Index

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  • Abbott Laboratories, 176
  • abortion, 21–22
  • ACJ (Airbus Corporate Jet), 270
  • Ackman, Bill, 187
  • Acosta, Alexander, 231
  • Activision Blizzard, 87
  • Adbusters, 255
  • Adobe, 57
  • Afghanistan, 278
  • Africa, 276–277
  • AGRA (Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa), 191
  • agricultural development, 127
  • agriculture, 119
  • Airbus Corporate Jet (ACJ), 270
  • Albuquerque, N. Mex., 34
  • Alderbrook Resort and Spa, 268
  • Alger, Horatio, 20
  • Alice & Olivia, 54
  • Allen, Paul, 2, 31, 33–34, 36, 66
  • Allen & Co., 10
  • Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), 191
  • alliances, personal, 56
  • All Raise, 165
  • Alphabet, 10, 13, 18, 44
  • ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), 24
  • Altman, Sam, 56
  • Amalie Arena, 207
  • Amazon, 18, 44, 67, 84, 86
  • “Amazon’s Antitrust Paradox” (Khan), 85
  • Amazon Web Services, 84
  • Ambri, 222
  • American Bible Society, 22
  • American dream, 7, 19–20, 251, 254, 265
  • Americans for Prosperity, 271
  • amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), 24
  • Andreessen, Marc, 42–44
  • Andrew, Prince, 231, 232
  • Andrews University, 11
  • Aniston, Jennifer, 65
  • Antitrust (film), 94
  • antitrust laws, 71, 73–74, 79, 85–87, 93
  • Antonova, Mila, 161, 235
  • Apollo Global Management, 232
  • Apple, 18, 44, 72, 84, 86, 92, 93
  • Apple PC, 36
  • Apple TV, 145
  • Arjuna Capital, 239
  • Arnold, John, 272
  • Art Institute of Chicago, 270
  • Asana, 206
  • Ashoka University, 196
  • Asia, 276–277
  • Asperger’s syndrome, 53
  • Associated Press, 237
  • Astor, Caroline Schermerhorn, 16
  • Astor Foundation, 120
  • AstraZeneca, 178
  • Atlantic Philanthropies, 133, 201
  • Auletta, Ken, 33, 96, 116
  • Austin, Cornelia, 269–270
  • autism, 53
  • AutoNation, 221
  • Avahan program, 197
  • Bachel, Emily, 267–269
  • Ballmer, Steve, 45, 65, 67–68, 139
  • Bangladesh, 48
  • Bankman-Fried, Sam, 50, 205
  • Barbarians at the Gate (Burrough), 40
  • Barron’s, 153
  • BASIC (computer language), 34
  • Batman (fictional character), 17
  • Baton Rouge, La., 13
  • Bayer, 119
  • “Beards, Sandals, and Other Signs of Rugged Individualism” (Ensmenger), 32
  • Bear Stearns, 236
  • Becker, Gary, 11
  • Beckham, David, 101
  • Bendet, Stacy, 54
  • Benioff, Marc, 181, 259
  • Berggruen, Nicolas, 135
  • Berkshire Hathaway, 4, 12, 118
  • Berkshire Hathaway Media Group, 115
  • Berman, Melissa, 141, 186, 188
  • Berrien Springs, Mich., 10–11
  • Bettman Archive, 157
  • Bezos, Jeff
  • bgC3 LLC, 105–106, 222
  • Bhushan, Padma, 199
  • Biden, Joe, 85, 110, 259
  • Big Bang Theory, The (TV show), 52
  • “Big Catch-Up, The,” 278
  • Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, see Gates Foundation
  • Bill and Melinda Gates Investments (BMGI), 211
  • billionaire(s), 15, 144–145, 249–254, 261–274
    • see also names of individuals
  • Billionaires Index, 16
  • Bina, Eric, 42
  • Bingaman, Anne, 74
  • bin Talal, Alwaleed, 213–214
  • Black, Leon, 232
  • Blackstone, 212
  • Blank, Arthur, 273
  • Bloomberg, 169, 211
