Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Bill and Melinda Gates formed the William H. Gates Foundation in 1994. Photo: Reuters
Analysis

The end of more than a marriage?

The wide scale fear surrounding their divorce is unsurprising given their individual and collective reputations built over the years through multifaceted contributions in a variety of fields,...

American business magnate Bill Gates and wife Melinda Gates attend a news conference by United Nations's movement "Every Woman, Every Child" in Manhattan, New York September 24, 2015. Launched by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during the United Nations Millennium Development Goals Summit in September 2010, Every Woman Every Child is a global movement that mobilizes and intensifies international and national action by governments, multilaterals, the private sector and civil society to address the major health challenges facing women and children around the world, the United Nations stated on its website. REUTERS/Pearl Gabel/File Photo
Analysis

Gates’ marital split follows Melinda’s long journey away from Bill’s shadow

Bill Gates, Co-Chair of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, attends a conversation at the 2019 New Economy Forum in Beijing, China November 21, 2019. Photo:Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

Gates Foundation adds $70 million more funding for Covid vaccines for poor

The logo of Lilly is seen on a wall of the Lilly France company unit, part of the Eli Lilly and Co drugmaker group, in Fegersheim near Strasbourg, France, February 1, 2018. Picture taken February 1, 2018. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler
Coronavirus chronicle

Eli Lilly in deal to supply Covid-19 drugs to low-income countries

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Coronavirus chronicle

J&J says in talks with Japan, Gates Foundation to lock in deals on Covid-19 vaccine

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Global Economy

Google, Gates Foundation join digital payments initiative

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Coronavirus chronicle

Bill Gates’s coronavirus vaccine could be ready in 12 months

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Coronavirus chronicle

Gates Foundation will commit 'total attention' to coronavirus pandemic

Bill Gates says economy can't simply revamp "ignoring the pile of bodies"
Coronavirus chronicle

Bill Gates says economy can't simply revamp "ignoring the pile of bodies"

Gates Foundation, Wellcome, Mastercard to give $125m to develop COVID-19 medicines
Coronavirus chronicle

Gates Foundation, Wellcome, Mastercard to give $125m to develop COVID-19 medicines

The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus, which was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China, is seen in an illustration released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, US January 29, 2020/Reuters
World+Biz

Bill & Melinda Gates foundation dedicates additional $100 million to coronavirus response