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Gates and his wife invited Joan Salwen to Seattle to speak about what the family had done, and on December 9, 2010, Bill and Melinda Gates and investor Warren Buffett each signed a commitment they called the "Giving Pledge", which is a commitment by all three to donate at least half of their wealth, over the course of time, to charity.
Mary "Mimi" Gates (née Gardner; born July 30, 1943) [1] is an American art historian who is the recent director of the Seattle Art Museum. In 1996, she married Bill Gates Sr. , the father of Bill Gates .
William Henry Gates II [1] (November 30, 1925 – September 14, 2020), better known as Bill Gates Sr., was an American attorney, philanthropist, and civic leader.He was the founder of the law firm Shidler McBroom & Gates (a predecessor of K&L Gates), [2] and also served as president of both the Seattle King County and Washington State Bar associations. [3]
In 2024, Bill Gates can count Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett and Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg among his friends. However, in his formative years, the Microsoft co-founder struggled to fit ...
Gates is currently worth $105.8 billion (as of this writing), according to Forbes, making him the 14th richest person in the world today. However, he has vowed to give most of his money to charity ...
Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates looked at the big picture and the small picture as he was growing his software company in the early years.. In an interview with CNBC's Make It published on ...
She helped Bill and Melinda Gates found their foundation, growing it from its inception in 1997 to the world's largest philanthropy with 500 employees by the time she stepped down in 2008. [ 9 ] [ 4 ] In 1997, Bill and Melinda Gates asked Stonesifer to launch the Gates Library Foundation, [ 10 ] which later merged with the William H. Gates ...
He was also honored by his early business partner and lifelong friend Bill Gates, who said in a statement: Paul loved life and those around him, and we all cherished him in return. He deserved much more time, but his contributions to the world of technology and philanthropy will live on for generations to come. We will miss him tremendously. [43]