  • Bloomberg (company), 16
  • Bloomberg, Georgina, 158
  • Bloomberg, Michael, 13, 54, 158, 201, 273
  • Bloomberg Philanthropies, 202
  • Blue Origin, 9
  • BMGI (Bill and Melinda Gates Investments), 211
  • Boeing, 66, 270
  • Boesky, Ivan, 40
  • Boies, David, 80
  • Bonderman, David, 215
  • Bonfire of the Vanities, The (Wolfe), 40
  • Bono, 100
  • book recommendations, 107
  • Boston College, 194
  • Boston Globe, The, 273
  • Boston Red Sox, 273
  • Boston University, 11
  • Brand, Stewart, 38–39
  • Breakthrough Energy, 222, 223
  • Brennan Center for Justice, 271
  • Bridgespan Group, 193
  • Brin, Sergey, 44, 45, 83, 139, 266
  • Broad, Eli, 205
  • Brookings Institution, 181
  • Brotopia (Chang), 58
  • Bruce Wayne (fictional character), 17
  • Buckhorn, Bob, 208
  • Buffett, Howard, 122
  • Buffett, Peter, 122, 190
  • Buffett, Susan Alice, 117, 122
  • Buffett, Susan Thompson, 117, 122, 159
  • Buffett, Warren E.
    • donations to Gates Foundation, 104, 148
    • and fashion, 54
    • friendship with Gates, 115–119
    • on Gates, 162–163
    • gift to Gates Foundation, 120–131
    • and Giving Pledge, 25
    • letters to shareholders, 107
    • marriage, 159
    • at Sun Valley Lodge, 10, 12
    • on taxes, 259
  • Bush, George H. W., 70
  • Bush, George W., 262
  • Cairo, 255
  • Cambridge, Mass., 273
  • Cambridge Analytica, 81–82
  • Canadian National (railway), 212
  • Candoo, 165
  • Can’t Buy Me Love (film), 51
  • Cape, Robbie, 67–69
  • Capital and Ideology (Piketty), 257
  • Capital in the Twenty-First Century (Piketty), 256–257
  • Carlin, George, 254
  • Carlyle, 135
  • Carnegie, Andrew, 4, 20, 90–91, 120–122, 134
  • Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 122
  • Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy, 100
  • Carnegie Mellon University, 89–90
  • Cascade Asset Management, 169, 208–222
  • Castile, Philando, 13
  • CBS, 163
  • CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), 173, 177
  • celebrity divorces, 144–145
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 173, 177
  • Centre for Social Impact and Philanthropy, 196
  • CEPI (Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations), 177
  • Chan, Priscilla, 134
  • Chang, Emily, 58–59
  • Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, 203–204
  • Chapman, Travis, 243–244, 247, 248
  • Charity Navigator, 147
  • Charlie Rose (TV show), 95, 125
  • Chernow, Ron, 62
  • Cheryan, Sapna, 53–54, 57
  • Chetty, Raj, 264–265
  • Chicago Tribune, The, 245
  • Chihuly, Dale, 127
  • China, 262
  • Christian Grey (fictional character), 17
  • Chung, Connie, 93
  • Citadel, 270
  • Citibank, 237
  • Citizen Kane (film), 157
  • Claremont, Calif., 242
  • Claremont McKenna College, 209, 216
  • Clark, Jim, 42–43, 76, 77
  • Clean India Mission (Swachh Bharat Abhiyan), 194
  • Clegg, Nick, 82
  • Cleveland, Ohio, 64
  • Cleveland Cavaliers, 273
  • climate change initiatives, 279
  • Clinton, Bill, 70, 94, 245, 262, 264
  • Clinton, Hillary Rodham, 245
  • Clooney, Amal, 168
  • Clooney, George, 168
  • Clooney Foundation for Justice, 167–168
  • cloud computing, 49, 84
