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The Gates Foundation [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, [6] [7] holding $69 billion in assets as of 2020. [4]
Bill and Melinda Gates, founders of the Gates Foundation. Its core event is the annual Goalkeepers Conference (which usually takes place during Global Goals Week and the UN General Assembly) at which the Changemaker Award is bestowed to 'extraordinary individuals who are driving progress in their communities and countries'. Invitations are ...
Gates studied the work of Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller, and donated some of his Microsoft stock in 1994 to create the "William H. Gates Foundation". In 2000, Gates and his wife combined three family foundations and donated stock valued at $5 billion to create the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which was identified by the Funds for ...
Melinda French Gates [2] (born Melinda Ann French; August 15, 1964) is an American philanthropist and a former multimedia product developer and manager at Microsoft.Born and raised in Dallas, Texas, she graduated from Duke University and started working at Microsoft in 1987.
Trevor Mundel is a South African doctor and scientist and the president of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Global Health Program. He is known for his role in the launch of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations and the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. [1]
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation established the Gates Cambridge Scholarships in 2000 with a $210 million donation to support outstanding graduate students' study at the University of Cambridge. [2] The gift is the largest single donation to a British university. [3] [4] The Gates Cambridge Trust's endowment is valued at £333.9 million as ...
The following people are associated with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Pages in category "Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation people" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation people (32 P) Pages in category "Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.