Conversation with a Visionary News Archive

Ernest Rady
April 3, 2020 —
The alumnus and philanthropist behind the largest-ever personal donation to UM talks about his giving, his business philosophy and why it was easier being “a nobody.”
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Vaclav Smil
October 24, 2018 —
If you want to know what this University of Manitoba Distinguished Professor Emeritus has to say about the state of our world, just ask his biggest fan, Bill Gates.