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FORTUNE.COM // MAY.1.
MAY 1, 2019
No. 1
Bill and
Melinda
Gates
By CLIFTON LEAF
The Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation
turns 20 next year.
The first couple of phi-
lanthropy tell Fortune
about the passions
that keep them going.
Decoding
the Market’s
Messages
By the FORTUNE staff
A recession is written
in the stars; huge
losses don’t have
to be. Here are five
numbers to watch
to spot a bear market
before it eats your
savings.
These thinkers, speak-
ers, and doers in
business, government,
education, the arts,
and beyond make bold
choices, and inspire
others to do the same.
Home of
the Brave
The 2019
List
By GEOFF COLVIN and
the FORTUNE staff
The honorees on our
sixth annual list
lead from out front,
where the risk is often
dire and the future
un certain. In an
in creasingly fearful
world, they offer hope.
Having brought up
her own powerful
brood, Silicon Valley
godmother Esther
Wojcicki believes
leaders are made,
not born.
Raising
Super
women
Interview by MICHAL LEV-RAM
Kleiner
Perkins:
A Fallen
Empire
By POLINA MARINOVA
Once the very embodi-
ment of Silicon Valley
venture capital, the
storied firm has suf-
fered a two-decade
losing streak. Can it
ever regain the old
Kleiner magic?
ON THE COVER:
PHOTOGRAPH BY
SPENCER LOWELL
THE WORLD’S
5 0 G R E A T E S T
LEADERS
