SEATTLE — William H. Gates II, a lawyer and philanthropist best known as the father of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, has died at 94. Gates died peacefully Monday at his beach home in Washington ...

Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ:SBUX) might never have grown beyond six Seattle coffee shops if not for Bill Gates Sr., the towering attorney, who stepped in when Howard Schultz lacked the cash and the clout ...

Bill Gates Sr. got a standing ovation from the University of Washington’s class of 2010 as he talked about everything from personal indulgence to fighting for global equality. “There’s nothing wrong ...

Bill Gates credits much of his success to how his parents raised him. His father, William Gates Sr., "very much believed in" a parenting philosophy called "Love and Logic," which involves setting ...