Bill Bill Gates, Founder of Microsoft, announced on Thursday (09) End the activities of the Gates Foundation in the next twenty years.
Until then, however, Only 99 % come to us. Yes, FortonaEstimated at 107 billion US dollars, for the institution.
If achieved, and Transfer It will be among the biggest charitable donations in all ages – overcoming the historical contributions of industrialists John de Rochal E Andrew CarnegieWhen adjusting inflation.
only For Warren Buffett, Director of Berkshire Hathaway, from Long Luck – The ability Forbes At 160 billion dollars – it will be higher, depending on the fluctuations of the stock market.
The donation of gates will be kept over time and will be allowed The Foundation spends more than 200 billion dollars in the next twenty years.
“It is interesting that this amount is able to invest in these reasons,” Gates said in an interview with Associated Press.
The announcement indicates a promise with constant support for the reasons Health and global education As for the potential end of the institution’s massive influence of the institution.
Gates says that spending his wealth will help save and improve many lives, which will have positive effects that far exceed the closure of the foundation. This also makes your intentions more likely to honor.
“I think 20 years are the right balance between giving as much as possible to progress and warn people that these funds will end now,” Gates said.
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The Gates Foundation has always been unparalleled Charitable foundationsAttracting supporters and critics – as well as many conspiracy theories.
behind 100 billion US dollars Since its foundation 25 years ago, she has spent scientific research and helped develop new technologies and long -term partnerships with countries and companies.
almost 41 % of the Foundation’s funds so far came from Buffett, And the rest of the gates of luck made in Microsoft.
Created by Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates in 2000, the Foundation plays an important role in formulating global health policies.
She won a special place by creating partnerships with companies and reducing the cost of medical treatments so that countries with low and medium lease can pay for them.
“The Foundation’s work had a much greater impact than I expected,” Gates said, describing it on its second and latest career.
The impact of the foundation on global health – since then World Health Organization (WHO) Even search trends – it is a measure of your success as a magnet for criticism.
For years, the researchers asked why the rich family affects how the world improved the health of people and responds to seizures.
Gates said that, like any ordinary citizen, he can choose how to spend the money he earns and decided to do everything in his power to reduce the deaths of children. “Isn’t this an important reason? People can criticize,” he said. “But the institution will continue its global health work.”
“Stimulating Paper”
The most valuable scale in the institution is the fall of approximately half of the children’s deaths, which can be prevented between 2000 and 2020, according to the United Nations.
The CEO of the Foundation, Mark SuzmanBe careful to say that they do not get the credit for this achievement.
The Foundation still has several goals – eliminating polio, controlling other deadly diseases, such as malaria, and reducing malnutrition, making children more vulnerable to other diseases.
Gates hopes that by spending on solving these problems now, wealthy donors will be free to solve other problems at a later time.
A Gates Corporation He planned to end his activities two decades of Gates’s death, which means that yesterday’s announcement is greatly expected this schedule.
Gates plans to stay, although in 69 years, he realized that he might have no active voice.
In the remaining two decades, the Foundation will maintain a budget of about $ 9 billion annually, which represents almost an annual growth settlement since 2006, Matthew Buffett began to make his first donations.
Suzman expects the Foundation to restrict its focus on the main priorities.
Suzmann said: “The presence of this time on the horizon and the resources only overwhelms us,” Do you put your resources on the largest and most successful bets instead of spreading them too much? “
Remaining
Major changes in the twenty -fifth year of the institution caused. In 2021, The French Melinda gates were divorced and Bill Gates, Puffett resigned as a coordinator of the institution.
They recruited a new Values for assistance in the basis management In 2024, Melinda went out to continue working on her organization.
She said she decided to leave the position in part to focus on fighting The correct rights of women in the United States.
At the Elle Women of Impact event in New York in April, she said she wanted to leave the institution in the most prominent. He said: “I have been documented in Mark Susman a lot, the current CEO.”
“We had a board of directors that helped form it, and I knew its values.”
Even with the stability of the Foundation’s governance, it seems that the road is difficult for us. Permanent conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, global economic turmoil and foreign aid to the United States indicate less resources for global health and development.
“The greatest uncertainty for us is the generosity that will be dedicated to Global HealthGates said.
“Will you continue to fall, as in recent years, or can we return to where it should be?”
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