  • CNBC, 14, 232
  • CNN, 131
  • Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), 177
  • Code, The (O’Mara), 73
  • Codex Leicester, 96, 157, 224
  • Cohen, Larry, 104, 222, 231, 236
  • Cohen, Steve, 273
  • Cohon, Jared, 90–91
  • Coinbase, 51
  • Colbert, Stephen, 247
  • Cole, Natalie, 155
  • Collins, Chuck, 261–263
  • Collins, Tomago, 220
  • Columbia University, 85, 193, 267
  • Comcast, 239
  • Computer Boys Take Over, The (Ensmenger), 37
  • Computer Notes magazine, 35
  • computer programmers, 38
  • conspiracy theories, 243–248
  • Cook, Scott, 72
  • Cook, Tim, 18, 54, 82
  • Cooper, Anderson, 234
  • Cooperman, Leon, 260
  • Cornell University, 126
  • COVAX vaccine, 177–178
  • COVID-19 pandemic, 21, 174–175, 177–178, 204, 247–248
  • Crista Ministries, 268
  • Crow, Harlan, 272
  • Crow, Kathy, 272
  • Cunningham, Lawrence, 119, 123
  • Cusumano, Michael, 69, 80–81
  • “Daily Shouts” blog, 250
  • Dairy Queen, 118
  • Daisy Buchanan (fictional character), 281
  • Dale, Elizabeth, 22, 170–171
  • Dalio, Ray, 17
  • DALYs (disability-adjusted life years), 178–179
  • DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), 48
  • data, 178–181
  • DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa), 100
  • Data for Progress, 251
  • Data for Progress polls, 259
  • Data General, 40
  • Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa (DATA), 100
  • decacorn, 45
  • Deere, 212
  • Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), 48
  • DeGeneres, Ellen, 247
  • de Kooning, Willem, 270
  • Dell, Michael, 41, 265–266
  • Della Volpe, John, 252
  • Dell Computers, 41, 265
  • Del Mar, Calif., 224
  • Democracy in America (Tocqueville), 23
  • Den of Thieves (Stewart), 40
  • Department of Justice (DOJ), 71, 74, 77, 79, 83, 86
  • Dershowitz, Alan, 237
  • Despont, Thierry, 157
  • Detroit, Mich., 273–274
  • DFS (Duty Free Shoppers), 133
  • Dhawan, Ashish, 193
  • Digital Equipment Corporation, 40
  • Diller, Barry, 10, 54
  • Dimon, Jamie, 229
  • Direct from Dell, 265
  • disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), 178–179
  • disruption, 55
  • divorces, billionaire, 144–145
  • DOJ, see Department of Justice
  • Dole Corporation, 154
  • donor-advised funds, 26–28, 138, 204–205, 229–231, 235
  • Dorfman, Aaron, 138–139
  • Dorsey, Jack, 204
  • Douglas, Michael, 40–41
  • Dowd, Maureen, 132
  • Drugstore.com, 148
  • Duggan, Mike, 273
  • Duke University, 23, 98, 140, 148, 155, 184, 188
  • Dungeons & Dragons (game), 51
  • Duty Free Shoppers (DFS), 133
  • Dyson, Esther, 74, 110
  • Early, Bert, 210
  • Echelman, Janet, 275
  • Economist, The, 106, 185
  • Edison, Thomas Alva, 46–47
  • Edstrom, Pam, 91, 93
  • Egan, Timothy, 67
  • Ehrsam, Fred, 51–52
  • Eisenberg, Jesse, 52
  • Ellevest, 165
  • Ellison, Larry, 36, 41, 45
  • Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 204
  • Emerson Collective, 204
  • Empire State Building, 65
  • Energy Future Holdings, 269
  • Ensmenger, Nathan, 32, 37–38, 47
  • environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues, 239–240
  • Epstein, Jeffrey, 104, 105, 129, 163–164, 227–237, 241, 242
