“It was a constant tension point of the foundation. It was Warren who limited it, but Bill’s appetite is always, ‘We should do this, we should do this.’ Teams end […]
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Back to news homeEmergence Capital co-founder Jason Green on transitioning out of the firm, and what’s next
Succession is a major issue for many venture firms. Institutional investors, founders — even reporters — often get attached to senior members of a team, and when one of those […]
What the Gates Divorce Means for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation started with ambitions that, by its lofty standards today, appear almost quaint: providing free internet access to public libraries in the United States. As […]
Mr. Beast, YouTube Star, Wants to Take Over the Business World
Mr. Donaldson declined to be interviewed. A representative for him declined to address the working conditions at his companies but said of the videos with offensive content: “When Jimmy was […]
Sustainable Philanthropy | Marissa Fayer
Sustainable Philanthropy Marissa Fayer Founder & CEO, HERhealthEQ Marissa Fayer is the founder & CEO of HERhealthEQ. 20-year Life Science and Business executive building companies into world-class organizations. Champion of […]
College Accounts at Birth: State Efforts Raise New Hopes
Braylon Dedmon was 3 days old when his mother, Talasheia, was offered $1,000 to open a college savings account in his name.“I was like, ‘What?’” Ms. Dedmon recalled. Her skeptic’s […]
MacKenzie Scott Gave Away Billions. The Scam Artists Followed.
Even people with Ms. Scott’s resources can’t prevent swindlers from using their names. Scammers have copied the webpage of the federal Small Business Administration and impersonated the Federal Trade Commission, […]
Why Buy a Yacht When You Can Buy a Newspaper?
Billionaires have had a pretty good pandemic. There are more of them than there were a year ago, even as the crisis has exacerbated inequality. But scrutiny has followed these […]
Job Training That’s Free Until You’re Hired Is a Blueprint for Biden
Bill Barber saw an ad on Facebook last year for American Diesel Training Centers, a school in Ohio that prepares people for careers as diesel mechanics. It came with an […]
A Buyout Fund C.E.O. Got in Tax Evasion Trouble. Here’s Why Investors Shrugged.
Still, the low-key response to Mr. Smith’s tax violations stands in contrast to how a scandal played out involving Leon Black, a fellow private equity billionaire and a co-founder of […]