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Bill Gates Writes A Letter

One of the highlights of the business calendar is Warren Buffett’s annual letter to shareholders of his company, Berkshire Hathaway. This is always beautifully written, full of the great investor’s wisdom and wit. There are usually some funny quotes from unlikely sources, as well as a few examples of how the world is going wrong […]

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Bill Gates Says

Bill Gates has just finished reading Philanthrocapitalism – and he says he likes it! Gates told Matthew yesterday in a meeting (more about which in future blog posts) that “your book is good. Anyone who reads it will learn a lot about what is going on.” He had two main criticisms. First, that in our […]

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Sir Howard Seeks Angelina

Angelina Jolie should call Sir Howard Davies, director of the London School of Economics. “I guess it’s true that I would answer the phone if Angelina called the LSE,” he confesses, before noting that “Sadly, my resistance has not been put to the test.” Go on, Angie, put the poor man out of his misery. […]