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Bill Gates 'spoke candidly' about Epstein ties at a Gates Foundation meeting, spokesperson says

Bill Gates is addressing his connection to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, answering questions about their relationship during a town hall meeting of his nonprofit Gates Foundation

The Independent UK

Prominent Britons are facing a reckoning over Epstein. In the US, not so much

After Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest, officials said ‘nobody is above the law’. Sadly that doesn’t seem true

The Guardian - US

Phoebe Gates wants her $185 million AI startup to succeed with 'no ties to my privilege or my last name': 'I have a chip on my shoulder'

The daughter of Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates acknowledges her privilege but says she’s building her own thing without their help.

Fortune

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Bill Gates is shrinking his $132 million Xanadu compound amid sudden public withdrawal and Epstein revelations

Melinda French Gates told Fortune in 2008 that parts of the property were “a bachelor’s dream and a bride’s nightmare.”

Fortune

Bill Gates cancels keynote speech in India amid questions over Epstein ties

Billionaire Microsoft co-founder pulls out of India’s AI Impact Summit to ‘ensure the focus’ remains on event’s ‘key priorities’

The Guardian - UK

Bill Gates is shedding houses that are part of his $132 million Xanadu 2.0 compound—a reversal from his feelings about downsizing

The latest listing goes to show how much of the exclusive hillside neighborhood Gates has acquired during the past three decades.

Fortune

Bill Gates apologises for 'every minute' spent with Jeffrey Epstein, denying email claims

"The focus was always, he knew a lot of very rich people, and he was saying he could get them to give money to global health. In retrospect, that was a dead end," Gates said in an interview aired Wednesday.

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Bill Gates says he ‘regrets’ knowing Epstein as ex-wife alludes to ‘muck’ in marriage

Melinda French Gates insists Microsoft founder has questions to answer over his relationship with Epstein

The Guardian - US

Bill Gates ‘has to answer’ for Epstein files mentions, Melinda French Gates says, weeks after record $8 billion donation in divorce settlement

“They need to answer to those things, not me,” French Gates told NPR.

Fortune

Melinda French Gates Breaks Silence After Epstein Files Claim Bill Gates Secretly Tried Slipping Her A Pill

“Whatever questions remain there… those questions are for those people and for even my ex-husband,” Melinda French Gates said.

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In the face of aid cuts, Gates Foundation narrows its priorities and defends global health funding

The CEO of the Gates Foundation said it will not change course in the face of the collapse of the foreign aid system but instead continue focusing on its main priorities

The Independent UK

Gates Foundation plans to give away $9 billion in 2026 to prepare for the 2045 closure while slashing hundreds of jobs

Who will take the reins of philanthropy with the Gates Foundation absent?

Fortune

Michelle Obama says friendships are ‘as important as the degree that you got in college,’ your job title, and your salary

The former first lady says it’s important to make new friends, but advises people to be picky about who they let stick around. Longtime duos, like Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King, prove that friendship is a powerful career tool.

Fortune

Despite a $45 million net worth, Big Bang Theory star still works tough, 16-hour days—he repeats one mantra when overwhelmed

Even with a $45 million net worth, fame, and a dream career, Big Bang Theory star Kunal Nayyar still has tough days. Just like Jeff Bezos and Melinda French Gates, Nayyar tells Fortune he uses a personal mantra to cope.

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The Independent UK

Bill Gates sent $8B to ex-wife Melinda for charity work, instantly making foundation one of world’s largest

The pair announced their divorce in May 2021 and subsequently split up their philanthropic efforts

Fortune

Bill Gates donated record $8 billion to Melinda French Gates' foundation as part of their divorce settlement

The donation is one of the biggest ever recorded.

Fortune

Sheryl Sandberg breaks down why it’s a troubling time for women in the workplace right now

Hundreds of thousands of working women left the U.S. workforce this year, while issues of gender stereotyping, workplace harassment, and lackluster capital are creating a “particularly troubling moment” for female talent.

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Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In finds more women leaning out for the first time since the promotion survey began a decade ago: ‘Major moment of backsliding’

“This is my fourth decade in the workplace, and we are in a particularly troubling moment in terms of the rhetoric on women,” Sheryl Sandberg said.

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‘Have they given enough? No’: Melinda French Gates rips into billionaire class, saying Giving Pledge has fallen short

The billionaire philanthropist says there’s more work to be done to get the wealthy to donate.

The Independent UK

More than 80 nonprofits receive $250M for global women's health from Melinda French Gates

More than 80 organizations that provide health care for women all over the world received grants Wednesday totaling $250 million from Melinda French Gates after a year-long application process

Fortune

Hundreds of billionaires pledged to give away $600 billion to charity—but the Bill Gates and Warren Buffett era of philanthropy may be over

While a tax bill aimed to cripple liberal philanthropic foundations may upend billionaire giving, charitable vagabonds like MacKenzie Scott are already rewriting the norm.

Fortune

Melinda French Gates says work is 'very broken' for women

Billionaire philanthropist Melinda French Gates launched a $60 million grant competition to discover bold, future-of-work ideas that remove barriers women face in the workplace.

Fortune

Disney heiress says any billionaire who can’t manage to share their wealth is 'kind of a sociopath'

Abigail Disney previously said the need to tax rich people like her “has never been so dire.”

Benzinga

Only 1% of Pharma Research Goes to Women's Health. Melinda French Gates Is Investing $100M to Change That.

Philanthropist Melinda French Gates has launched a $100 million initiative to address the severe underfunding of women's health research, her firm, the Pivotal Ventures, announced on Sept. 10.

Fortune

Bill and Melinda French Gates gave their Gen Z daughter this piece of business advice before she launched her own $8 million startup

Before launching her $8 million startup, Phoebe Gates turned to her billionaire founder parents for advice. After all, when your dad is the cofounder of Microsoft, he might know a thing or two about building a business.

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