September 23, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Omaha Jeff Raikes' professed allegiance to Nebraska is more than just lip service. As Raikes, a native Nebraskan who lives in Washington, delivered a keynote in La Vista last Friday, the day before the University of Nebraska and University of Washington were set to face off in football, he assured the crowd that he's a Husker fan through and through. … read more
September 21, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Omaha Jeff Raikes resides in Seattle and has spent three-plus decades on the West Coast, but take some time to pick Raikes' brain and you'll find he's still a Nebraska boy in many ways. Raikes, formerly a manager at Apple Computer and senior executive at Microsoft is now the CEO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and, as of 2008 is the namesake … read more
November 16, 2010 by Dusty Davidson
Lincoln Nebraska Entrepreneur recently caught up with Jeff Raikes and asked him a few questions about entrepreneurship in Nebraska. Raikes is a Nebraska native who currently serves as the CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. To see his full bio, visit gatesfoundation.org/leadership. Here's the full transcript… read more
April 30, 2010 by Dusty Davidson
Lincoln Starting at 2 p.m. CDT, Jeff Raikes, CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will be speaking live at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. His talk will be titled "The Business of Doing Good." Watch the live stream at raikes.unl.edu. read more
April 19, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha Resembling a 'where are they now' feature, the Omaha World-Herald's front-page story yesterday highlighted the lives of three individuals: a very early Microsoft employee, an astronaut currently in space, and an atomic physicist. The big catch, and the reason it deserved the front page: the three were childhood friends in the rural city of Ashland, Nebraska, population 2,262. I hope you enjoy the article as much as I did. I think it's quite fascinating. (Photo on left from Omaha.com) | Putting Ashland on the map By Matthew Hansen Published Sunday April 18, 2010 Not long ago, a man named Jeff e-mailed his old buddy Clay. He wanted to express… read more
Lincoln I had the opportunity to catch up with David Graff, CEO of Agile Sports Technologies, while in Lincoln and he shared with me some of the amazing impact their company has already made in a relatively short time. Agile Sports ... read more
Omaha As we reported, Evan Williams of Twitter was at UNL's Raikes School last Friday afternoon. It was interesting to hear directly from Evan on his vision, history and outlook into Twitter's future. Enjoy and stay tuned ... read more
Omaha Seattle business and technology website Xconomy has an interesting interview with Jeff Raikes of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Raikes is originally from Nebraska, and spent many years at Microsoft before moving on to head up the worlds largest ... read more