【Review】 Bill Gates Bill Gates charity road map
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In 1994, the suggestion of his father, William Gates, Gates took out 94 million U.S. dollars, the creation of the Foundation ...
* William H. Gates Foundation was established
In 1994, the suggestion of his father, William Gates, Gates took out 94 million U.S. dollars, created the William H. Gates Foundation;
In 1997, he created the Gates Library Foundation, later renamed the Gates Learning Foundation
In 2001, the Gates Foundation, the two merged into Melinda - Gates Foundation. * The largest charitable donations in U.S. history
Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates announced that it will in the next few years, donations to his charitable foundation 3.35 billion U.S. dollars. This will be the largest in U.S. history a donation. At this point, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has assets of 27 billion U.S. dollars, plus 3.3 billion U.S. dollars this donation, the Foundation's total assets will be more than 30 billion U.S. dollars, becoming the nation's largest charitable foundation.
* 50-year-old's birthday announced its contribution of all his property
The world's richest man Bill Gates, in London, England celebrated his 50th birthday, announced that he will not in politics, several billions of dollars in wealth will be donated to the community, not as a legacy to leave future generations. In the same year, Microsoft founder Bill - Gates Wednesday in the United Kingdom Queen Elizabeth II, Buckingham Palace has been awarded honorary Sir Medal, this Medal is mainly used in recognition of his wife, Melinda Gates, the Commonwealth and other developing countries to eliminate poverty, to improve the health of local people's efforts.
* Buffett donated 30 billion U.S. dollars to the Foundation
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway investment company announced Sunday, will be Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and his wife, under the name of the charitable foundation of the stock donation worth 30 billion U.S. dollars. According to the U.S. "Fortune" magazine, when he was 75-year-old Buffett recently made a commitment that he would live long enough to donate 85% of their personal wealth. Currently, Buffett worth estimated at 440 billion U.S. dollars. It now appears that Mr. Buffett has decided to most of the contributions to the Bill and Melinda Gates charitable foundation.
Gates donating his entire retirement 58 billion U.S. dollars
Microsoft (Microsoft) Bill Gates, founder of a British BBC television program "Newsnight" interview said that they would own 58 billion U.S. dollars (4,524 billion) (Tencent Science and Technology Note: according to the latest exchange rate conversion, equivalent to about 399.2 billion yuan) property the full name of charity funds donated to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Bill & Miranda Gates Foundation), a penny will not be left to their children.
