $100 billion.

December 10, 2020
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  • Jim Zarroli
Bill Gates Sr. attends "Bill Gates: A Conversation with My Father" in New York City in June 2010.

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  • National

Bill Gates Sr., Father Of Microsoft Co-Founder, Dies At 94

"My dad's wisdom, generosity, empathy, and humility had a huge influence on people around the world," Gates wrote in a tribute to his father.

September 16, 2020
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By:
  • Suzanne Nuyen

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