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Microsoft Corp’s Bill Gates chokes up at Steve Ballmer’s final shareholders...
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates choked up while reading from prepared remarks during Steve Ballmer’s final shareholders meeting as chief executive. The co-founder of the software giant said progress was...
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Entrepreneurs are made, and don’t let a test tell you different
Could you be more successful if you related to people in a different way? Psychology says yes. The Career Assessment Site, a company promoting psychological testing, recently released a fascinating...
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Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates says he will devote life to full time...
Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates will work on philanthropy full time for the rest of his life and contribute part time as a board member of the software maker, which is seeking a new chief executive...
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What 16 successful people read in the morning
Staying informed is a constant struggle for most of us, let alone people with high-profile, high-pressure jobs. There’s usually not time to leisurely read a favourite paper over coffee. Yet catching...
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Microsoft Corp turnaround will be challenge for insider Satya Nadella
When asked last month what kinds of gadget gifts he would be getting for Christmas, Microsoft Corp.’s Satya Nadella, said to be the board’s pick for chief executive officer, had an easy answer:...
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Bill Gates backs renewable battery start-up
Bill Gates did not become the world’s richest man by making foolish investments. Now Gates and venture capitalist Vinod Khosla, Tao Invest, Kleiner Perkins and Foundation Capital among others, are...
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Bill Gates to play key role in product development at Microsoft even if he...
Even as Bill Gates weighs giving up his title of chairman of Microsoft Corp., he’s poised to remain involved at the company he co-founded in an area of its deepest need: crafting must-have products. As...
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Microsoft Corp names insider Satya Nadella as next CEO, John Thompson to...
Microsoft Corp named 22-year company veteran Satya Nadella as its next chief executive officer on Tuesday and said co-founder Bill Gates would step down as chairman and advise the new CEO on...
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Microsoft Corp looks inside for success with Satya Nadella as new CEO
It’s a tough time to be in the PC industry — especially if you’re the company credited with creating it. Microsoft, the software pioneer responsible for putting the Windows operating system onto the...
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New Microsoft CEO offers quick-study lessons in leadership
I remember when one company I worked at got a new chief executive. We lower-echelon types read about it in the news, and waited to see what difference he would make. (We found out the following...
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What 13 highly successful people read before bed
The evening can provide a rare retreat from a jam-packed day for highly successful people. For many CEOs, execs, and other high achievers, the day begins extremely early and is crammed with emails,...
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New Microsoft chief’s soft-management approach signals shift from Ballmer’s...
It was a fleeting moment once the camera had gone off, but some say it’s indicative of the leadership style Satya Nadella brings to his new job as CEO of Microsoft Corp. Nadella’s impromptu town hall...
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Collective wealth of world’s 300 richest people plummeted $44.4-billion...
The world’s 300 wealthiest people lost a combined $44.4 billion yesterday as global stocks tumbled the most in a month and the ruble dropped to an all-time low amid Russia’s growing military presence...
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Forbes’ rich list: Meet the wealthiest person in 34 major countries
The U.S. and China are now home to a similar number of billionaires, according to Forbes’ latest billionaires list. Russia is also a strong presence in a list that encompasses US$6.4-trillion in global...
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Why ‘fake’ meat is drawing unlikely investors from Bill Gates to Li Ka-shing
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Peter Foster: Bill Gates’ energy views are a turn-off
Successful entrepreneurs almost invariably have a sense of personal exceptionalism There are signs that Bill Gates — multi-billionaire do-gooder, Giving Pledge arm twister, and “leverager” of your tax...
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21 Bill Gates quotes that take you inside the mind of the world’s richest man
Bill Gates’ personal net worth — an estimated US$80 billion — rivals the GDP of Ecuador and tops Croatia’s. The Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, which he and his wife set up in 1997, gives away...
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Are viral videos the future of fundraising?
It’s gone viral. It’s taking over people’s newsfeeds. Over the past few days, celebrities and business executives including Oprah Winfrey, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg took the Ice Bucket Challenge,...
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s net worth grew US$15B since last year’s Forbes...
NEW YORK — Well, it’s been a year of great financial success for Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, judging by Forbes’ latest list of the 400 richest Americans. Zuckerberg, who ranked No. 11, was the...
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‘Railway renaissance': Why the rail industry is attracting the biggest names...
Railroad investors are partying like it’s 1899. Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.’s reported offer for CSX Corp. was a reminder of how far the Industrial Revolution-era business has come in the last...
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