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Jul 16, 2010 6:50 AM CDT

Paul Allen Will Give Away Billions

Microsoft co-founder commits most of his fortune to philanthropy

(Newser) - Looks as though Bill Gates' billionaire challenge is paying off: Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has pledged to give away most of his $13 billion fortune. He made the vow public a month after Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett urged the world's richest to give away at least half...

9 Ridiculous Celeb Homes

Jun 16, 2010 1:12 PM CDT

9 Ridiculous Celeb Homes

Really, who doesn't need a place to put 1,000 shoes?

(Newser) - If you have the money to trick out your house with a private waterpark, three bomb shelters, your own runway, or a baseball diamond…why wouldn’t you? The Frisky lists the nine most ridiculous celebrity mansions:

Bill Gates: If you stay at his place, you get a chip so

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Gates, Buffett to Super Rich: Give Half of It Away

Charity Megadrive

Jun 16, 2010 12:13 PM CDT

Gates, Buffett to Super Rich: Give Half of It Away

Details of the secret billionaires meeting revealed

(Newser) - Remember that super-secret meeting of the world’s richest people? Well, the contents of that meeting have finally been revealed, in a new Fortune article that pulls back the curtain on probably the biggest charity drive of all time. The meeting was the brainchild of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett,...

Inventor of Personal
Computer Dead at 68

Apr 3, 2010 12:40 PM CDT

Inventor of Personal Computer Dead at 68

H. Edward Roberts had a young employee named Bill Gates

(Newser) - H. Edward Roberts, the man who invented the MITS Altair in 1975, generally considered by computer historians to be the first personal computer, died Thursday in Macon, Georgia. While he was not well known outside the computer industry, one of his employees, Bill Gates, came to define, and some say,...

Carlos Slim Overtakes Bill Gates as World's Richest

NET WORTH: $53.5B

Mar 11, 2010 8:11 AM CST

Carlos Slim Overtakes Bill Gates as World's Richest

Mexican businessman's net worth is $53.5B, Forbes estimates

(Newser) - Mexican businessman Carlos Slim has overtake Bill Gates to become the world’s richest person, with Forbes’ annual estimate giving him a net worth of $53.5 billion—a hair more (well, to them) than the Microsoft founder’s $53 billion even. Investor Warren Buffet ($47 billion) is third, followed...

America's Top
Philanthropists

Feb 8, 2010 12:39 PM CST

America's Top Philanthropists

Annual list tracks most generous of 2009; Bill and Melinda Gates are 3rd

(Newser) - The recession took a bite out of charitable giving last year, but some very wealthy, very generous people kept their checkbooks open. Slate delivers its annual list of the 60 biggest donors in the country, who together came up with $4.2 billion in new commitments to charity last year....

Bill Gates
Pledges $10B
for Vaccines

Jan 29, 2010 6:55 AM CST

Bill Gates Pledges $10B for Vaccines

Largest charitable donation ever aims to save 8M children's lives

(Newser) - Bill Gates upped the ante for charitable giving again today, pledging $10 billion dollars for the development of vaccines over the next decade. The semi-retired Microsoft founder aims to save the lives of as many as 8 million children under the age of 5 in the world's poorest countries, reports...

Bill Gates
Joins Twitter,
Madness
Ensues

208 FOLLOWERS PER MINUTE

Jan 20, 2010 7:28 AM CST

Bill Gates Joins Twitter, Madness Ensues

Microsoft founder breaks 100K follower mark within 8 hours

(Newser) - Bill Gates joined Twitter yesterday, and within his first eight hours on the microblogging site, he gained 100,000 followers. Mashable calculated that to be about 12,500 followers per hour, or 208 per minute, making him about as popular as Oprah when she first joined. As of 8:15am,...

Great Food-Throwing Moments

PALIN'S NOT THE FIRST

Dec 8, 2009 11:51 AM CST

Great Food-Throwing Moments

In honor of the tomato that almost hit Sarah Palin

(Newser) - Gawker is fully in favor of food-throwing, a la Sarah Palin’s tomato near-miss—and a host of other launched edibles that hit their targets. Noting that the long and storied history of people getting food tossed at them includes such luminaries as Richard Nixon and Ann Coulter, Adrian...

Latest Celebrity Getaways

travel

Dec 5, 2009 5:47 AM CST

Latest Celebrity Getaways

Dubai is out of favor, but these destinations are heating up

(Newser) - With Dubai in dire straits, where will jet-setters go now? The Frisky knows. See full details here .

