Bill Gates Discloses in Exclusive The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Plans To Continue Operating For Another 25 Years

Bill Gates Discloses in Exclusive The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Plans To Continue Operating For Another 25 Year

At the 2022 Forbes 400 Philanthropy Summit, Gates participated in a wide-ranging debate and discussed his ambitions to donate billions of dollars to the foundation over the following years.

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How he feels upbeat about efforts being made worldwide to fight disease and cut carbon emission

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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which Bill Gates co-chairs with his ex-wife and fellow billionaire Melinda French Gates, is being given a timeframe.

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The Microsoft entrepreneur turned philanthropist revealed the foundation's 25-year timeline while speaking at the 2022 Forbes 400 Philanthropy Summit.

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Just two months prior, Gates gave the foundation a record-breaking $20 billion grant, making it one of the greatest donations in charity history.

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It was the subject of an exclusive interview by Forbes in July.

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Additionally, he pledged to give an another $20 billion "at some point a few years from now"

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to keep contributing until he is removed off the list of billionaires.

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