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Bill Gates

  1. jeffrey epstein
    Jeffrey Epstein Reportedly Tried Blackmailing Bill Gates Over AffairExtortion schemes like this might help explain how Epstein kept billionaires in his orbit for so long.
    By Matt Stieb
  2. philanthropy
    Who Gets the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in the Divorce?The pair are restructuring the charity to ensure its “long-term sustainability and stability” amid a rocky and high-profile split.
    By Matt Stieb
  3. bill gates
    The Dirt Piles on Bill Gates Following Divorce AnnouncementNew reports detail how Gates allegedly pursued women who worked for him at Microsoft and his foundation — and deeper ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
    By Matt Stieb
  4. just asking questions
    Bill Gates on the Pandemic: ‘You Hope It Doesn’t Stretch Past 2022.’The philanthropist shares his thoughts about COVID-19 vaccines, America’s failures, and when we can expect real global relief.
    By David Wallace-Wells
  5. just asking questions
    Bill Gates on What a Plan to Fight Climate Change Really Means“I have not seen anything that’s worthy of the word plan because a plan has to involve not just the U.S. doing something.”
    By David Wallace-Wells
  6. the epstein enigma
    Why Would MIT Need Jeffrey Epstein to Get Money From Bill Gates?MIT reportedly relied on Epstein, one of the world’s most toxic middlemen, to contact two famous philanthropists — which just doesn’t add up.
    By Matt Stieb
  7. microsoft
    Paul Allen Turned Microsoft Into a ColossusAfter convincing high-school friend Bill Gates to drop out of college and start a software company called Micro-Soft, Allen helped change the world.
    By Jake Swearingen
  8. select all
    Jeff Bezos Is the Richest Person in the World AgainHe has $90 billion, which is a lot, according to economics.
    By Brian Feldman
  9. select all
    What Does Bill Gates Have to Live for Now That He’s Not the World’s Richest Man?Jeff Bezos has become the world’s richest man, as well as the world’s richest person who looks like a jacked J.K. Simmons.
    By Brian Feldman
  10. Clinton’s Initial VP List Included Bill Gates, Tim Cook, and Bernie SandersWikiLeaks reveals that a democratic socialist and the “billionaire class” were both early veepstakes contenders.
    By Eric Levitz
  11. Gates: Sometimes FBI Should Access Private DataThe ticking-time-bomb scenario comes to your phone.
    By Samuel Lieberman
  12. Bill Gates vs. Thomas PikettyThe world’s richest man goes head-to-head with the world’s favorite socialist public intellectual. 
    By Annie Lowrey
  13. the most important people in the world
    Martha Stewart Would Kill Donald Trump, Marry Michael BloombergIn a game of FMK.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  14. custom condoms
    Bill Gates Wants a New Condom Patent, Like, NowThere’s a $1 million grant behind it.
    By Delia Paunescu
  15. lifestyles of the rich and famous
    Bill Gates Just Can’t Seem to Get Rid of All This Pesky MoneyBeing  a billionaire is hard.
    By Delia Paunescu
  16. excellent things
    Mark Zuckerberg Ups the Philanthropic Ante, Pledges the Bulk of His BillionsZuckerberg pledges the majority of his theoretical $6.9 billion.
    By Nitasha Tiku
  17. hollywood upgrades
    Real-Life Geeks and the Hollywood Stars Who Play ThemMark Zuckerberg isn’t the only techie to get the celluloid treatment.
    By Nitasha Tiku
  18. billionaires
    America’s Superrich Get Super-RicherBill Gates is still the wealthiest of them all.
    By Josh Duboff
  19. slideshow
    Sympathy for The Zuckerberg: Tech CEOs’ Youthful Indiscretions
    By Nitasha Tiku
  20. do-gooders
    Bill Gates and Warren Buffett Convince Other Billionaires to Follow SuitThirty-eight billionaires have signed on to give away half their wealth.
    By Nitasha Tiku
  21. obscene wealth
    Carlos Slim Helu Is the World’s Richest ManBloomberg is the top New Yorker on the list, with a cool $18 billion fortune.
    By Josh Duboff
  22. gossipmonger
    There’s a Reason Natalie Portman Is Keeping Her Ballet Lover a SecretIt’s another ballet dancer.
    By Katie Goldsmith
  23. gossipmonger
    Jake Gyllenhaal Is Trying to Win Reese Witherspoon Back, With Vintage DinnerwareThat would totally work for us. Then again, Jake giving us a Dixie cup would win us back.
    By Mike Vilensky
  24. gossipmonger
    Angelina Jolie Gets So Angry That She Tears Brad Pitt’s Shirt OffThat’s what we do when we’re angry with Brad Pitt, too!
    By Mike Vilensky
  25. a dating story
    Flirting With Proprietary InformationA dating story gone wrong.
    By Jessica Pressler
  26. imagined conversations
    What Goes On in a Secret Billionaires Meeting?Oprah, Bloomberg, Buffett, and more extremely wealthy people held a secret meeting earlier this month.
    By Dan Amira
  27. bright ideas
    How Cool Would a Microsoft Store Be in New York?About as cool as we would imagine.
    By Jon Methven
  28. company town
    Now We’ll Get to See Even More of the Naked CowboyThe scourge of Times Square is getting his own reality-TV show. Meanwhile, a Cadwalader partner sues over the mold in his Hamptons house, and the ‘Times’ thinks we care too much about people’s personal lives (can’t imagine why), and more, in our daily roundup of industry news.
  29. white men with money
    Bloomberg, Gates Mercifully Decide Against Ruling WorldInstead, they’ll put their vast wealth toward preventing cigarette deaths in developing countries.
  30. gossipmonger
    Was Movie Airbrushing Not Enough for the ‘Sex and the City’ Girls?Plus gossip on Warren Buffett, 50 Cent, and Anne Hathaway, in today’s column roundup.
  31. white men with money
    Why Should Microsoft Try for First Place When It Can Buy Second?With this morning’s announcement that it had made a $44.6 billion offer to buy Yahoo, Microsoft continues a multi-year streak of indicating that it will settle for buying second place instead of battling its way to first. Can’t beat Google at its own game? Here’s an idea: Why not buy the company that’s literally choking on Google’s exhaust? No wonder Bill Gates decided to step back from the day-to-day in 2006. When you’ve ruled the world for a decade-plus, it’s little too much to constantly accept the silver medal.