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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) 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 second largest charitable foundation in the world , [7] [8] holding $69 billion in assets as of 2020. [4]
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, and as of 2023 ...
Novo Nordisk Foundation Denmark: Copenhagen: $120.2 billion kr.805 billion 1989 2 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation United States: Seattle: $50.2 billion 2000 3 Wellcome Trust United Kingdom: London: $42.8 billion £34.6 billion 1936 4 Stichting INGKA Foundation Netherlands: Leiden: $37.3 billion €34.3 billion 1982 5 Mastercard Foundation
Bill Gates said Wednesday he would donate $20 billion to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to address "huge global setbacks" facing the world.
Gates Foundation CEO Mark Suzman wrote that the foundation has committed to giving away $8.6 billion this year, roughly one-eighth of its $67 billion endowment as of 2022, the last time the ...
Since its founding in 2000, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has grown into one of the world’s largest private charitable organizations, paying out a total of $77.6 billion in grants ...
Bill Gates. William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American businessman, investor, philanthropist, and writer best known for co-founding the software company Microsoft with his childhood friend Paul Allen. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), president, and chief ...
Melinda French Gates, one of the world’s preeminent philanthropists, said Monday she would resign as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that she has helped lead since 2000.