• Join Puck

    Directly Supporting Authors

    A new economic model in which writers are also partners in the business.

    Personalized Subscriptions

    Customize your settings to receive the newsletters you want from the authors you follow.

    Stay in the Know

    Connect directly with Puck talent through email and exclusive events.

  • What is puck? Newsletters Authors Podcasts Gift Puck Careers

Bill Gates

melinda gates bill gates
Theodore Schleifer • April 2, 2024

Barbarians at the Gates

The hottest commodity in the world of megadonors is Rory Gates, the spotlight-averse, socially awkward 24-year-old scion of Bill and Melinda—an overnight sensation among Democratic donor-hustlers desperate for the next big thing.
William D. Cohan • October 1, 2023
Twitter’s Debt Time Bomb & Linda Alarms
Linda Yaccarino
A meeting between C.E.O. Linda Yaccarino and seven Wall Street banks could decide whether investors can finally sell off the company’s debt without losing their shirts in the process. Plus, notes on the fallout from Bill Gates’ Tesla short.
Theodore Schleifer • May 30, 2023
Epstein Aftershocks & A Gates Divorce Deadline
The view from inside Bill and Melinda’s $50 billion philanthropy. Plus notes on another Musk-Thiel acolyte signing on with DeSantis, and a Biden fundraising journey to the Wall Street of the West.
Zuckerberg
Theodore Schleifer • September 6, 2022
Zuck’s Money Man & Larry Page’s Larry Page
A tour through the subterranean world of Silicon Valley’s most elite and clandestine family offices.
Sheryl Sandberg
Theodore Schleifer • June 7, 2022
Sheryl’s Political Headwinds, Thiel’s Sway, & Gates+
Recent notes and observations from the increasingly competitive intersection of wealth, philanthropy, and political ambition.
Bill and Melinda Gates
Theodore Schleifer • May 31, 2022
Billionaires at The Gates
This week’s Giving Pledge gathering, the foundation’s first in-person since 2019, may be the most exclusive leg of the global ultra-high-net-worth circuit. And it’s got the elite philanthropy world humming: a likely appearance by MacKenzie, Bill & Melinda, and the fact that it is principals-only.
Bill and Melinda Gates
Theodore Schleifer • January 4, 2022
Bill & Melinda Get Political
Among the under-appreciated stories of modern politics is how key relationships with a Silicon Valley benefactor or two can transform long-shot candidates into bonafide contenders. And with more money than ever, tech titans are discovering new battlefields to assert their will.
Bill And Melinda Gates
Theodore Schleifer • July 8, 2021
Inside the Gates Divorce Fallout
Leaked audio reveals a philanthropic giant in the throes of a tabloid drama with billion-dollar implications.
Jeff Bezos Speaks At Economic Club Of Washington
Theodore Schleifer • June 22, 2021
What I’m Thinking… About Bezos’s Secret Company and Biden’s $875k-a-Ticket Fundraiser
Notes on Eric Schmidt's 9/11-style commission, Biden's next fundraiser, and the latest developments in the Gates-Epstein scandal.