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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (or the Gates Foundation, abbreviated as BMGF) is the largest private foundation in the world, founded by Bill and Melinda Gates. It was launched in 2000 and is said to be the largest transparently operated private foundation in the world. 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. Other principal officers include Co-Chair William H. Gates, Sr. and Chief Executive Officer Susan Desmond-Hellmann.
It had an endowment of US$44.3 billion as of 31 December 2014. The scale of the foundation and the way it seeks to apply business techniques to giving makes it one of the leaders in venture 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.
Melinda Ann Gates (née French; born August 15, 1964) is an American businesswoman and philanthropist.
She is the wife of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, and the co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. She worked at Microsoft, where she was project manager for Microsoft Bob, Microsoft Encarta and Expedia.
Melinda Ann French was born on August 15, 1964 in Dallas, Texas. She is the second of four children to Raymond Joseph French Jr., an aerospace engineer, and Elaine Agnes Amerland, a homemaker. French has an older sister and two younger brothers.
French, a Roman Catholic, attended St. Monica Catholic School, where she was the top student in her class year. French graduated as valedictorian from Ursuline Academy of Dallas in 1982. She earned a bachelor's degree in computer science and economics from Duke University in 1986 and an MBA from Duke's Fuqua School of Business in 1987. At Duke, French was a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, Beta Rho Chapter.
William Henry "Bill" Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate, philanthropist, investor, and computer programmer. In 1975, Gates and Paul Allen co-founded Microsoft, which became the world's largest PC software company. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of chairman, CEO and chief software architect, and was the largest individual shareholder until May 2014. Gates has authored and co-authored several books.
Starting in 1987, Gates was included in the Forbes list of the world's wealthiest people and was the wealthiest from 1995 to 2007, again in 2009, and has been since 2014. Between 2009 and 2014, his wealth doubled from US$40 billion to more than US$82 billion. Between 2013 and 2014, his wealth increased by US$15 billion. Gates is currently the richest person in the world.
Gates is one of the best-known entrepreneurs of the personal computer revolution. Gates has been criticized for his business tactics, which have been considered anti-competitive, an opinion which has in some cases been upheld by numerous court rulings. Later in his career Gates pursued a number of philanthropic endeavors, donating large amounts of money to various charitable organizations and scientific research programs through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, established in 2000.
Share your hope for 2030 at http://myhope2030.com. Every year Bill Gates shares his annual letter, highlighting the work being done to help the world's poorest people. This year, he wants to hear from you. What goals do you think we should set to help improve the world for the next generation? What's your hope for 2030? When the world comes together to solve big problems, amazing results are possible. Share your thoughts and Bill will include some of his favorites in his January 2013 letter.
n 1993, Bill and Melinda Gates—then engaged—took a walk on a beach in Zanzibar, and made a bold decision on how they would make sure that their wealth from Microsoft went back into society. In a conversation with Chris Anderson, the couple talks about their work at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, as well as about their marriage, their children, their failures and the satisfaction of giving most of their wealth away. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design -- plus science, business, global issues, the arts and much more. Find closed captions and translated subtitles in many langua...
Scott Pelley catches up with the world's most generous philanthropists, Bill and Melinda Gates, and travels to some of the world's trouble spots their billions are helping.
Melinda Gates tells Fortune’s Pattie Sellers about what the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has done to help end the Ebola outbreak in Nigeria. Want to see more Fortune Video? Subscribe to our channel http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=FortuneMagazineVideo Connect with Fortune Online: Read more about Fortune Business Tech: http://fortune.com/tag/brainstorm-tech/ Find Fortunes’s Official Site: http://fortune.com/ Find Fortune on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FortuneMagazine Follow @FortuneMagazine on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FortuneMagazine Find Fortune on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/FortuneMagazineVideo
Democracy Now with Amy Goodman The War on Peace Report:http://www.democracynow.org The Los Angeles Times has revealed the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has made millions of dollars each year from companies blamed for many of the same social and health problems the Foundation seeks to address. We speak with the lead reporter on the LA Times investigative team that broke the story. the LA Times investigation reveals the Gates Foundation's humanitarian concerns are not reflected in how it invests its money. In the Niger Delta -- where the Foundation funds programs to fight polio and measles - the Foundation has also invested more than $400 million dollars in companies including Royal Dutch Shell, Exxon Mobil Corp, and Chevron. These oil firms have been responsible for much of the pol...
