Since its creation, in 2000, the Foundation has spent $ 53.8 billion in various projects, mainly focused on public Health, education and development. At the end of 2024, net assets of the Gates Foundation rose to $ 71.3 billion. For the current year, it set for a budget of $ 8.7 billion.
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Three donors
In early February, Bill Gates had told the BBC that she had already donated more than $ 100 billion to works, including around 60 at his foundation. The balance of his fortune is estimated at some $ 113 billion by Forbes magazine.
Divorced by Bill Gates in 2021, Melinda French Gates left the foundation in 2024. So far called Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the non -profit organization has been renamed Gates Foundation.
-The Foundation contributes to finance the world Health Organization (WHO), the Fluiomelitis (GPEI) group and the vaccine alliance (GAVI). His endowment was provided by donations from Melinda French Gates, Bill Gates and the entrepreneur Warren Buffett, boss of the Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate.
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Three priorities
In line with the work carried out during his first quarter of a century, Bill Gates has set three priorities for the last 20 years of his existence. It will thus focus on the fight against infant mortality, infectious diseases, mainly polio, dracunculose, measles and malaria, as well as on educational initiatives.
Bill Gates paid tribute to Warren Buffett, who “There remains the ultimate generosity model”. “I hope that other wealthy people will achieve how much they can improve the fate of the poorest in the world by increasing their gifts”, said Bill Gates.