  • Equestrian Village, 225
  • Erdoes, Mary Callahan, 229–230
  • ESG (environmental, social, and governance) issues, 239–240
  • Estée Lauder cosmetics, 263
  • European Pharmacopoeia, 105
  • European Union, 87
  • Evans, Andy, 210
  • Evans Llewellyn Securities, 210
  • Expedia, 67
  • Eyes Wide Shut (film), 59
  • Haley, Nikki, 272
  • Halvorsen, Andreas, 54
  • Hamas attack on Israel (2023), 254, 279
  • Hamid, Sabah, 195
  • Happy Hollow Club, 118–119
  • Hard Drive (Wallace and Erickson), 159
  • Harvard Book Store, 273
  • Harvard Business Review, 204
  • Harvard University, 33, 229, 237, 266
  • Harvard University Press, 256
  • Harvey Mudd College, 242
  • Hastings, Reed, 44, 187
  • HBO, 20, 52
  • Hendricks, Richard, 52–53
  • Henry, John, 273
  • Hewlett-Packard, 47, 72
  • HIV/AIDS, 197, 199, 277
  • Hoffman, Reid, 54–56, 205
  • Holmes, Elizabeth, 50
  • Home Depot, 273
  • Homer, Winslow, 224
  • Homer Simpson (fictional character), 93
  • Hood Canal, 116, 224, 267
  • House Judiciary Committee, 82–83
  • How to Avoid a Climate Disaster (Gates), 279
  • Hyatt Hotels, 236
  • Hyderabad, India, 195
  • I Am a Bunny (Scarry), 109
  • IBM, 35, 70
  • Icahn School of Medicine, 158
  • Ice Bucket Challenge, 24
  • Icos, 118
  • Idaho Mountain Express, 14
  • Idea Man (Allen), 36
  • IMF (International Monetary Fund), 189
  • IMG, 237
  • Impatient Optimist (sculpture), 275
  • income inequality, 254–261
  • India, 194–201, 277
  • Indiana University, 21, 22, 37, 170, 202
  • Indian Wells, Calif., 224
  • Infoseek, 75
  • Infospace, 217
  • Infowars, 246
  • Ingraham, Laura, 247
  • Inside Bill’s Brain (Netflix series), 103, 156
  • Instagram, 81, 84
  • Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, 183
  • Institute for Policy Studies, 139, 261
  • Intel, 69
  • intellectual property, 222–223
  • Intellectual Ventures, 222–223
  • International Monetary Fund (IMF), 189
  • International Peace Institute, 105
  • International Women’s Day, 154
  • internet, 75–76
  • Internet Explorer, 64, 76–77
  • “Internet Strategy and Technical Goals” (Gates), 75
  • “Internet Tidal Wave, The” (Gates), 76
  • Intuit, 72, 73, 74
  • Investopedia, 16–17
  • iPhones, 44, 84, 86
  • Ipsos polls, 246
  • Isaacson, Walter, 36
  • Ito, Joichi, 231, 233
  • Laguna Beach, Calif., 117
  • Lakeside School, 51, 66, 261
  • Lamb, Natasha, 239–241
  • Land Report, The, 214
  • Lanai, Hawaii, 154
  • Lapham, Lewis, 14
  • Larson, Michael, 208–221
  • Lasker-Bloomberg Public Service Award, 163
  • L Brands, 231
  • Leiweke, Tod, 208
  • Lemann, Jorge Paulo, 13
  • Leno, Jay, 65
  • Lenox Foundation, 120
  • Leonardo da Vinci Codex, see Codex Leicester
  • Levy, Steven, 97
  • Ley, Haven, 153
  • libraries, 98
  • Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, 21, 29, 170, 202
  • LinkedIn, 54, 205
  • Llewellyn, Ann, 210
  • lobbying, 85
  • London Summit on Family Planning, 150–151
  • Loomis, Carol, 120
  • Loot (TV show), 145
  • Los Angeles Times, 273
  • Lotus 1-2-3, 63
  • Lotus Development Corporation, 63
  • Lou Gehrig’s disease, 24
  • Love Don’t Cost a Thing (film), 51
  • Luke, Gospel of, 167