We got a tour of the new Gates Foundation campus that just opened in Seattle. Giving the tour is Chief Administrative Officer Martha Choe.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation CEO Susan Desmond-Hellmann talks with The Verge's Walt Mossberg and Recode's Kara Swisher about her efforts to stop Ebola, Dengue fever and the Zika virus in the poorest parts of the world. She explains why Zika rose so rapidly without warning and what affected countries like Brazil and Colombia can do to slow it down. Next on the to-do list: Wiping out African sleeping sickness.
Bill Gates Sr. served on the board of Planned Parenthood, which is funded by Rockerfeller, In 2006, Warren Buffett who also significantly funded Planned Parenthood, pledged 85% of his Fortune to The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, doubling its size A secret meeting took place on May 5, 2009 at the home of Sir Paul Nurse, President of Rockefeller University, among some of the wealthiest people in America. The exclusive letter of invitation was signed by Gates, Rockefeller and Buffett. They decided to call themselves the "Good Club." The following people were also present at this secretive meeting Michael Bloomberg Mayor of New York John Morgridge Chairman of Cisco Systems Peter G Peterson Secretary of Commerce under Nixon, Chair on the Council on Foreign Relations Te...
Bill Gates discusses the incredible lifesaving power of vaccines. In particular, he highlights the case of polio, which is 99 percent eradicated and within reach of being the second disease to ever be completely eliminated from the world. Learn more at http://www.gatesfoundation.org
One in three people in the U.S. do not have home access to the internet. See how libraries are changing the way we connect. http://www.gatesfoundation.org/united-states-libraries/Pages/overview.aspx
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Watch the TEDxSpotlights playlist now: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsRNoUx8w3rPOBb4C6cQrWa0OrDg2nl1O TEDxSpotlights Global Nutrition was produced with thanks to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. With special thanks to Ronnie Planalp, Louis-Albert de Broglie, Jackie Savitz, Laura Boykin, Dee Dee Yates and Christopher Charles. http://www.gatesfoundation.org/ Check out all of the talks included in the playlist below: Why planting a garden is a political act | Louis-Albert De Broglie | TEDxLausanne The destructive effects of factory farming impact our health, the environment, and the quality of our food. "We are what we eat," says tomato expert Louis-Albert De Brojlie, "bad news." At TEDxLausanne, a barefoot De Brojlie AKA "The Gardener Prince", offers an eco-friendly, econ...
Dr. Agung Laksono, Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare, announces his country's commitment to family planning at the London Summit on Family Planning on July 11, 2012. http://www.LondonFamilyPlanningSummit.co.uk
A hot spot showing the Original Starbucks, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and shops. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lamar-Pitts-TV/191619350854531
CARE's September 2010 Learning Tour to Ethiopia featured a prestigious delegation including Congressman Aaron Schock (R-IL), Congresswoman Laura Richardson (D-CA), NBC's Today Contributing Correspondent Jenna Bush Hager, Ambassador Mark Dybul, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Program Officer Deb Derrick and CARE Maternal Health Advocate Christy Turlington Burns. Learn more about CARE's Learning Tour Program by visiting http://www.care.org/learningtours
Fort Worth Sister Cities was awarded a three-year, $115,000 grant by Sister Cities International funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to construct a community health center in Mbabane, Swaziland, Fort Worth's sister city, as part of the Africa Urban Poverty Alleviation Program. Fort Worth was one of 28 cities to receive funding for the center after a competitive process of all U.S. sister cities organizations with African partners. The goal of the health center is to improve the health and wellbeing of people in the Nkwalini Zone of Mbabane. The clinic will improve accessibility of health and social services to a community of over 1,500 people providing access to immunization and HIV/AIDS counselling, as well as food and nutrition for orphaned and vulnerable children.
