Gates Ventures

Gates Ventures is the personal service company of Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates. Known until 2018 as bgC3, it comprises his personal staff, a think tank on problems of health and global development, and a technology investment portfolio.[2] The firm is distinct from Cascade Investment and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation although Gates uses it to support the Foundation's projects. Areas of research and investment include climate change, clean energy and Alzheimer's disease.[3]

Gates Ventures
IndustryPersonal services
Founded2008
FounderBill Gates
Headquarters
Kirkland, Washington
,
US
Key people
Larry Cohen, managing partner; Niranjan Bose, managing director
Websitewww.gatesnotes.com
Footnotes / references
Formerly Carillon Holdings[1] and bgC3[2]

Gates Ventures is located at Kirkland, Washington, in the same complex with Cascade and Melinda French Gates' Pivotal Ventures.[4] Niranjan Bose is currently Gates Ventures' managing director.[5][6]

References

  1. "Bill Gates' mysterious new company". Bink.nu. Archived from the original on 2011-05-12. Retrieved 2011-05-11.
  2. Day, Matt (September 9, 2016). "Gates firm said to be building new hangar at Boeing Field". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
  3. Kulish, Nicholas; Ruiz, Rebecca R.; Gelles, David (October 18, 2021). "The Separate Worlds of Bill and Melinda Gates". The New York Times. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
  4. Das, Anupreeta; Flitter, Emily; Kulish, Nicholas (2021-05-26). "A Culture of Fear at the Firm That Manages Bill Gates's Fortune". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
  5. Dolan, Kerry A. "Bill Gates Is Reupping His Commitment To Alzheimer's Research And Detection". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
  6. "Exemplars in Global Health: Q&A with Dr. Niranjan Bose". Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
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