  • LVMH (Möet Hennessy Louis Vuitton), 133
  • Lynas, Mark, 190
  • Lynch, David, 267
  • MacAskill, William, 190, 205
  • Mackey, John, 266
  • Macmillan (publisher), 166
  • Made in America (Walton), 17
  • Magna Carta, 26
  • “Magnificent Seven,” 44
  • Mahajan, Manjari, 199
  • “Making Microsoft Safe for Capitalism” (Gleick), 63
  • malaria research, 89–90, 276–277
  • “maleness,” 56–57
  • Malik, Om, 84
  • Malone, John, 214
  • March of Dimes, 24
  • marriage, 158–159
  • Masiyiwa, Strive, 193
  • Massachusetts, 258
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, see MIT
  • Masters, Blake, 272
  • Mayer, Oscar, 261
  • McAllister, Ward, 16
  • McCarthy, Joseph, 245
  • McCollim, Elena M., 136
  • McDonald’s, 200, 215
  • McGoey, Linsey, 185
  • McNamee, Roger, 213
  • McNealy, Scott, 41
  • McVeigh, Timothy, 245
  • Medina, Wash., 156
  • Medtronic, 220
  • mega-donors, 28–29
  • Menlo Park, Calif., 72
  • Merkel, Angela, 175
  • Meta, 10, 18, 44, 84, 85
  • #MeToo movement, 240
  • Metropolitan Correctional Center, 231
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art, 28
  • Miami Herald, 231
  • Microsoft
  • Microsoft Azure, 84, 87
  • Miller, Bill, 215
  • Miller, Lauren, 107
  • Milken, Michael, 40
  • Minecraft (game), 51
  • Mister Rogers, see Rogers, Fred
  • MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), 39, 69, 232–233, 247
  • MIT Media Lab, 222, 232
  • MITS-Altair, 34
  • mobile phones, see iPhones
  • Modi, Narendra, 194–195, 198–200
  • Möet Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMH), 133
  • Mohanan, Manoj, 184–185, 200
  • Moment of Lift, The (French Gates), 143, 155
  • Moment of Lift books, 166
  • Money, 72
  • Moniz, Amanda B., 22
  • Monsanto, 119
  • Morgan, John Pierpont, 20
  • Morning Consult, 258
  • Mosaic, 42
  • Moskovitz, Dustin, 206
  • Motsepe, Patrice, 223
  • Mount Sinai Hospital (New York), 158
  • Moussouris, Katie, 238–239
  • Movie Maker, 69
  • MS-DOS, 35
  • Muglia, Bob, 33, 78, 80
  • Muise, Doug, 52
  • Murdoch, Rupert, 10
  • Musk, Elon, 45, 53–56, 58, 269
  • Myhrvold, Nathan, 75, 222–223, 228
  • myths, around start-up founders, 47–49
  • Nadella, Satya, 86–87, 195, 242–243
  • NaMo app, 198
  • Nassar, Nayel, 158
  • National Archives, 26
  • National Center for Supercomputing Applications, 42
  • National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, 138
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), 175, 248
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH), 177, 182
  • National Medal of Technology, 70
  • National Museum of American History, 22
  • National Nutrition Mission, 198
  • National Philanthropic Trust, 27
  • National Register of Historic Places, 47
  • Neilson, Trevor, 99, 179, 202–203
  • Nelson, Willie, 154
  • Nerdle, 107
  • nerds, 37–38, 50–54
  • Netflix, 44, 103, 187, 256
  • NetJets, 117
  • Netscape, 43, 64, 74
  • Netscape Navigator, 76–77
  • New England Journal of Medicine, The, 247
  • New School for Social Research, 199
  • Newsweek, 97
  • Newtown, Conn., 246
  • New York City, 21
  • New Yorker, The, 84, 190, 232–233, 250
  • New York magazine, 237
