Bill Gates
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Ortega Is Closing In on Gates to Be the World's Richest
EghtesadOnline: Spanish retailer Amancio Ortega is the newest challenger to Bill Gates’s position as the richest person in the world.
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Gates Makes Largest Donation Since 2000 With $4.6 Billion Pledge
EghtesadOnline: Bill Gates made his largest gift since the turn of the century, giving away Microsoft Corp. shares that accounted for 5 percent of his fortune, the world’s biggest.
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Seattle startup Convoy raises $62 million in funding led by Y Combinator.
Bill Gates Backs Uber Freight Rival
EghtesadOnline: As Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos jockey for the designation of world’s wealthiest man, the Seattle billionaires are united behind at least one local venture. They’re both investors…
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New Drone Technology Backed by Bill Gates
EghtesadOnline: Echodyne, a radar array startup with investors including Bill Gates, his Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen’s Vulcan Capital, and Seattle’s own Madrona Ventures, just made what the…
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Bill Gates Among Rich Individuals Backing $1 Billion Energy Fund
EghtesadOnline: Bill Gates and more than a dozen of the world’s wealthiest individuals revealed a new $1 billion investment fund late Sunday to foster major advances in clean energy production.
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The former CEO says Microsoft got into the mobile device market too late
Steve Ballmer Says Smartphones Strained His Relationship With Bill Gates
EghtesadOnline: Steve Ballmer said his decision to push Microsoft Corp. into the hardware business contributed to the breakdown of his relationship with longtime friend and company co-founder…