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  1. www.bbc.com › news › world-us-canada-56979480Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation: What is it and what does ...

    May 4, 2021 · The Gates foundation was born in 2000 as a merger of two previous charitable endeavours. At the time, Bill Gates was considered the richest person in the world. Bill and Melinda gates to divorce

  2. www.thenation.com › article › societyWhy Bill Gates’s Philanthropy Is a Problem - The Nation

    Nov 22, 2023 · The one-sided storytelling about Gates’s selfless philanthropy has created a dangerous mythology that misunderstands who Bill Gates really is and what he is actually doing. After two decades of ...

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  4. www.gatesfoundation.org › about › foundation-fact-sheetFoundation Fact Sheet - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

    • Grantmaking Areas
    • Locations
    • Leadership
    • Foundation Facts
    • Geographic Reach
    Gender Equality
    Global Development Program
    Global Growth & Opportunity Program
    Global Health Program

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    Headquarters – Seattle, Washington
    Washington, DC Office – Washington, DC
    India Office – Delhi, India
    China Office – Beijing, China

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    Co-chairs and Board of Trustees 1. Bill Gates, Co-chair 2. Melinda French Gates, Co-chair 3. Mark Suzman, Board Member 4. Ashish Dhawan, Board Member 5. Dr. Helene D. Gayle, Board Member 6. Strive Masiyiwa, Board Member 7. Minouche Shafik, Board Member 8. Tom Tierney, Board Member Executive Leadership 1. Mark Suzman, Chief Executive Officer 2. Caro...

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    Current number of foundation employees: 2,026 Total grant payments since inception (through Q4 2023): $77.6 billion (2) Total 2023 Charitable Support: $7.7 billion (3) Total 2022 Charitable Support: $7.0 billion (3) Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates total giving to the foundation from inception through 2023: $59.5 billion Warren Buffett total giv...

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    In 2023 the foundation funded grantees in 48 states and the District of Columbia. Internationally, we funded work in 135 countries.

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  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_Giving_PledgeThe Giving Pledge - Wikipedia

    The Giving Pledge is a charitable campaign, founded by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, to encourage wealthy people to contribute a majority (i.e. more than 50%) of their wealth to philanthropic causes. As of June 2022, the pledge has had 236 signatories from 28 countries. [1] Most of the signatories of the pledge are billionaires, at a total of ...

    Name
    Net Worth In Billion $us
    Source Of Wealth
    Industry
    Elon Musk
    184.7 [14]
    Tesla, SpaceX
    Electric vehicles, Rocketry
    Larry Ellison
    148.7 [15]
    Oracle
    Tech
    Warren Buffett
    131.5 [16]
    Berkshire Hathaway
    Finance & Investments
    Bill Gates
    128.9 [17]
    Microsoft
    Software, Tech

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  6. www.vox.com › future-perfect › 2019/7/10Bill Gates and Warren Buffet’s Giving Pledge, explained | Vox

    Moreover, in the early going at least, there was some discussion of urging donors to not just give more but to give wisely. “Bill and Melinda Gates,” Marc Gunther reported in the Chronicle of ...

  7. www.bbc.co.uk › news › world-us-canada-56979480Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation: What is it and what does ...

    May 4, 2021 · The BBC's Michelle Fleury breaks down the story of Bill and Melinda Gates' relationship. According to the foundation's website, the couple donated more than $36bn (£26bn) of their own wealth to ...

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  9. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Bill_&_Melinda_GatesBill & Melinda Gates Foundation - Wikipedia

    Paul Allen. v. t. e. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) [a] is an American private foundation founded by Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates. Based in Seattle, Washington, it was launched in 2000 and is reported to be the third largest charitable foundation in the world, [7][8] holding $69 billion in assets as of 2020. [4]