  • New York Mets, 273
  • New York Public Library, 26, 119–120, 122–123
  • New York State, 258
  • New York Times, The, 16, 43, 50, 190, 219, 237, 259
  • New York Times Magazine, The, 17, 63
  • New York University, 187, 244
  • New York World, The, 24
  • New York World’s Fair, 10
  • NeXT, 92
  • “Next Bill Gates Won’t Look Like the Last One, The” (French Gates), 171
  • “Next Outbreak? We’re Not Ready, The” (Gates), 246–247
  • NIAID (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases), 175, 248
  • Nick Carraway (fictional character), 281
  • NIH (National Institutes of Health), 177, 182
  • Nike, 139
  • Nikolic, Boris, 229, 231, 235
  • Nilekani, Nandan, 196
  • Nobel Peace Prize, 103–105
  • Nocera, Joseph, 75
  • Nordstrom, 153
  • Nordstrom family, 267
  • North American Review, The, 120
  • Norton Museum of Art, 270
  • No Such Thing as a Free Gift (McGoey), 185
  • Novak, Molly, 145
  • Nvidia, 44
  • Obama, Barack, 110, 182, 245, 255, 264
  • Obama, Michelle, 167
  • Obama Foundation, 167–168
  • Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria, 258, 260
  • #occupywallstreet, 255
  • Occupy Wall Street movement, 134, 255
  • Ohio State University, 252
  • Oklahoma City bombing, 245
  • Omaha World-Herald, 115
  • O’Mara, Margaret, 67–68, 73, 83–84
  • Omega Advisors, 260
  • Omidyar, Pierre, 204
  • Omidyar Network, 204
  • ONE (philanthropic organization), 100
  • Oneness vs the 1% (Shiva), 190
  • Only the Paranoid Survive (Grove), 69
  • Opel, John, 35
  • OpenAI, 56, 87
  • OpenSecrets, 85, 272
  • Open Society Foundations, 202, 272
  • “Optimist, The” (newsletter), 276
  • Oracle, 40–41, 72
  • OS/2 operating system, 70
  • Otter Tail Power, 212
  • Oxfam International, 253
  • Oxford University, 178
  • Radar magazine, 237
  • rage giving, 22
  • Raikes, Jeffrey, 222, 268
  • Randolph, Marc, 44
  • Ravitch, Diane, 187
  • Reagan, Ronald, 100
  • Real Anthony Fauci, The (Kennedy), 248
  • RealClear Opinion Research, 18, 251
  • Reback, Gary, 63, 73–74, 76–78
  • Reddit, 108, 250
  • Reich, Rob, 187
  • Reno, Janet, 71
  • Republic Services, 212, 220
  • Revenge of the Nerds (film), 51
  • Rich, Frank, 96
  • Richards, Keith, 65
  • Riffle, Dan, 258
  • Rihanna, 204
  • Rinearson, Peter, 75
  • RJR Nabisco, 40
  • Road Ahead, The (Gates), 75
  • Robbins, Tim, 94
  • Roberts, Ed, 34
  • Robertson, Channing, 50
  • Robert Wood Johnson foundation, 128
  • Rockefeller, David, 132
  • Rockefeller, John D., Sr., 15, 20, 62–64
  • Rockefeller Foundation, 176, 182, 192, 197–198, 280
  • Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, 141, 186
  • Rocket Mortgage, 273
  • Rød-Larsen, Terje, 105
  • Roe v. Wade, 109–110, 167
  • Rogen, Seth, 107
  • Rogers, Fred, 96, 243–244
  • Rolling Stone, 38, 51
  • Rolling Stones, 65
  • Roosevelt, Franklin D., 24
  • Rose, Charlie, 79
  • Ross, Bob, 243
  • Rotary International, 104, 177
  • Rotterdam, 271
  • Rubenstein, David M., 26, 135–136
  • Rudolph, Maya, 145
  • RuneQuest (game), 51
  • Russian invasion of Ukraine, 279
  • Sackler family, 28
  • Saez, Emmanuel, 257
  • Sager, Jeannie Infante, 22, 170
  • St. Paul, Minn., 13