Featuring a panel discussion with: Kanji Yamanouchi Minister for Economic Affairs Embassy of Japan Kurt W. Tong Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, U.S. Department of State Abigail Friedman Senior Advisor The Asia Foundation Matthew P. Goodman (moderator) Senior Adviser for Asian Economics and Simon Chair in Political Economy, CSIS Please RSVP to simon.chair@csis.org. This event is made possible by generous support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Thokozani is a poor, uneducated widow with small children. She deserves her money through ‘walking in the night’ in Ndirande slum in Malawi. She hates her work and she is terrified that something bad will happens to her. Therefor she supports the Malawian official ban on prostitution. She is a faithful wife and feels sinful before God. However, because of her work as a prostitute, she can pay her rent, dress up her children and send them to school. According to Thokozani, life of people who remained behind in the villages, is even heavier. Many villagers would be happy to live in a slum like Ndirande. The creators of this video are journalist Salome Disi, tour guide Saulos Jali, organiser Yamican Thungaye, editor Tracy Thungaye and Cameraman Ernest Phiri of the Malawian multimedia company...
This part 2 of 2 video, is the final part of a Ebola and 911 false flag discussion, regarding the Owls, the Spiders, Ebola and the ongoing mega ritual of time manipulation, that appears to be ready to use Ebola, as a means to advance the NWO agenda, needed to advance their global goals, toward their one world govt and new world order success. Background links: 911 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wNDfnMrCnI&spfreload;=1 Skull and Bones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqRNrssdgjE Patriot Act:2001 Approved by Democratic Congress on 10-24-01 and passed by the Senate on 10-25-01. President Bush signs Patriot Act into law, on 10-26-01. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_Act UN Security Council Global Patriot Act Resolution:Passed by SC. http://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2014/10/while-al...
Melinda Gates está à frente da “Gates Foundation”, instituição que investe bilhões de dólares em projetos para melhorar a qualidade de vida nos países em desenvolvimento. Administrar uma fundação “abastecida” por fortunas do calibre das de Warren Buffet e Bill Gates não é tarefa fácil. Líderes, a todos nós foram confiados recursos, dons e responsabilidades. Temos agido com sabedoria ao lidar com eles? #umnovoolhar #summitbrasil1617
Biography of Bill Gates William Henry Gates was born on October 28, 1955 in Seattle, Washington. As the principal founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates is one of the most influential and richest people on the planet. Recent estimates of his wealth put it at $56 billion, this is the equivalent of the combined GDP of several African economies. In recent years he has retired from working full time at Microsoft, and has instead has concentrated on working with his charitable foundation “The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation” Bill Gates foundation of Microsoft Bill Gates founded Microsoft in 1976 when he formed a contract with MITTS (Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems) to develop a basic operating system for their new microcomputers. In the early days Bill Gates would review every line ...
Find out more about Bill Gates Life Story, Net Worth, Cars, House, Private Jets and Luxurious Lifestyle. Subscribe The Filmy Cut for more updates. https://www.youtube.com/thefilmycut Music Credits: Alex Skrindo - Get Up Again (feat. Axol) [NCS Release] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UeMLPCL1Cs Bill Gates Earnings and Luxurious Lifestyle Co-founded Microsoft, investor, author and philanthropist (Co-founder of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation) He started out as an above-average child and started learning and developing software programs and games at the age of 13 (His first program was tic-tac-toe game) He graduated from Lakeside School with SAT score of 1590 out of 1600, a brilliant feat that got him a seat in Harvard While in Harvard he read an article on the Altair 8800 mini-comp...
Bill Gates Car Collection 2016. Aside from computers and poverty alleviation, Gates is also known for being fascinated with vehicles. He has been seen driving a 2008 Ford Focus, even as the car giant had a funny exchange with Gates regarding the similarities of the automotive and computer industries. Gates’ favorites are cars from the German manufacturer Porsche Porsche 930. Porsche Carrera 911. Porsche 959 Coupe. About Bill Gates :: Married to: Melinda French Gates Children: Three Career highlights: Microsoft, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 1955— Born Seattle, WA.1973 Entered Harvard University. 1967 Enrolled at Lakeside School. First used computer. 1968 Began programming with Paul Allen in the computer center. Bill Gates is a technologist, business leader, and philanthropist. He ...
