The top 10 richest people in the world (October 2026)
There’s a new member of the $300 billion club and a second sibling from America’s richest family among the planet’s ten wealthiest people.
Bill Gates
AI is ‘powerful’ enough to ‘cause a billion deaths’: Bill Gates warns
In a “Meet the Press” interview that aired on Sunday, the billionaire Microsoft co-founder said he hoped to meet with Trump about AI regulation.
The Gates Foundation is funding a startup’s plan to fight malnutrition with bacteria
Synthetic microbiomes to treat disease. Sea levels may rise faster than we thought. AI for scientific researchers. All that and more in this week’s edition of The Prototype.
Reranking the world’s billionaires by wealth – and altruism
Forbes recalculated the wealth of the richest billionaires to add back in what they gave to charity. Here’s who moves up the ranks.
Bill Gates admits to affairs, says he never did anything ‘illicit’ with Epstein
Gates, the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft, said Epstein was aware of his affairs but that he wasn’t involved in Epstein’s sex trafficking schemes.
How Melinda French Gates plans to fund “chronically,” “unconscionably” underfunded programs for women and girls
Divorced from Bill Gates and the foundation they created, French Gates discusses connecting with other women to maximize their impact at a critical time.
Melinda French Gates suggests Bill Gates’ Epstein ties caused marriage to end
Bill Gates and his ex-wife separated in 2021.
Bill Gates donated another $2 billion to ex-wife Melinda’s foundations, new records show
Melinda French Gates has received at least $10.8 billion from Bill to bolster her philanthropy supporting women and families.
Trump will host tech billionaires Bill Gates, Tim Cook and Mark Zuckerberg at rose garden event tonight
Elon Musk is not on the guest list released by the White House.
The biggest billionaire winners and losers of Trump’s first 100 days
Hundreds of billionaires are poorer since Trump took office. Here are the few who have lost—or gained—the most.