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Bill Gates clearly knows how to take a joke—even when he’s the butt of it. This was demonstrated in a recent TikTok video in which Gates was seen watching Chris Rock’s Tamborine, a 2018 stand-up special for Netflix. The clip begins with a close-up of the TV as Rock makes some harsh assumptions about the Microsoft founder’s childhood. “Do you think kids were nice to Bill Gates in […]
Bill Gates has transferred somewhere between $3 billion and $4 billion in shares to his former wife Melinda, according the Wall Street Journal. The shares, of which $850 million are of Deere & Co. (a 7 percent stake in the equipment company), were most recently transferred to Melinda on Thursday. The transfers were recorded Friday by Gates and his […]
Microsoft’s board members were in favor of having Bill Gates step down as director last year while an investigation was being conducted into his alleged affair with a female employee, The Wall Street Journal reports. A law firm was hired by a committee comprised of Microsoft board members to look into the allegations contained within a letter […]
As news about Bill and Melinda Gates’ split continues to bubble up, it’s been revealed that Bill reportedly told his golfing friends about marital issues. A source told the New York Post this week this week that Bill’s friends on the green were some of the first to hear about his concerns, adding that the marriage […]
Bill and Melinda Gates’ impending divorce has generated a lot of questions and speculation on how the split will affect their estimated $130 billion net worth. Although it’s unclear exactly how the couple intends to divide their assets, it appears the separation will have little to no impact on their children’s inheritance—mostly because they were never expected […]
Among other reports and revelations that have come out of her split from Bill Gates, we’ve now learned that Melinda Gates first started consulting with divorce lawyers in 2019, according to the Wall Street Journal. A former employee for the Melinda & Bill Gates Foundation told the outlet that at least part of her decision was related to her husband’s relationship […]
Things to envy about Bill Gates: His bank account, his intelligence, his Porsche collection, his philanthropy, his rugged good looks. Things not to envy about Bill Gates: The public scrutiny that his divorce, specifically the alleged contentious nature of it, is getting. The former certainly makes the latter palatable (I mean, I would think, can’t speak […]
More evidence has emerged that shows Bill and Melinda Gates’ divorce has been in the works for months. In fact, the former couple was reportedly set to make their announcement in March, which was supposed to coincide with Melinda taking her kids and their significant others to Calivigny Island in Grenada, TMZ reports. Melinda wanted everyone to […]
Tesla CEO and SpaceX founder Elon Musk has surpassed Bernard Arnault to become the world’s fourth richest person, Bloomberg reports. Musk cemented himself in the No. 4 spot after his net worth grew by $7.8 billion when shares of Tesla soared 11 percent on Monday. According to a proxy statement obtained by CNBC, Musk has a 20.8 percent stake in the company, which amounts to 38.7 […]
Bill Gates, the second richest person in the world, has said that if a vaccine for COVID-19 is found that he and his foundation would put upwards of $150 million towards trying to make it as accessible and cheap as possible so it can reach all corners of the globe affected and not just the rich […]
