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Bill Gates to donate 99 per cent of fortune to his own charity

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Bill Gates Slams Elon Musk After Pledging To Donate 99% Of His Fortune: 'Killing The World's Poorest Children'

Billionaire Bill Gates pledged to donate 99% of his fortune to the Gates Foundation over the next years before closing down the organization in 2045

Latin Times

Melinda French Gates reflects on legacy of Gates Foundation as it announces it will close in 2045

Melinda French Gates says she and her ex-husband, Bill Gates, always intended for the foundation they started together to spend down all of its resources rather than to exist in perpetuity

The Independent UK

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Why Bill Gates is donating 99 per cent of his billion dollar fortune to Gates Foundation

Gates' contribution will empower the foundation to inject an additional $200 billion into its global health and US education initiatives

The Independent UK

The Gates Foundation’s first 25 years: How it changed global health and philanthropy

In its first 25 years, the Gates Foundation became one of the world’s largest charitable foundations and one of the most powerful institutions in global health

The Independent UK

Bill Gates donates fortune to his foundation – giving it $200 billion to spend in next 20 years

Gift makes him among history's most generous philanthropists

The Independent UK

It's the end of philanthropy as we know it—and that could reshape America

America is a generous nation—and the pullback in government spending could be an opportunity to reshape its charitable sector.

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How the Gates Foundation quietly changed American education: From algebra classes to smaller schools

Using data-driven insights, a tech-industry-derived focus on return on investment, and public-facing advocacy, the Gates Foundation has nudged school districts toward its core tenets.

Fortune

Melinda French Gates has led an extraordinary life. This self-help book does her down

3/5 Bill Gates’ ex-wife might have taken the high road, but she’s mistaken what readers really want: gossip

Evening Standard

Melinda French Gates on her new book, her divorce from Bill Gates, and Warren Buffett

In “The Next Day,” Melinda French Gates explores big transitions, including her divorce, her departure from the Gates Foundation, and turning 60.

Fortune

Disney heiress says any billionaire who can’t manage to share their wealth is 'kind of a sociopath'

Abigail Disney previously said the need to tax rich people like her “has never been so dire.”

Fortune

Ghana’s e-levy: 3 lessons from the abolished mobile money tax

The first budget speech of Ghana’s new government on 11 March painted a picture of an economy in crisis, facing high debt and fiscal mismanagement. The finance minister, Cassiel Ato Forson, acknowledged that key International Monetary Fund performance targets would be missed and announced drastic spending cuts.

The Conversation

USAID canceled contracts worth $32.7m bound for HIV charity treating 350,000 patients—now the lives of 10,000 children are on the line

In an exclusive interview, Trish Karlin of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation discusses the impact of $32.7m worth of contracts being terminated by USAID.

Fortune

Bill Gates warns he can’t make up funding difference after US government stripped global health payments: report

Cuts to foreign aid have resulted in disruptions to life-saving health care in multiple countries

The Independent UK

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Fortune

Bill Gates reportedly warned Trump his foundation won’t be able to fund global health gaps if the administration keeps making major cuts

Gates Foundation officials have previously said “no foundation” can effectively replace the U.S. government’s foreign aid funding.

Fortune

Melinda French Gates said Warren Buffett’s advice helped her set boundaries as a leader

Buffett told staffers at the Gates Foundation to “find your bull's-eye” and everything else will fall into place.

The Independent UK

WHO says water contamination is suspected in one of the Congo villages struck by illness

The World Health Organization says that authorities investigating the deaths of at least 60 people in northwestern Congo suspect the water source in one of the areas may have been contaminated

Fortune

Bill Gates is a fan of DOGE if it means curbing government debt: He says they'll have to tackle pensions, defense, and health care

Bill Gates says he's on board with Elon Musk's cost-cutting plans for DOGE as long as the U.S. government doesn't lose sight of its value system.

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Fortune

Bill Gates says the odds of another pandemic in the next 4 years are 10%-15%, and we’re not prepared

The billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft cofounder thinks the world is poised to make the same mistakes from the last pandemic.

Fortune

The founder of a collapsed private equity giant who took $100 million from Bill and Melinda Gates was expelled from the Giving Pledge

At its peak, Arif Naqvi’s private equity firm controlled almost $14 billion in assets.

The Independent UK

What billionaires and their advisors say keeps them from giving more and faster

America’s wealthiest people have long urged each other to give away more of their money

Fortune

Warren Buffett issues a warning for all parents ahead of the $84 trillion Great Wealth Transfer

CEO of Berkshire Hathaway warns that the difference between a family crumbling or getting closer can lie within will planning.

The Independent UK

Sierra Leone loves rice and wants to free itself from imports. But how to do it?

Rice borders on the sacred in Sierra Leone, which has one of the world's highest consumption rates

International Business Times UK

Warren Buffett Entrusts His Children With 'Not So Easy' Task To Donate His $143 Billion Wealth; Eldest Son To Become Next Berkshire Hathaway Chairman

Berkshire Hathaway chairman Warren Buffett, 94, entrusted his children with the responsibility of donating his entire wealth upon his passing to charities of their choice. His new estate plans will also stop funding the Gates Foundation upon his death.

The Independent UK

Fortified bouillon cubes are seen as a way to curb malnutrition in Africa as climate worsens hunger

In Nigeria and other countries in sub-Saharan Africa, many households have limited access to nutrient-rich foods due to rising costs and the impact of climate change on agriculture and food systems

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