  • Salesforce, 181, 259
  • Sánchez, Lauren, 144
  • Sandberg, Sheryl, 54, 263
  • Sanders, Bernie, 257–258, 260
  • Sandy Hook Elementary School, 246
  • Saturday Night Live, 53
  • Saunders-Hastings, Emma, 187
  • Sawyer, Diane, 148
  • Scarry, Richard, 109
  • Schervish, Paul, 194
  • Schmitz, Hans Peter, 136
  • Schultz, Howard, 139
  • Schwarzman, Stephen A., 26, 120
  • Scialfa, Patti, 159
  • science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields, 53
  • Scott, MacKenzie, 45, 144–145, 170, 191, 204, 263
  • SD Biosensor, 176
  • Seattle, Wash., 34, 66–67
  • Seattle Computer Products, 35
  • Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 155, 159
  • Seattle Public Library, 98
  • Seattle University, 22, 171
  • Seitz, John, 27
  • self-made, 262–263
  • Senate Finance Committee, 258
  • Seshadri, Vignesh, 249–250
  • Seven Samurai (film), 44
  • sexual abuse, 22
  • sexual harassment, 238–243
  • Shafik, Minouche, 193
  • Shah, Rajiv, 182
  • Sharp, Isadore, 213
  • Sheldon (fictional character), 52–53
  • Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel, 125
  • Shiva, Vandana, 190
  • Shoe Dog (Knight), 11
  • Signature Aviation, 213
  • Siino, Rosanne, 43, 55–56, 58
  • Silicon Graphics, 43
  • Silicon Valley, 48, 55
  • Silicon Valley (TV show), 52–53
  • Silicon Valley Bank, 49
  • Silicon Valley Community Foundation, 205
  • Simpsons, The, 93
  • Singer, Peter, 205
  • Sinofsky, Steven, 228
  • sitcoms, 53
  • Sixteen Candles (film), 51
  • Sloan School of Management, 69
  • small-dollar donations, 25, 29
  • smartphones, see iPhones
  • Smil, Vaclav, 101
  • Smith, Brad, 82
  • Smith, Robert, 157, 263
  • Snowflake Computing, 33
  • social franchising, 200
  • social media platforms, 107
  • Social Network, The (film), 52
  • Softimage, 70
  • Sonsini, Wilson, 78
  • Soon-Shiong, Patrick, 273
  • Sorkin, Andrew Ross, 260
  • Soros, George, 202, 245, 272
  • Soul of a New Machine, The (Kidder), 40
  • South Carolina, 272
  • Spacewar (game), 39
  • “Spacewar: Fanatic Life and Symbolic Death Among the Computer Bums” (Brand), 38
  • SpaceX, 10
  • Spelman College, 193
  • spend-down foundations, 280–281
  • Spielberg, Steven, 100
  • Spiers, Elizabeth, 49
  • Springsteen, Bruce, 159
  • Springsteen, Jessica, 159
  • S&P 500 stock market index, 28, 44
  • Square, 204
  • Sridhar, Devi, 248
  • Srinath, Ingrid, 196
  • Staley, James E., 229–231, 232
  • Standard Oil, 62–64
  • Stanford University, 48, 50, 56, 57, 73, 74, 98, 159
  • Stanley Farms, 211
  • Starbucks, 139
  • Star Trek (film), 51
  • start-up founder myths, 47–49
  • Staten Island, N.Y., 20
  • STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields, 53
  • Sterling, Alton, 13
  • Steyer, Tom, 273
  • Stone, Roger, 247
  • Stoneham, Mass., 10
  • Stonesifer, Patty, 98
  • Stranger Things, 51
  • Strategic Property Partners, 208
  • Streeter, Thomas, 41, 47
  • Strive Capital, 272
  • Sturken, Marita, 244
  • Succession (TV show), 112
  • Summers, Larry, 229, 237
  • Sunderland, Julie, 192
  • Sun Microsystems, 41
  • Sun Valley, Idaho, 9–10, 12–14, 54
  • Superstorm Sandy, 21
