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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]
e. 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 ...
Novo Nordisk Foundation Denmark: Copenhagen: $120.2 billion kr.805 billion 1989 2 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation United States: Seattle: $50.2 billion 1994 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
The Chronicle of Philanthropy's Top 10 List of Biggest Gifts. 1. Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, and Melinda French Gates, founder of Pivotal Ventures, an investment firm, gave $15 billion to ...
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 ...
With today's record donation and a supersized boost to annual giving, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation could pay out $9 billion annually by 2026.
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 giant Microsoft, along with his childhood friend Paul Allen. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), president, and ...
Bill Gates said Wednesday he would donate $20 billion to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to address "huge global setbacks" facing the world.