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There are 3,028 billionaires in the world — here are the ones who call Washington state home

Don’t tell Bernie Sanders, but Forbes’ latest World’s Billionaires list for 2025 contains 3,028 names — up 247 from a year ago. And they’re richer than ever, at $16.1 trillion in… Read More

Tech Moves: Twitch names CTO; Highspot adds board member; Apptio promotes sales leader

— Amazon-owned live streaming platform Twitch named Christine Weber as its new CTO. Weber was most recently chief information officer and interim chief technology officer at communications company Liberty Latin… Read More

Forbes ranking of ‘America’s Best Startup Employers’ includes 13 Seattle-area companies

Seattle-area companies grabbed 13 spots on a list from Forbes on Tuesday that calls out “America’s Best Startup Employers.” The inaugural ranking from the magazine, in partnership with market research… Read More

Microsoft tops Forbes ‘Just 100’ list of most responsible companies

Microsoft has taken the top spot on the annual “Just 100” list of the most responsible U.S. companies, compiled by Forbes and the nonprofit Just Capital, which ranked the companies… Read More

Bill Gates

Bills Gates tops world’s richest list again; Jeff Bezos at No. 3 after adding $27.6B to his fortune

Bill Gates is the richest person on the planet for the fourth straight year, in what was a record year for billionaires and their fortunes, according to the annual list… Read More

Bill Gates tops Forbes list with net worth of $76 billion, plus a map of the richest people in each state

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has once again been declared the richest person in the U.S., with a net worth of $76 billion, according to Forbes. That’s hardly news anymore. But… Read More

Bill Gates

Forbes says Bill Gates still world’s richest person, while Jeff Bezos jumps 10 spots to No. 5 on list of billionaires

Though the value of his personal fortune fell by $4 billion during the past year, Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates remains the richest human on the planet, according to Forbes magazine.… Read More

Paid less, promoted less: Welcome to PayScale’s new report on the gender pay gap and women in work

How would you like to work for free from today until the end of the year? Sure, Equal Pay Day is celebrated in April here stateside, but today’s the day,… Read More

Melinda Gates is No. 3 in Forbes’ ‘World’s Most Powerful Women’ list

Melinda Gates joined some highly esteemed company in the latest Forbes‘ list. According to the media giant, the co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is the third most… Read More

Microsoft should move to S.F., contends Forbes writer

Put down the coffee and take a deep breath before you read this one. In his new column for Forbes, business consultant and strategist Peter Cohan contends that new Microsoft… Read More

Fortune’s most-admired companies: Amazon 3rd, Starbucks 5th, Microsoft 17th

According to Fortune, the state of Washington has some admirable companies. Fortune released its 2013 “World’s Most Admired Companies” list today, with five Washington corporations in the top 25. Amazon… Read More

Forbes says Seattle is 5th-best city for good jobs

According to Forbes’ latest list of the best cities for good jobs, Seattle is doing pretty well for itself. Out of the 100 largest cities in the U.S., the Emerald… Read More

Paul Allen is now the richest American in sports

Paul Allen has lots of money. You already knew that about the co-founder of Microsoft, of course. But the Forbes 400 richest Americans list came out Wednesday and Mr. Allen has reached… Read More

Seattle top in the nation for tech job growth, study finds

A new analysis by Forbes ranks the Seattle region No. 1 in the country for technology job growth, crediting the region for expanding its tech employment base “in good times and… Read More

Bill Gates still richest in U.S., but Jeff Bezos is climbing the charts

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates held on to his title as richest American with a net worth of $59 billion, marking the 18th year in a row that the software pioneer… Read More

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