Bill Gates

the thinker

Value tech? Then you'll have a tech genius. Art? An art genius.

Vienna valued music; it got Mozart. We value technology; we got Mark Zuckerberg. Author Eric Weiner explains how place and culture shape the rise of geniuses.

Value tech? Then you'll have a tech genius. Art? An art genius.
Solar panel in Mongolia

The most important work at COP21 may have happened out of the spotlight

The most important work at COP21 may have happened out of the spotlight
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Global Sex Workers Meet to Fight HIV

Global Sex Workers Meet to Fight HIV

G20 Summit and the 'Robin Hood Tax'

G20 Summit and the 'Robin Hood Tax'

Tributes to Apple co-founder, innovator Steve Jobs

Tributes to Apple co-founder, innovator Steve Jobs
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One Teacher and 70,000 Students

One Teacher and 70,000 Students

Bill Gates, Warren Buffet prod Chinese millionaires for charity

At a private dinner in a lavish setting in China, billionaires Bill Gates and Warren Buffet tried to convince newly rich Chinese people to give away more money.

Bill Gates, Warren Buffet prod Chinese millionaires for charity
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Gates and Buffet pushing philanthropy in China

US moguls Bill Gates and Warren Buffett hosted a private dinner in Beijing on Wednesday for some of China's newly rich to talk about giving their money away. Anchor Lisa Mullins finds out more from the BBC's Michael Bristow.

Gates and Buffet pushing philanthropy in China
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Billionaires pledge to give up half their money to charity

More than 30 billionaires have agreed to donate at least half their fortunes to charity; the list was made public yesterday. The New York Times' Louise Story, has the details of this new venture by some of the country's richest people.

Billionaires pledge to give up half their money to charity
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Bill Gates has an idea on how to plug the spill. Do you?

Everyone seems to have an idea about how to stop the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico these days. Takeaway listeners join the fray with some of their proposals, including cameos by Bill Gates and Samantha Bee.

Bill Gates has an idea on how to plug the spill. Do you?
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Mexican telecom mogul tops list of world's richest

Forbes Magazine has released its new list of the world's biggest billionaires. Number one is Carlos Slim Helú, a self-made telecom mogul from Mexico. Slim, worth $53.5 billion, is the first man from a developing country to top the list.

Mexican telecom mogul tops list of world's richest

Alternative energy infrastructure

Shai Agassi, founder of Better Place, has a bold plan involving the creation of the infrastructure necessary to support electric vehicles.

Alternative energy infrastructure
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The iPod won't last and other bad predictions

Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Michael Brook, editor of the technology magazine T3, about some of the predictions made over the years about technology. Some came true...but others were way off the mark.

The iPod won't last and other bad predictions
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International views of Bill Gates

Bill Gates is officially stepping down as head of Microsoft today to devote himself full-time to his work as a philanthropist, but first we get some snapshots from around the world of what the people think of when they hear the name Bill Gates.

International views of Bill Gates
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The world's new billionaires

Forbes magazine released its annual list of billionaires, and there are 226 NEW billionaires this year -- and nearly a third of are from Russia, China, and India, as Anchor Lisa Mullins has details.

The world's new billionaires