Bill Gates Comments Vs Serial Killer Interviews

Bill Gates and Microsoft were the driving force behind modern computer software, ushering in the digital age in the 1980s and becoming, for a time, the world’s most powerful company. And somehow, while Gates was building an empire and enjoying his status as the richest person on earth, he was also quietly setting up what would become the second major focus of his life: philanthropy. And it is in part thanks to that work that the COVID-19 vaccine that is currently rolling out was achieved in record time.New cases of polio linked to the oral vaccine have been reported in four African countries and more children are now being paralysed by vaccine-derived viruses than those infected by viruses in the wild, according to global health numbers.

The World Health Organization (WHO) and partners identified nine new cases caused by the vaccine in Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic and Angola last week. Along with seven other African countries with outbreaks, cases have also been reported in Asia. In Afghanistan and Pakistan polio remains endemic, and in Pakistan officials have been accused of covering up vaccine-related cases.

In 1994, the same year he would marry Melinda French, Gates donated some of his stock in Microsoft to create the William H. Gates Foundation, named for his father. The foundation focused on tackling global health. Three years later, the Gates Learning Foundation was created, with the initial aim of expanding internet access in public libraries.

At the turn of the millennium, those foundations were combined and became the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation as we know it today. At the same time, Bill Gates stepped down as CEO of Microsoft, though he would stay on in various roles until 2008, when he stepped away from day-to-day operations to focus on the foundation full time.

By this time, the Gates had amassed an incredible fortune and would go on to create The Giving Pledge, along with Warren Buffett, a commitment to give away most of their fortune. In their 2018 annual letter, Bill and Melinda Gates talked about why they’ve transitioned to philanthropy, and why they’re giving so much away. Namely that it’s fun and meaningful. They also discussed why they focus so many of their efforts outside the United States.