A 13-year-old self-taught programmer from Waterford is to speak at the prestigious 20th TiEcon conference in California, where he will address the senior executives of LinkedIn, Amazon, Netflix, and PayPal, among others.

Microsoft founder Bill Gates was a major bondholder, with €27m ($34.6) in bonds at the end of 2006, in Irish banks which were bailed out by taxpayers after the financial collapse.

Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates has praised Ireland’s efforts to recover from the collapse of the Celtic Tiger – and claimed the Irish economy will bounce back within two to four years.

Irish American Chuck Feeney has been called the James Bond of Philanthropy and was praised by Bill Gates. The New Jersey native and part-time Irish resident is the subject of a major profile in Forbes magazine.

Bill Gates has claimed that Microsoft “did the key software” for Mac, and that his company deserves credit for Steve Jobs’ legendary Apple creation.

Irish American billionaire Chuck Feeney has been praised by Warren Buffett among the world’s richest men as the person who has inspired a ‘giving while living’ pledge by scores of billionaires who have pledged to give away the majority of their fortunes while still alive.

Irish American billionaire Chuck Feeney, a key player in the Irish peace process, has joined the Giving Pledge, a campaign launched by Warren Buffett and Bill Gates last year asking members of the project to pledge the majority of their fortunes to charity within their lifetimes or after their deaths.

Irish American business mogul Tom Moran has heaped praise on Microsoft boss Bill Gates for helping save lives across the developing world.

Concern Worldwide US has been awarded a five-year, $41 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for mother-and-child health programs.