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Mackenzie Scott
Success

MacKenzie Scott is making another huge donation with no strings attached—this time it’s $70 million to historically Black colleges and universities

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September 23, 2025
Goodwill CEO says he’s preparing for an influx of jobless Gen Zers because of AI—and warns, a youth unemployment crisis is already happening
Success

Goodwill CEO says he’s preparing for an influx of jobless Gen Zers because of AI—and warns, a youth unemployment crisis is already happening

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September 21, 2025
Bill Gates
Success

Bill Gates gave so much money away that $51 billion just got swiped from his net worth—now his former No. 2 and Microsoft successor Steve Ballmer is wealthier than he is

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July 8, 2025
Red Bull heir transfers $1.1 billion stake to Geneva trust firm
Finance

Red Bull heir transfers $1.1 billion stake to Geneva trust firm

By Anders Melin, Pui Gwen Yeung, Marton Eder and Bloomberg
June 3, 2025
Mark Zuckerberg wearing graduation regalia.
Success

Billionaires like Mark Zuckerberg started their own schools—but fixing the education system is harder than it looks

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May 17, 2025
Melinda French Gates
Features

Exclusive: Melinda French Gates reflects on the Gates Foundation’s greatest achievements—and what she’s focusing on next

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May 8, 2025
Warren Buffett with Melinda French Gates
Success

Melinda French Gates shares the advice Warren Buffett gave her when she felt overwhelmed: I replay it in my head when I get tough on myself

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April 17, 2025
How do you teach kids in a war zone? An award-winning edtech team explains how to support teachers in a crisis
Tech

How do you teach kids in a war zone? An award-winning edtech team explains how to support teachers in a crisis

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December 29, 2024
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings
Finance

Warren Buffett gave away Berkshire Hathaway shares worth $716 million for women’s reproductive health and college scholarships

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December 17, 2024
Photo of Bill Gates (left) and Warren Buffett
Finance

Warren Buffett’s friendship with Bill Gates has soured. What that means for the $77 billion Gates Foundation

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August 19, 2024
Darren Walker is sitting in a chair speaking at a conference.
Leadership

How Ford Foundation’s president knew it was time to move on from his role—and why he’s still ‘bullish’ on the American dream

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August 13, 2024
Warren Buffett gives a preview of his will
Finance

Warren Buffett gives a preview of his will

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June 28, 2024
Lord Jacob Rothschild, the banker who broke from Europe’s biggest banking dynasty to build his own financial empire in London, dies at 87
Leadership

Lord Jacob Rothschild, the banker who broke from Europe’s biggest banking dynasty to build his own financial empire in London, dies at 87

By Tom Metcalf and Bloomberg
February 26, 2024
MacKenzie Scott trims Amazon stake by $10B, philanthropist now owns about 1.9% of tech giant: ‘I have a disproportionate amount of money to share’
Tech

MacKenzie Scott trims Amazon stake by $10B, philanthropist now owns about 1.9% of tech giant: ‘I have a disproportionate amount of money to share’

By Tom Maloney, Sophie Alexander and Bloomberg
January 27, 2024
Warren Buffett’s $541 million gift to his foundation topped the list of supersized charitable donations in 2023
Leadership

Warren Buffett’s $541 million gift to his foundation topped the list of supersized charitable donations in 2023

By Maria de Mento and Chronicle of Philanthropy
January 2, 2024

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