Gates Ventures

Gates Ventures

Industry	Personal services
Founded	2008;17 years ago (2008)
Founder	Bill Gates
Headquarters	Kirkland, Washington , US
Key people	Larry Cohen (Managing partner) Niranjan Bose (Managing director)
Website	www.gatesnotes.com
Footnotes /references Formerly Carillon Holdings [1] and bgC3 [2]

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 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 May 12, 2011. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
2. Day, Matt (September 9, 2016). "Gates firm said to be building new hangar at Boeing Field". The Seattle Times. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
3. Kulish, Nicholas; Ruiz, Rebecca R.; Gelles, David (October 18, 2021). "The Separate Worlds of Bill and Melinda Gates" . The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 23, 2022. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
4. Das, Anupreeta; Flitter, Emily; Kulish, Nicholas (May 26, 2021). "A Culture of Fear at the Firm That Manages Bill Gates's Fortune". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331. Archived from the original on December 28, 2022. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
5. Dolan, Kerry A. (July 30, 2022). "Bill Gates Is Reupping His Commitment To Alzheimer's Research And Detection" . Forbes. Archived from the original on December 28, 2022. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
6. "Exemplars in Global Health: Q&A with Dr. Niranjan Bose". Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. June 25, 2020. Retrieved December 28, 2022.