  • Supreme Court, 22, 109, 167, 171
  • Surrender (Bono), 100
  • Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, 122
  • Suzman, Mark, 127, 189, 193
  • Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (Clean India Mission), 194
  • Swenson, Signe, 233
  • Sydow, Bob, 215–216
  • Tahrir Square, 255
  • Tampa, Fla., 207–209
  • Tampa Bay Lightning, 207–208
  • Tarbell, Ida, 64
  • Tax Reform Act of 1969, 27
  • TB, 200, 277
  • technology sector, of economy, 44–46
  • TED talks, 101, 246–247
  • telemedicine, 200
  • TerraPower, 223
  • Tesla, 10, 44
  • Thatcher, Michael, 147
  • Theranos, 50
  • Thiel, Peter, 44, 56, 272
  • Thomas, Clarence, 272
  • 3G Capital, 13
  • Tia (company), 165
  • Tierney, Tom, 193
  • Tilden Foundation, 120
  • Time magazine, 43, 50, 70, 100, 154, 181
  • Time’s Up movement, 239
  • TIPS (Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities), 214
  • Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. (Chernow), 62
  • Tocqueville, Alexis de, 23
  • Today show, 14
  • Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS), 214
  • Triumph of Injustice, The, 257
  • Triumph of the Nerds (film), 52
  • Trump, Donald, 22, 171, 175, 245, 248, 271, 274
  • Tuna, Cari, 206
  • Tunney Act, 73
  • Turner, Ted, 131–132, 134, 136
  • Turner Foundation, 131
  • Twain, Mark, 20
  • Twin Peaks (TV series), 267
  • Twitter, see X
  • TXU (utility company), 269
  • Tye, John, 233
  • U2, 100
  • Uber, 58
  • Ukraine, Russian invasion of, 279
  • “Unconfuse Me with Bill Gates,” 107
  • unemployment, 254
  • UNICEF, 176–177, 197, 278
  • unicorns, 45
  • United Nations, 174, 177, 181
  • United Nations Association of the United States of America, 131
  • United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization, 126–127
  • United Way, 25, 35, 66, 98
  • University of California at Berkeley, 102, 257
  • University of Chicago, 10, 158, 201, 210
  • University of Illinois, 42
  • University of Maryland, 266
  • University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 117
  • University of San Diego, 61
  • University of Sussex, 185
  • University of Texas at Austin, 266
  • University of Washington, 53, 98, 183, 261
  • UN Millennium Development Goals, 180, 278
  • UN Sustainable Development Goals, 168, 180, 189, 278
  • Ursuline Academy of Dallas, 155
  • U.S. Constitution, early copy of, 224
  • U.S. Dressage Festival, 225
  • USAID, 182
  • vaccines, 173–178
  • value investing, 212
  • Vance, J. D., 272
  • Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 20
  • Vanity Fair, 164, 236
  • Vermont, 258
  • Victoria’s Secret, 231
  • Vinik, Jeffrey, 208
  • Vista Equity Partners, 263
  • VMware, 87
  • Vox, 110
  • Zehren, Charles V., 212, 216–217, 220
  • Zuckerberg, Mark, 10, 18, 19, 44
    • and Cambridge Analytica, 81–82
    • early years of, 51
    • fashion and physicality of, 54–55
    • in film, 52
    • and Giving Pledge, 134
    • and House Judiciary Committee, 82
    • philanthropy of, 187
    • public relations, 81–82
    • on taxes, 260
    • and Peter Thiel, 56
    • wealth of, 45
  • Zuckerman, Mort, 237
  • Zucman, Gabriel, 257
  • Zucotti Park, 255