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Gates Foundation unveils $9 billion budget and plans to cut staff

The Gates Foundation plans to spend a record $9 billion in 2026, focusing on global health and other key areas

The Independent UK

Microsoft Founder Bill Gates' Billion Dollar Divorce Payout to Ex-Wife Melinda Finally Revealed

Bill Gates' divorce settlement with Melinda French Gates is finally coming into focus, with billions quietly transferred years after their split. Here is how it went down.

International Business Times 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

The Independent UK

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Read Bill Gates's 2026 annual letter in full

"As we start 2026, I am thinking about how the year ahead will set us up for the decades to come."

Fortune

Gates Foundation Sells MSFT Stock—Should Investors Be Worried?

The Gates Foundation sold 65% of its Microsoft stake, but analysts say the move reflects rebalancing, not fading confidence, which makes MSFT stock a buy

MarketBeat

Scrooge or Santa? How Famous Billionaires Are Giving (or Not) in 2025

One thing the world's richest people have in common is that they all have a lot of money. One thing they don't have in common is the percentage of that money they give away to charity. While some...

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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.

Fortune

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Bill Gates decries ‘significant reversal in child deaths’ as nearly 5 million kids will die before they turn 5 this year

The Gates Foundation rings the alarm on the century’s first reversal in progress to save the world’s poorest children, following cuts to international aid.

Fortune

Foreign aid cuts will see extra 200,000 children under five die this year, damning Gates report warns

Report from the Gates Foundation says the death rate for under-fives will increase for the first time this century as cuts by Donald Trump and from nations across Europe begin to bite

The Independent UK

Tulane's $1.6M Gates Foundation Grant for Oral Polio Vaccine 'Could End Polio for Good'

A Tulane University researcher, Dr Elizabeth Norton, has received $1.6 million from the Gates Foundation to develop a groundbreaking oral polio vaccine that cannot revert, potentially ending polio forever.

International Business Times UK

Bill Gates' Foundation Trust cuts Microsoft stake by 65% — dropping to a mere $4.7 billion in its vast portfolio

The latest SEC filing reveals the Gates Foundation Trust has sharply reduced its Microsoft holdings, shifting billions across its portfolio.

Windows Central

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

The Independent UK

Bill Gates Isn't Diversifying — He's Doubling Down. Here's Why That Works For Him

Bill Gates might be one of the most successful investors alive, but his portfolio looks very different from what most financial experts recommend. While many investors strive for diversification to manage risk, Gates — through the Gates Foundation Trust — is heavily concentrated in just a few companies. And for…

Benzinga

African languages for AI: the project that’s gathering a huge new dataset

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Siri or Google Assistant are developed by the global north and trained in English, Chinese or European languages. In comparison, African languages are largely missing from the internet.

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Fortune

Gen Z's misery is real: Most workers in this economy lack a voice and are stuck in low-quality jobs, a massive Gates-backed study finds

"We've seen, really, a rising tide of unhappiness, loneliness, isolation, anxiety, stress, and worry," Stephanie Marken of Gallup told Fortune.

Marie Claire

Melinda French Gates Knows Exactly How Her Career Ends

One year since the philanthropist left the Gates Foundation, she’s still figuring things out—but there’s one cause she’s committed to for life.

The Independent UK

Landmark deals for cheaper ‘pandemic-ending’ HIV jab hailed as ‘huge’ step forward

Linda-Gail Bekker, who helped prove the drug Lenacapavir’s effectiveness, tells The Independent that $40 doses bring hope – but aid cuts still risk its rollout

Fortune

Bill Gates calls on Congress to ‘show its values’ on foreign aid, or this year will see children’s deaths go up instead of down

Gates is putting his money where his mouth is: He said he will give away “virtually all of my wealth”—some $100 billion—which will be deployed to cure diseases in the poorest countries.

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Cheap supplies of HIV-prevention jab for poorer countries hailed as ‘genuine chance to end’ global epidemic

Lenacapavir described as ‘next best thing’ to an HIV vaccine will cost $40 a year for each patient in 120 countries from 2027, funders say

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.”

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7 Charities That Refuse Donations From Everyday Americans

When most people think of charities, they imagine organizations eager to accept every dollar. But not all nonprofits operate that way. Some refuse donations from...

International Business Times UK

Gates Foundation Axes Grants to Arabella Advisors, Seeks 'Early Exit' From $450M Deals With Woke Nonprofit Giant

The Gates Foundation is ending its $450 million partnership with Arabella Advisors, a powerful for-profit consultancy.

Benzinga

Bill Gates Leans Heavily On Warren Buffett's Playbook, Pumps More Into Berkshire — 67% Of His Foundation's Portfolio Sits In Just These 3 Stocks

The Gates Foundation Trust, co-founded by billionaire Bill Gates, has increased its portfolio value to $47.78 billion as of the end of the second quarter of 2025, boosting its stake in Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B (NYSE:BRK) with its holdings remaining highly concentrated in three key stocks.

The Conversation

US has slashed global vaccine funding – if philanthropy fills the gap, there could be some trade-offs

The U.S. government is relaxing federal vaccine requirements and cutting vaccine research and development funding here at home. Elsewhere, it’s going even further.

The Independent UK

A $2.5 billion pledge makes women’s health a priority in Gates Foundation spend-down

The Gates Foundation has committed $2.5 billion over five years to advance women's health research

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