Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Melinda French Gates launches $250 million initiative for women's health

French Gates highlighted that women, regardless of their country's wealth, are living longer in poor health and still face major obstacles in accessing even basic healthcare

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation CEO urges billionaires to donate more, soon

The CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has a message: Hey billionaires, give away more of your money to address inequality and do it soon. Mark Suzman made the call in his annual letter released Thursday that led with the story of Chuck Feeney, a billionaire whose philanthropy inspired Warren Buffett, Bill Gates and Melinda French-Gates. Feeney, who died in October, made a fortune through duty free stores and gave away $8 billion during his life, much of it anonymously. He showed us all how the actions of one generous person can set the wheels in motion for generations of progress, Suzman wrote of Feeney. The message is a familiar one from the Gates Foundation, one of the largest global health funders in the world. The foundation recently announced it would spend $8.6 billion in 2024, its largest budget to date, aided by a $20 billion donation by Gates in 2022. The record-setting budget coincides with the erosion of progress nonprofits made toward ending poverty, fighting .

Bill Gates as dubious philanthropist

The problem is that Schwab is rarely content to let the facts speak for themselves. Page after page devolves into insinuation and screeds against capitalism

$15 bn from Bill Gates, Melinda Gates tops biggest gift list in 2021

It was a healthy year for big gifts to charitable causes in 2021, a year that saw one of the largest multibillion-dollar contributions in more than a decade

Gender, climate change: Gates divorce spurs divergence of investing goals

In years leading up to their breakup, Bill and Melinda French Gates dived into projects outside the scope of their foundation's work. That trend expected to accelerate post-divorce.

Shock divorce forces $50 bn Gates foundation to weigh changes, focus

There are signs change is coming to one of the world's most powerful philanthropic organisations.

Gates divorce: Melinda gets more than $3 billion from Cascade investment

The separation involves the transfer of wealth on a scale that's rarely seen

Gates divorce talks started in 2019 on Jeffrey Epstein link: Report

The couple have said that they plan on remaining co-chairs and trustees of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Bill and Melinda Gates divorce: How $145 bn can be split between couple

The couple are also among the lar­gest landowners in the US and have homes inc­luding their 66,000-sqft mansion in Medina, Washin­gton

Serum Institute to manufacture 200 mn doses of Covid-19 vaccine

A further collaboration among the Serum Institute of India, Gavi and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will accelerate the manufacture and delivery of up to 100 mn doses of Covid-19 vaccines

Warren Buffett donates $2.9 bn to Gates Foundation, family charities

In a statement on Wednesday, Berkshire said Buffett's 15th annual donation comprised 15.97 million Class B shares of Berkshire.

PM Modi interacts with Bill Gates, discusses global response to COVID-19

The PM sought suggestions from Gates, who is co-chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, on how India's capacities and capabilities could be better leveraged for the general benefit of the world

India's PM will be able to monitor every child's health: Nachiket Mor

Interview with National Director for Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation- India

Gates Foundation opens new windows

The foundation will work on schemes such as Swachh Bharat Mission and Direct Benefits Transfer