2. Introduction of Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is the largest private foundation in the world, founded by Bill
and Melinda Gates.
It is "driven by the interests and passions of the Gates family.”
The primary aims of the foundation are, globally, to enhance healthcare and reduce extreme
poverty, and in America, to expand educational opportunities and access to information
technology.
The foundation, based in Seattle, Washington, is controlled by its three trustees: Bill
Gates, Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett.
3. Introduction of Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation
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It had an endowment of US$38.3 billion as of 30 June 2013 (2013-06-30)[
The scale of the foundation and the way it seeks to apply business techniques to giving
makes it one of the leaders in the philanthrocapitalism revolution in global
philanthropy,[though the foundation itself notes that the philanthropic role has limitations.
In 2007, its founders were ranked as the second most generous philanthropists in
America, and Warren Buffett the first. As of May 16, 2013, Bill Gates had donated US$28
billion to the foundation.
4. History of Bill And Melinda Gates
Foundation
In 1997, the foundation was formed as the William H. Gates Foundation with an initial stock
gift of US$94 million. In 1999, the foundation was renamed the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation. After a merger with the Gates Learning Foundation in 2000, Gates gave an
additional US$126 million.During the foundation's following years, funding grew to US$2
billion.
In April 2010, Gates was invited to visit and speak at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
where he asked the students to take on the hard problems of the world in their futures. He also
explained the nature and philosophy of his philanthropic endeavors.
In 2010, The Foundation's founders started The Commission on Education of Health
Professionals, entitled "Transforming education to strengthen health systems in an
interdependent world.
5. Bill and melinda gates impact on
people
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By the early 90s, Bill Gates had started giving money to local schools and
charities. But the donations were small compared to the billions he was earning.
"I started to learn about poor countries and health, and got drawn in," Gates told
students at Berkeley during a speaking tour this spring. "I saw the childhood
death statistics. I said, 'Boy, is this terrible!'"
6. Yuhan , Alvin , Zhong Hong
• Credits to
-http://www.sohoproject.com/blog/bill-gates-gives-back-2873.html
• Http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_%26_Melinda_Gates_Foundation
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/What-We-Do/Global-Development/Polio
http://thinkactparent.com/2013/02/14/shotlifes-28-days-of-impact-ezrateshome-and-doing-something-hard/
• http://www.gatesfoundation.org/
