Bill Gates

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai held a virtual meeting on Tuesday to discuss increasing COVID-19 vaccine production, global health issues and the proposed waiver to certain provisions of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) related to the pandemic.

Billionaire Bill Gates said Sunday that the world could be completely back to normal by the end of 2022 thanks in large part to the continued rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine, though he doesn't believe the virus will be totally eradicated by then.

Musk had the largest dollar gain on this year's list, according to Forbes, with a fortune of $151 billion, a $126.4 billion increase compared to $24.6 billion last year, when the Tesla and SpaceX executive ranked at No. 31.

While a surge of interests from forward-looking investors pushed the price of a single bitcoin beyond $57,000 as of Thursday, billionaire Bill Gates has concerns about the process required to produce the digital currency.

Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates warned that there will be dire consequences if the world does not achieve zero net carbon emissions by the year 2050.

Currently, the world emits about 50 billion tonnes of greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere each year.

Bill Gates’ daughter told her social media followers that the first dose of the COVID-19 “did NOT implant my genius father into my brain.”

Facebook has removed the Instagram page of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over his posts expressing skepticism about the COVID-19 vaccine. 

Washington state’s richest residents — including Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates — would pay a wealth tax on some financial assets under a new proposal.

Gates said the millions of online posts and “crazy conspiracy theories” about him and about top U.S. infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci had likely taken hold in part because of the combination of a frightening viral pandemic and the rise of social media.

Big Tech came together Wednesday to cheer President Biden's inauguration and his first executive orders as the 46th president of the United States.

MacKenzie Scott, one of the world's richest women, announced Tuesday that she had donated $4.2 billion to 384 charity organizations during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A report by the National Restaurant Association found that at least 10,000 restaurants have closed nationwide in the last three months alone, bringing the total to more than 110,000.

The Gates Foundation's additional $250 million in funding will go toward making sure that the "lifesaving tools" being developed to fight the virus, such as a vaccine, will be made "available in 2021 to everyone who needs them."

Bill Gates and actor Rashida Jones kicked off a new limited podcast series on Monday and their guest is National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Dr. Anthony Fauci, who will be discussing the coronavirus pandemic. 

Gates drew on his experience from the 90s when Microsoft faced down U.S. regulators over antitrust claims.

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on Wednesday warned that the coronavirus pandemic could make the fall "worse than the summer."

Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates said Sunday that the Regeneron antibody cocktail administered to President Trump to treat a case of COVID-19 shouldn't be referred to as a "cure."

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation signed an agreement last month with 16 pharmaceutical companies to scale up vaccine manufacturing at an unprecedented speed, and make sure that approved vaccines reach broad distribution as early as possible.

A U.S. Army veteran, prominent lawyer and philanthropist, Gates Sr. died at age 94 after a battle with Alzheimer's disease.