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The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation gives more money to education than any other cause in the United States.

Whether they dropped out or stuck it out, going to college more than paid off for today's top tech startup billionaires -- higher ed skeptic and Stanford alum Peter Thiel included.

Failure famously teaches valuable lessons but if at first you succeed, do you even bother to try again?

Gates' gift-giving style is notably consistent and also far less ostentatious than one might expect from one of the richest men on Earth.

Among the tech elite, it was a good year for Jack Ma, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg. For Jeff Bezos, not so much.

When Bill Gates boosts Bitcoin, Microsoft listens.

Money really isn't everything, especially to leaders with a vision.

Recommended to him by Warren Buffett, Gates calls 'Business Adventures' by John Brooks the best business book he's ever read.

Code.org launched a crowdfunding campaign in October that has raised nearly $3 million and counting.

If you know in your heart you want to be an entrepreneur, weigh carefully whether the value of college outweighs the debt you'll carry when you graduate.

The billionaire philanthropist wants to distinguish between the wealthy who are using their money for good and those who are merely consuming it.

Money and success are honorable goals but respect is more valuable than either and dependent upon neither.

That's right. America's richest man believes Bitcoin is a promising payments solution. Why? Because it's 'cheap.' However, his outlook isn't as bright on the anonymity aspect.

Successful people have bad days, too. Here are some of my favorite quotes for unlocking motivation.

Call it entrepreneurial serendipity, but businesses that embrace worthy causes are finding charitable giving is a powerful brand enhancer.

Being selective about your business and your clients is great advice...if you don't mind being broke and miserable.

Learning how to program gives your brain more tools and can change the way you think.

Don't let your slides distract an audience from the message you're delivering.

During an open-forum Q&A hosted by Reddit, Bill Gates discussed philanthropy, business advice and even condom design in his first interview since stepping down as Microsoft's chairman.

Microsoft named 22-year veteran Satya Nadella its new CEO, signaling the company will favor staid continuity over the drastic overhaul that an outsider might bring to its beleaguered business model.

The tech giant will reportedly appoint Satya Nadella its new CEO and is considering replacing founder Bill Gates as chairman.