Bill Gates steps down from Microsoft board to focus on philanthropy
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is stepping down from the company's board to spend more time on philanthropic activities.
He says he wants to focus on global health and development, education and tackling climate change.
One of the world's richest men, Mr Gates, 65, has also left the board of Warren Buffett's massive holding company, Berkshire Hathaway.
Mr Gates stepped down from his day-to-day role running Microsoft in 2008.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 14 2020, @10:20PM (1 child)
It's truly enlightening how much and how fast this happened and by whom. Rabid anti-gov low tax anti-bailout types get instant relief - which effectively keeps them in yachts - while structural spending (infrastructure) and basic needs are nickel and dimed to death.
(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Saturday March 14 2020, @11:47PM
The people are getting exactly what they voted for.