World's top 10 richest people
The list list of top 50 wealthiest people in the world was topped by Bill Gates who has a staggering wealth of USD 87.4 billion, followed by Spanish businessman Amancio Ortega Gaona and Warren Buff
Jan 29, 2016, 19:26 PM IST
Mukesh Ambani, Azim Premji, Dilip Shanghvi among world's 50 wealthiest people
Three Indians - Mukesh Ambani, Azim Premji and Dilip Shanghvi - have made it to a global list of 50 wealthiest people that is topped by Bill Gates.
Jan 28, 2016, 12:46 PM IST
World's top 10 richest people in 2015
Bill Gates has topped Forbes magazine's annual list of the world's richest people 2015, while Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg joined the top 20 and basketball star Michael Jordan made the list for the f
Dec 12, 2015, 15:50 PM IST
Top 10 richest people in 2015
Bill Gates has topped Forbes magazine's annual list of the world's richest people 2015, while Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg joined the top 20 and basketball star Michael Jordan made the list for the f
Dec 12, 2015, 15:49 PM IST
Despite low oil prices, Bill Gates looks to Gulf in anti-poverty campaign
Low oil prices and tight budgets in the Gulf are making it harder to raise money for a fund tackling poverty in the Muslim world, but a growing culture of philanthropy may draw in wealthy regional donors, billionaire campaigner Bill Gates said.
Dec 07, 2015, 19:03 PM IST
Bill Gates meets Nitish Kumar, to work together on key health issues
Bill Gates, co-chair and trustee of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, met Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar here on Saturday and discussed ways to work together on key health indicators like family planning and immunisation for the next five years.
Dec 05, 2015, 17:59 PM IST
Bill Gates meets PM Narendra Modi; offers support for financial inclusion projects
Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates on Friday offered support for strengthening of efforts of the Indian government towards financial inclusion and pitched for the need to lower the cost of clean energy to the level of hydrocarbons.
Dec 05, 2015, 11:05 AM IST
Bill Gates calls on health minister, discusses health system
Gates also assured that he was looking forward to work with the Indian government to strengthen primary healthcare, which is key to accelerating health outcomes for every woman and child in India.
Dec 04, 2015, 22:18 PM IST
Swachh Bharat partnership with India one of the best: Bill Gates
The foundation had signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with the UD Ministry to promote sanitation services in January this year.
Dec 04, 2015, 17:58 PM IST
Bill Gates, Ratan Tata, Mukesh Ambani partner govts for breakthrough in clean technology
Global tech giants Bill Gates, Jack Ma and India's industrialists Ratan Tata and Mukesh Ambani will join hands with governments from both the rich and emerging countries on Monday to kick off the Paris climate talks by pledging billions of dollars of investment in clean energy technologies.
Nov 30, 2015, 09:35 AM IST
Bill Gates is richest American for 22nd straight year: Forbes
Gates held onto the number-one spot in the annual list of the 400 wealthiest Americans for the 22nd straight year, with net worth of USD 76 billion, down USD 5 billion from 2014.
Sep 29, 2015, 23:02 PM IST
Bill Gates and UN say malaria could be eradicated by 2040
Malaria could be wiped out by 2040, despite the lack of an effective vaccine, previous failed attempts to eradicate the disease and drug resistance problems, the United Nations and Microsoft founder Bill Gates said in a report released today.
Sep 28, 2015, 23:29 PM IST
Bill Gates to invest $1 bn of own money in clean energy
The philanthropist Bill Gates is investing USD 1 billion of his own money in clean energy technology over the next five years as he believes that many breakthroughs will take place during the period that will help solve climate change.
Aug 04, 2015, 23:21 PM IST
'Gates Foundation world's wealthiest private charitable organisation'
With total assets of USD 43.4 billion, the Gates Foundation accounts for more than half of the combined assets of the 10 charitable foundations on the list.
Jul 30, 2015, 14:59 PM IST
Bill and Melinda Gates world's wealthiest couple: Wealth-X
Bill Gates, who co-founded Microsoft in 1975, married Melinda, a Microsoft employee, in 1994.
Jul 22, 2015, 15:14 PM IST
Buffett donates record $2.84 bn to Gates, family charities
Warren Buffett on Monday donated about $2.84 billion of Berkshire Hathaway Inc stock to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and four family charities, as part of the billionaire`s plan to give away nearly all of his wealth.
Jul 07, 2015, 01:02 AM IST
Bill Gates world's richest self-made billionaire: Wealth-X
Warren Buffett with USD 70.1 billion took the second slot on the list. Spain's Amancio Ortega (USD 65 billion) came in next.
Jun 17, 2015, 13:09 PM IST
Gates Foundation not under scanner: Govt
"Reports in a section of media about Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation coming under the scanner of Home Ministry is not based on facts. There is no such action," Home Ministry spokesperson K S Dhatwalia said.
May 06, 2015, 13:20 PM IST
Melinda Gates meets PM Modi
Melinda Gates, co-founder of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Monday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here and appreciated his "pro-poor initiatives", the PMO said.
Apr 20, 2015, 22:51 PM IST
Microsoft's 40th birthday: Bill Gates outlines his vision
Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the foundation of Microsoft, co-founder Bill Gates outlined his vision for the company in a letter to its employees by saying that the company had achieved a lot during the first 40 years but added, "what matters most now is what we do next."
Apr 04, 2015, 15:53 PM IST
