Bill Gates: Giving Away Billions, Investing in AI, and Setting Sail on a Superyacht

Bill Gates BioSnap a weekly updated Biography.Bill Gates has been making waves on several fronts this week. The headline grabbing luxury news comes as magazine.luxus plus reports Gates is selling his ecofriendly superyacht Breakthrough for a mindboggling 675 million dollars only a year after acquiring it. Although he has never even set foot on this 119meter hydrogen and biofuel powered palace the vessel will be showcased at next month’s Monaco Yacht Show and is already attracting attention from heavy hitters like Patrick Dovigi of Green For Life Environmental. The yacht’s features glassbottom pool helipad and cinematic amenities have the yachting world buzzing.Turning to philanthropy and public appearances Gates just wrapped up a highprofile visit to Korea according to the JoongAng Ilbo where he emphasized the critical significance of Korea’s leadership in global health as the Gates Foundation prepares to open a new Seoul office. During this trip Gates met with key figures ranging from President Lee Jae Myung to Samsung chairman Lee JaeYong and highlighted his continued commitment to give away nearly all his wealth 200 billion dollars over the next quarter century to fight poverty maternal and child deaths and infectious diseases. The Korea Times notes Gates also participated in filming the popular talk show You Quiz on the Block sparking a social media storm from vaccine conspiracy theorists a nowfamiliarly polarized reaction to his public advocacy.Gates also made tech news as SamMobile revealed during a Korean interview airing this week that he uses a Samsung Galaxy foldable phone—a gift from Samsung’s Jay Y Lee—confirming his continued preference for highend Androids over iPhones.Meanwhile his business portfolio remains robust. Benzinga reports Gates through Gates Frontier joined Bezos and Nvidia as anchor investors in a 405 million dollar round for the advanced robotics startup FieldAI which pushed that startup’s valuation to 2 billion dollars and highlighted an increasing focus on AI driven physical automation. Separately HLTH detailed that Gates Ventures launched a milliondollar prize competition for AI solutions in Alzheimer’s research leveraging data platforms to push the frontiers of dementia science. On social media Gates has been visible sharing Gates Foundation updates from Tokyo under the HopeBeginsWithHealth hashtag and reinforcing messages on the power of longterm effort and tech for good.Rounding out the rumor mill AOL and Check Your Fact both debunked a viral claim that Gates had bid 333 million dollars to buy X the platform formerly known as Twitter with clear statements from the Gates Foundation that the claim is unequivocally false.The longterm biographical weight of Gates’s actions this week is substantial. His commitment to massive philanthropic giving the Alzheimer’s AI initiative and his strategic tech investments continue to chart the future of his legacy far more than headlines about yachts or conspiracy clickbait.Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOtaThis content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI

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