On Wednesday, Bill Gates announced his intention to transfer no less than $20 billion of his personal fortune to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in the coming weeks.
A donation that will allow the institution created in 2000 by the founder of Microsoft and his ex-wife to increase its spending significantly, from 6 to 9 billion dollars annually by 2026.
In his announcement, published both on Twitter and on his blog, the 66-year-old billionaire goes even further by promising that he will eventually give away his entire fortune, and, in fact, will soon no longer have a place. at the top of the ranking of the richest men in the world.
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"I'm going to go down and, upon arrival, get out of the list of the richest people in the world.
The fact that I give this money is not a sacrifice at all.
I feel privileged to be able to tackle these great challenges.
I believe that I have an obligation to return my resources to society in such a way as to have the best possible impact to improve lives,” said Bill Gates on his GatesNotes blog, before recalling that the foundation works to fight against the poverty, disease and inequality across the world.
To date, the fortune of Bill Gates is estimated at 122 billion dollars, which makes him the fourth richest man in the world behind Bernard Arnault, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk.
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