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In June 2010, the Giving Pledge campaign was formally announced and Bill Gates, Melinda French Gates, and Warren Buffett began recruiting members. [5] As of August 2010, the aggregate wealth of the first 40 pledgers was $125 billion. [6]
The donation, combined with longtime board member Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett's $3.1 billion gift last month, brings The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's endowment to approximately ...
Microsoft Corp co-founder Bill Gates is donating $20 billion to the charitable foundation run by him and his ex-wife Melinda French Gates to boost its annual distributions. The donation will help ...
STORY: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is donating $20 billion to the Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationHe says the donation will help boost his charity’s annual payouts by 50% to $9 billion by ...
$167 billion kr.1,114 billion 1989 [3] [4] 2 Tata Trusts India: Mumbai: $100+ billion 1919 [5] 3 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation United States: Seattle: $50.2 billion 2000 [6] 4 Wellcome Trust United Kingdom: London: $42.8 billion £34.6 billion 1936 [7] 5 Stichting INGKA Foundation Netherlands: Leiden: $37.3 billion €34.3 billion 1982 [8] 6
In 1999, Gates donated $20 million to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for the construction of a computer laboratory named the "William H. Gates Building" that was designed by architect Frank Gehry. While Microsoft had previously given financial support to the institution, this was the first personal donation received from Gates. [152]
It's towards the end of our interview that Bill Gates reveals new numbers on how much his charitable Foundation has now spent in its efforts to combat preventable diseases and reduce poverty. "I ...
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]