Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates were one of the most prominent couples in global business, working together at Microsoft between 1987 and 1996. The couple married in 1994 and launched the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2000. However, more recently, Melinda expressed her discomfort with her husband’s connection with billionaire investor and convicted […]
Steve Ballmer is the ninth person to reach the $100 billion milestone, amongst the likes of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Microsoft’s Bill Gates, French businessman Bernard Arnault, and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg. Since the start of 2021, Ballmer has seen his worth increase by $20.1 billion. In 2014, the American businessman purchased the Los Angeles Clippers […]
While the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are not legally binding, governments are expected to own and establish national frameworks to achieve the 17 Goals by 2030. Coupled with this, private-sector enthusiasm for the SDGs is strong and growing and we see more and more companies translating interest into actions. Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) […]
Last week the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation committed $100 million towards the fight against coronavirus, though Gates has also warned the spread of the virus could be “very, very dramatic”.
Microsoft’s Japanese division attempted a 4-day work week for the month of August this year; the results? A whole 40% more productivity from employees.
Ever since its slow but grand inception in the tech scene, Microsoft has been carrying the torch of computing technology and though rivalled by many great firms, it has maintained its competitiveness across several tech spheres and markets. But how has it managed to excel so profusely of late? Microsoft, being such a prevalent […]
Evolving technologies like Digital, Social, Mobile, Analytics & Cloud are reinventing the way products and services are designed and delivered. The massive disruptions brought on by an exponential surge in data generation via these technologies are forcing most businesses to re-evaluate their strategies centered around digitalization. To stay relevant and competitive, companies must mature from […]
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