About Bill Gates
Bill Gates is co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He co-founded Microsoft in 1975 and left his full-time role with the organization in 2008 to focus on the foundation. Bill and Melinda Gates collaborate with grantee and partners to assist disadvantaged people around the world. In developing countries, the foundation focuses on improving people’s health by giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, it seeks to ensure that all people – especially those with the fewest resources – have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life.
In his annual letter from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Gates charges others to improve the health and welfare of more of the world’s people. The foundation’s charges include eradicating polio worldwide, reducing infant mortality in many African nations and giving teachers better feedback in school districts around the United States.
The world’s second-richest man according to Forbes, Gates also works to persuade his peers to give away half their wealth or more through the Giving Pledge.
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
The Gates Notes – Bill Gates’ blog
Annual Letter from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Bill Gates profile from Forbes.com
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