What is it to be one of the richest people in the world? Well, but not necessarily satisfactory. This is Bill Gates’ response, who, with a fortune estimated at $ 160,000 million, does not have to complain.
The founder of Microsoft, 69, believes that it is important to return something to society. This is why Gates plans to give all his fortune. The businessman and the entrepreneur want all his money to go to beneficial organizations before December 31, 2045.
Why does Bill Gates want to give his fortune?
Gates announced his intention on the blog “Gates Notes”. In a vast article, he writes, among others:
I go practically all my heritage over the next 20 years thanks to the Gates Foundation to save and improve lives in the world. ”
In the text, the billionaire mentions the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. It is a private foundation that has supported beneficial works in the world since 1999. Its founders are Bill Gates and his wife Melinda. A few years ago, the documentary was published in Netflix Inside Bill’s Brain: Bill Gates decoding, that Details The history of the Foundation.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has several objectives, including poverty reduction, improving health care and increasing education accessibility. He also intends to reduce maternal and infantile mortality and eradicate infectious diseases.
Once the couple got rid of all their assets, their private foundation will also end. Bill Gates does not intend to die Rich, written on the website:
People will say a lot about me when they died, but I am determined that “Rico is dead” is not part of it.
Billions of beneficial organizations
To achieve these goals, money is necessary. As a billionaire and philanthropic, this is obviously not a problem for the doors. Over the past 25 years, the foundation of Bill and Melinda has donated around $ 100,000 million to beneficial organizations.
On the website of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the former managing director of Microsoft (directed the company for more than 25 years) writes the following on their philanthropic work:
There are too many urgent problems to solve to keep resources that can be used to help people. ”
For the moment, there will be no end of multimillionaire aid. Gates reveals that its foundation will give around 200,000 million dollars to charities until 2045. This translates into 177,000 million euros. Part of the money comes from the heritage of several million dollars itself. Bill Gates could be called the richest person in the world for a total of 18 years. Today, this position occupies it Elon Musk.
The rich of the earth promise
By the way, some of the thousands of millions come from Warren Buffet, who recently announced his walk from Berkshire Hathaway. With Bill Gates, the prosperous businessman is one of the faces of “donation commitment”. This initiative encourages the rich of the world to give an important part of their wealth to beneficial organizations.
Rich around the world has expressed his support for “The Giving hires” through a company makes a “promise”, to donate a part of their wealth.
Among others, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, David Rockefeller, George Lucas and Larry Ellison appear on the expensive list. Of the five richest people on the planet, only Jeff Bezos did not sign. By the way, his ex-wife plans to separate from a large part of his fort.
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