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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.

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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.

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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.

Fortune

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

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.

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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

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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.”

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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.

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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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NYU professor says traditional networking is ‘nonsense’—instead real friendships are key to success

NYU professor and seasoned business leader Suzy Welch says that handing out business cards at industry functions won’t lead to success. Melinda French Gates, Oprah Winfrey, and Gayle King have also leaned on friends for professional growth.

The Independent UK

Melinda French Gates shares favorite interview from season two of her YouTube series

The second season of French Gates’s YouTube series ‘Moments That Make Us’ was released on Wednesday

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

Fortune

Melinda French Gates says one role model impacts a woman's future career the most: her father

Forget good grades. Billionaire philanthropist Melinda French Gates and tennis legend Billie Jean King say, dads who believe their daughters can do anything may shape their success more than anything else.

Benzinga

Bill Gates' Kids Won't Inherit His Billions—Now His Ex-Wife Is Doubling Down On Tough Love

Refusing to make exceptions in an already unequal startup landscape, Melinda French Gates said she declined to fund her daughter's new business, insisting she raise outside capital based on merit.

Benzinga

Melinda French Gates Reveals Why She Won't Fund Her Daughter's Startup, Says Others Should Back It If Its A 'Real Business'

Melinda French Gates says she will not bankroll her daughter's new fashion-tech venture, arguing that the startup must prove itself the same way any "real business" does.

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