Morocco: Big names like Gwyneth Paltrow and Jennifer Aniston were in Marrakesh recently for the opening of a Chopard jewelry boutique.
Croatia: With the war over, celebs such as Steven Spielberg and Robert

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Celebs, Execs, Lobbyists on White House Visitor Logs

Oct 31, 2009 5:57 AM CDT

Celebs, Execs, Lobbyists on White House Visitor Logs

Released records list 96 Obama meetings

(Newser) - George Clooney, Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey and prominent lobbyists, corporate executives and Democratic fundraisers were among the first to score visits with President Obama, Michelle, or top aides at the White House, newly released records show. The White House late yesterday afternoon posted a list of roughly 480 records in...

For Buffett,
Best Suits Are Made in China

Sep 24, 2009 8:43 AM CDT

For Buffett, Best Suits Are Made in China

Obscure clothier outfits Omaha sage, Bill Gates—and Hu Jintao

(Newser) - One is America's most famous capitalist, the other leads China's Communist Party. But Warren Buffett and Hu Jintao have something in common—they both get their suits from Trands, an obscure northern Chinese menswear company not open to the public. Buffett, who recently recorded a promotional video for Trands' owners,...

Bill Gates Too Popular for Facebook

Jul 26, 2009 5:17 AM CDT

Bill Gates Too Popular for Facebook

He signs off over w-a-y too many friend requests

(Newser) - Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has signed off Facebook for good, saying so many people wanted to befriend him that it was difficult to tell who he knew or didn't know, reports AFP. There were "10,000 people wanting to be my friends," Gates said while accepting a philanthropy...

Giving Away
Billions Feels Great: Gates

Jun 3, 2009 3:58 PM CDT

Giving Away Billions Feels Great: Gates

Microsoft founder touts philan-therapy for world's rich

(Newser) - Bill Gates is touting the feel-good benefits of giving away money, telling a crowd in Oslo that “all billionaires should give away the vast majority of their fortunes.” Leave enough for the kids, he says, but, “I’m a great believer that great wealth should go from...

World's Richest People
Held Secret Meeting

May 20, 2009 11:28 AM CDT

World's Richest People Held Secret Meeting

(Newser) - Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, and David Rockefeller Jr recently convened a top-secret meeting of many of the world’s wealthiest people to discuss the financial crisis, according to an Irish Central report confirmed by ABC News. A total media blackout prevailed during the get-together, which took place May 5 at...

Bill Gates Senior:
Bill Junior Was a Brat

Apr 25, 2009 10:24 AM CDT

Bill Gates Senior: Bill Junior Was a Brat

Bill Sr. recounts raising his 'smart-ass' son

(Newser) - Bill Gates stopped being a kid right about age 11, his father tells Wall Street Journal. And then he turned into a royal pain, at least for a while. In the most famous bit of family lore, Bill Gates Sr. says he had to chuck a glass of cold water...

Gates No. 1
on Shrinking
Billionaire List

Mar 11, 2009 7:34 PM CDT

Gates No. 1 on Shrinking Billionaire List

(Newser) - This may not elicit much sympathy, but Forbes' annual list of billionaires has shrunk from 1,125 names to 793 this year. Bill Gates lost $18 billion but managed to regain the top spot from Warren Buffett, who lost $25 billion. Here's the top 10:

Gates, $40 billion
Buffett, $37

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Melinda Keen on iPhone;
Bill Says No

Mar 3, 2009 2:07 PM CST

Melinda Keen on iPhone; Bill Says No

Apple's wares illegal in Gates household

(Newser) - Apple products are banned in the Gates home, the New York Post reports—but Melinda “wouldn’t mind” picking up an iPhone, she told Vogue. There isn’t much “on the banned list in our household. But iPods and iPhones are two things we don't get for our...

Sorry, Tom Hanks:
Obama 'Most
Influential
Celebrity'

Feb 5, 2009 11:53 AM CST

Sorry, Tom Hanks: Obama 'Most Influential Celebrity'

Prez knocks actor from top spot

(Newser) - The nation’s leader is also its most influential celebrity, Advertising Age reports. President Obama bumped Tom Hanks from the top spot in the Davie Brown Index, a survey that determines how celebs affect consumer choices. The commander in chief ranked first in the categories of trust, influence, trendsetter, and...

Gates Lets Mosquitoes Fly at Audience

Feb 5, 2009 8:49 AM CST

Gates Lets Mosquitoes Fly at Audience

Stunt underscores malaria threat shouldn't be for 'only poor people'

(Newser) - Bill Gates had the audience buzzing yesterday as he released a jar of mosquitoes at the TED2009 conference in California during a presentation on eradicating malaria, reports MSNBC. The bugs were not carrying the disease. "Not only poor people should experience this," Gates explained, according to a witness...