Stanley Druckenmiller at CNBC’s Delivering Alpha on Sept. 28, 2022. Scott Mlyn | CNBC A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. Investment firms of ultra-wealthy families are helping fuel the…
Bill Gates speaks with Reuters during an interview in New York City, U.S., May 8, 2025. Mike Segar | Reuters There is “no plan” for the “social, political, and economic upheaval” AI is about to cause, Bill Gates has warned. The Microsoft co-founder said that AI could become either the “greatest equalizer ever invented, or…
1. 00:00 – Buffett on his decision to stop donations to Gates Foundation BECKY QUICK: Warren, first of all, thank you for sitting down and talking with us today. I appreciate it. WARREN BUFFETT: It’s always good to sit down. (Laughs) BECKY QUICK: Yes, I find the same thing. The last time we sat down and spoke with…
Warren Buffett speaks with CNBC during the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, NE on May 2, 2026. David A. Grogan | CNBC Warren Buffett omitted the Gates Foundation from his annual charitable stock gifts, directing all of this year’s donations to four family-linked foundations. Berkshire Hathaway said the 95-year-old chairman will donate 9…
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on Wednesday morning expressed deep regret about ever associating with the notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as he began testifying behind closed doors to a House panel, according to an opening statement that the billionaire posted online. Gates, 70, denied witnessing any criminal conduct by Epstein and also denied victimizing anyone…
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick appears at the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies hearing to examine a review of broadband deployment funding at the Department of Commerce, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 10, 2026. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is scheduled to appear May 6 before the…
BECKY QUICK: Warren, welcome. It is wonderful to see you this morning. WARREN BUFFETT: It is fun to be on. QUICK: You are on for an interesting reason. For 22 years, you had been holding an annual luncheon — an auction for a luncheon — to benefit the Glide Foundation in San Francisco. You retired from that…
Warren Buffett said on Tuesday that he has not spoken to Microsoft founder Bill Gates “since the whole thing” with the Jeffrey Epstein files “was unveiled.” “I haven’t talked to him at all since the whole thing was unveiled,” Buffett told CNBC’s Becky Quick on “Squawk Box.” “I don’t want to be in a position…
Warren Buffett, Bill and Melinda Gates Lacy O’Toole | CNBC But in a major article this week, the Times says that over the past two years, “there has been a growing backlash from the billionaires who are its target donors,” including a “quiet campaign by one pro-Trump tech billionaire to destroy it.” Peter Thiel tells the Times he has privately…
FILE PHOTO: White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler listens as President Barack Obama speaks at an installation ceremony for FBI Director James Comey at FBI Headquarters in Washington, Monday, Oct. 28, 2013. Charles Dharapak | AP The House committee investigating the notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Tuesday night asked Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Goldman Sachs‘…
