Celebrate billionaires: Breakthrough Prize 2025 with gates and bezos!

Celebrate billionaires: Breakthrough Prize 2025 with gates and bezos!

Santa Monica, USA - On April 6, 2025, the highly expected awarding of the BRAKTHROGH Prize 2025 instead. Once again, prominent personalities from science and the tech industry were gathered in order to honor significant contributions to research. This event is considered one of the most respected awards from the science community.

This year's award winners in the field of life sciences include outstanding researchers such as David Liu, Stephen Hauser, Alberto Ascherio and Dennis Gaitsgory. Each of them was awarded a prize money of $ 3 million (2.7 million euros), which underlines the recognition of their extraordinary scientific achievements.

an evening of the stars

The gala was organized by Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan, who acted as hosts of the event. Other giants such as Bill Gates, with an estimated assets of around 130 billion euros, were also on site. Gates confirmed his relationship with Paula Hurd, while Jeff Bezos and his fiance Lauren Sanchez were also present and spoke about their upcoming wedding in Venice.

The Breakthrough Prices, which are also known as "Oscars of science", were founded in 2012 by personalities such as Sergey Brin and Mark Zuckerberg and are characterized by outstanding achievements in the areas of life sciences, physics and mathematics. In the past 13 years, prices with a total value of over $ 308 million have been awarded to attract innovative researchers and their groundbreaking discoveries, as reported.

important scientific progress

The Breakthrough Prize Foundation not only recognizes the great discoveries in the field of life sciences, but also celebrates significant developments in other areas. In 2024, for example, prices for progress in Car T-Zell therapy, effective medication against cystic fibrosis and genetic discoveries on Parkinson's were awarded. This progress has the potential to fundamentally improve medical treatment and to save many lives.

The prices are selected by committees from previous award winners who deal intensively with the nominations. This ensures that the awards are awarded to the most talented and innovative minds in science. In addition, the gala is accompanied by an extensive program of lectures and discussions to inspire both the award winners and the next generation of scientists.

Every year, not only the importance of breakthrough prices grows, but also the influence of the award winners on the scientific community. These awards not only promote progress in science, but also set new standards for future discoveries. The evening in Santa Monica once again became a celebration of knowledge, innovation and hope for a better future.