bgC3 LLC is an American research company established by Microsoft founder Bill Gates in 2008. According to the company's federal trademark registration, it is a think tank, covering scientific and technological services; industrial analysis and research; and design and development of computer hardware and software to combat poverty.[1]
History[]
The name is an acronym for Bill Gates Catalyst 3, with the number three indicating a third endeavor for Bill Gates beyond Microsoft and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. It was originally established as Carillon Holdings in March 2008 and then renamed to bgC3 in July, ten days after Gates retired from day-to-day work at Microsoft.[2]
A placeholder website with only a logo was established in October 2008;[3] it began redirecting to gatesnotes.com in 2015.[4]
References[]
- ↑ BGC3 - Trademark Details, Justia Trademarks. 2016-08-16.
- ↑ Bill Gates Starts Mysterious New Company Just In Time For Halloween by Caroline Waxler, Business Insider. 2008-10-22.
- ↑ bgC3. Archived 2008-10-24.
- ↑ Got an HTTP 301 response at crawl time | Redirecting to... Archived 2015-02-10.
External links[]
- bgC3 welcome page (archived 2014-12-19)
- Gates Notes (a.k.a. bgC3) at Crunchbase
- bgC3 at Wikipedia