Gates eventually gave his additional 4% stake to Ballmer to convince him to quit business school for Microsoft. "He joined in 1980 and became the 24-hour-a-day partner I needed," Gates wrote.

Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer's partnership at Microsoft began at Harvard, with Gates offering Ballmer a 4% stake to join the company in 1980. They shared similar goals and skipped lectures ...

Here’s what to expect. Gates Industrial Corporation met analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $830.7 million, down 4.8% year on year. It was a satisfactory quarter ...

Gates gave Ballmer a 4% stake in Microsoft that's now worth more than $120 billion. Bill Gates found a kindred spirit, a social connector, a confidant, a study buddy, and a true business partner ...

Billionaire Bill Gates admitted that he’s “cheerful now” but revealed that his divorce from Melinda French Gates after 27 years of marriage is “the mistake I regret the most.” ...

When I was around 13, I started hanging out with a group of boys who met up for regular long hikes in the mountains around Seattle. We got to know each other as Boy Scouts. We did plenty of hiking ...

Bill Gates said in a recent interview that the chance of another pandemic in the next 4 years is between 10% and 15%. Politics 2025-01-25T20:01:27Z Bill Gates says Elon Musk's DOGE could be ...

In a wide-ranging interview, Bill Gates spoke to WSJ about a recent meeting with Donald Trump, Elon Musk’s DOGE, U.S.-China relations and a soon-to-publish book in which he reveals new details ...

There are few people in the world of technology with more interesting stories to tell than Bill Gates. The entrepreneur and co-founder of Microsoft has seen computers morph from hulking machines t ...

“When I finally see ChatGPT-4, where the OpenAI guys show me a very early version, I am just blown away completely,” Gates said. He views AI as an “amazing and scary” technology that ...

delivering an average annual return of 11.4%. Here’s how everyday investors are getting started. Gates reportedly traveled on 392 private jet flights in 2022. This equates to multiple flights ...