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Gates and his wife invited Joan Salwen to Seattle to speak about what the family had done, and on December 9, 2010, Bill and Melinda Gates and investor Warren Buffett each signed a commitment they called the "Giving Pledge", which is a commitment by all three to donate at least half of their wealth, over the course of time, to charity.
William Henry Gates II [1] (November 30, 1925 – September 14, 2020), better known as Bill Gates Sr., was an American attorney, philanthropist, and civic leader.He was the founder of the law firm Shidler McBroom & Gates (a predecessor of K&L Gates), [2] and also served as president of both the Seattle King County and Washington State Bar associations. [3]
Bill Gates (2010), [160] [22] Chairman of Microsoft; Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., [161] former CEO of IBM; Donald E. Graham (2008–2010), [2] [22] CEO and chairman of The Washington Post Company, board of directors for Facebook; H. J. Heinz II (1954), [126] CEO of Heinz (deceased) Mary Kay Henry (2022 [119]), International President of Service ...
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]
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 ]
Breakthrough Energy is the umbrella name of several organizations, founded by Bill Gates in 2015, that aim to accelerate innovation in sustainable energy and in other technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
A reviewer at The Seattle Times (and coauthor of Gates: How Microsoft's Mogul Reinvented an Industry and Made Himself the Richest Man in America, a 1993 biography of Gates), called Gates' coverage of the Internet "weakest of all" the topics Gates covered, saying the "World Wide Web receives just four index citations and is treated as a ...
Gates Ventures is the personal service company of Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates. Known until 2018 as bgC3 , it comprises his personal staff, a think tank on problems of health and global development, and a technology investment portfolio. [ 2 ]