Alex Jones and his team of Infowars reporters are breaking down the electronic Berlin Wall of media control by reaching millions of people around the world - with more waking up every day. Circumventing the dying dinosaur media systems of information suppression, Infowars and the Alex Jones Channel are a beacon of truth in a maelstrom of lies and deception. You have found the tip of the spear in alternative media - Infowars is on the front lines in the battle to reclaim our rights, dignity and our destiny by exposing the control freaks who seek to turn the globe into a prison planet.
Melinda Gates has become a public face for the Gates Foundation, taking a hands-on approach to solving issues around the world. A film by MediaStorm (Full Version) Subscribe to the WSJ channel here: http://bit.ly/14Q81Xy More from the Wall Street Journal: Visit WSJ.com: http://www.wsj.com Follow WSJ on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/wsjvideo Follow WSJ on Google+: https://plus.google.com/+wsj/posts Follow WSJ on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WSJvideo Follow WSJ on Instagram: http://instagram.com/wsj Follow WSJ on Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/wsj/
True success story of a young cancer ridden child who overcomes and inspires.
This week, Adam, Will, and Norm discuss the video Jamie and Adam helped Bill and Melinda Gates make as part of their foundation's annual letter. Other topics include: buying concert tickets online, the right way to approach someone you admire, and Will misses the ultimate segue. Watch the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation video with Jamie and Adam: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSRHPxNmO2w Learn more about the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: http://www.gatesfoundation.org/
Gwen Ifill moderates a conversation with Bill and Melinda Gates about their experiences working on education issues in the U.S. for the last 15 years and their plans for the future. The. U.S. Education Learning Forum brought together more than 250 educators, students, parents, and leaders to discuss how we can ensure education remains a bridge to opportunity for all Americans.
“When I’m leading, I want it to be both fun and exhausting. There’s something really special about being fierce when you’re creating something,” shared Sue Desmond-Hellmann, during her Stanford GSB View From the Top Talk on January 9, 2015. Discover how her work at Genentech and experience as the first female chancellor at UCSF informed and shaped the type of leader she is today as CEO of the Gates Foundation.
Bill and Melinda Gates: Changing the world - Aljazeera www.aljazeera.com/.../2012/08/2012830123030716320.htmlSep 2, 2012 -- Bill Gates is one of the world's richest men. Born in Seattle in the North West of the US in 1955, he began to show an interest in computers while ... Talk to Al Jazeera - Bill and Melinda Gates: Changing the world ... ► 25:30► 25:30 www.dailymotion.com/.../xt7mqm_ta...Sep 1, 2012 - 26 min Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, hunger, youtube, talk to al jazeera, Melinda Gates, developing world ... A Story can Change the World - BILL & MELINDA GATES - YouTube ► 1:07► 1:07 www.youtube.com/watch?v...Apr 9, 2011 - 1 min - Uploaded by AbhinavSr1 Anna Hazare rules out differences over panelby AbhinavSr11,204 views · Do You Have a World-Changing ... by Abhinav Srivastava - ...
A discussion with Bill and Melinda Gates on catalysing action on the new Sustainable Development Goals William H. Gates III, Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USA Melinda French Gates, Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USA
Bill and Melinda Gates talk with The Verge's Walt Mossberg about the sixth anniversary of the Gates Foundation's Giving Pledge, which commits billionaires to give most of their wealth to charitable causes. They argue that many wealthy entrepreneurs underestimate their own ability to apply business innovation to philanthropy. Melinda Gates is currently focused on improving women's access to contraception, while Bill Gates says vaccination efforts in the Middle East will completely wipe out polio worldwide by 2017. He also discusses how he views recent advances in artificial intelligence: "The dream is finally arriving."
Craig Cogut, Managing Partner, Pegasus Capital Advisors Cindy Huang, Senior Advisor, Office of Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative, US State Department Ellen Piwoz, Nutrition Lead, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Dominic Schofield, Manager, Infant Young Child Nutrition, the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition