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Bill Gates knocked off rich-list perch
News King of the minted moguls is Warren Buffett, Gates' sometimes bridge partner and chairman of holdings company Berkshire Hathaway, who has a fortune estimated at $62bn, up $10bn from a year ago.... [06 Mar 2008]
Bill Gates still richer than Croesus
News Second placed Warren Buffett ($52bn) may also begin to move down the rankings as he too starts transferring his own fortune into the coffers of The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Bill Gates has for... [09 Mar 2007]
'Open source must co-operate with capitalism'
News And referring to the recent announcement that billionaire Warren Buffett was donating much of his wealth to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Phipps pointed out that "Warren Buffet is... [28 Jun 2006]
Update: Billionaire Buffett gives $30bn to Gates Foundation
News Billionaire investor Warren Buffett plans to distribute more than $30bn of his stock to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Buffett, 75, plans to commit 10 million class B shares of his... [27 Jun 2006]
Gates tops list of most-admired business chiefs
News Also on the list: Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway (3); Richard Branson, Virgin Group (5); John Browne, BP (6); Carlos Ghosn, Nissan Motor (7); Jeffrey Immelt, General Electric (9); Rupert Murdoch,... [15 Dec 2005]
Gates still world's richest
News With the exception of legendary investor Warren Buffett, whose $40bn net worth secured him a spot behind Gates, this year's top five wealthiest Americans all represent the technology industry. Tech... [27 Sep 2005]
Gates joins Buffett at investment firm
News In doing so, Gates will serve as an advisor to longtime friend and Berkshire Hathaway chief executive Warren Buffett. Despite being close to Gates, Buffett has long eschewed investing in... [15 Dec 2004]
Google files for £2.7bn IPO
News In Warren Buffett's words, 'We won't smooth quarterly or annual results: If earnings figures are lumpy when they reach headquarters, they will be lumpy when they reach you. Internet search leader Google... [30 Apr 2004]
The secret email the Microsoft VP wrote Buffett
News One such document could be a 1997 email note from Jeff Raikes, a Microsoft group VP, asking billionaire Warren Buffett to consider investing in the Redmond, Washington-based software company.... [18 Mar 2004]
Bill Gates 'filthy rich and a bloody good boss to boot'
News Second place in the influential list went to serial investor Warren Buffett, with a respectable $30.5bn - down almost $5bn on last year's figure. Microsoft founder Bill Gates is still the richest man in... [28 Feb 2003]
ID thief pleads guilty to doing Martha Stewart
News Among other high-profile figures, Abraham Abdallah impersonated Paul Allen, billionaire investor Warren Buffett and self-styled life guru Martha Stewart. A waiter in the US has pleaded guilty to a spate... [04 Oct 2002]
Tech billionaire bails out Level 3
News Billionaire Warren Buffett has joined a group of investors eager to throw a $500m lifeline to struggling network operator Level 3 Communications. Buffett's investment venture Berkshire... [08 Jul 2002]
It's not a recession... well, not technically
News One figure who is seriously worried is Warren Buffett, the financial guru whose strategy of 'value investing' has made him the world's second-richest man, but who shunned tech stocks during the dot-com... [29 Aug 2001]
Model Management: The new, New Economy
Comment Warren Buffett, who had to endure some criticism two years ago when it was felt the Sage of Omaha had missed out on the high-tech boom, announced in his recent letter to investors that his firm will be... [17 Jul 2001]
Model management: The case of Coke's CEO
Comment The fact that Daft has such dignitaries as Warren Buffett, the 'Sage of Omaha', and Sam Nunn, the former US senator, on his board makes this a sensible as well as an effective policy. Forget jealous... [28 Nov 2000]
