Bill Gates, who is spearheading a global, $5.5-billion effort to eradicate polio, tells NPR there is an economic as well as a humanitarian benefit to stamping out the disease, which has been contained ...

Following are excerpts from a letter Bill Gates released to the public describing his assessment of where his philanthropy, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, stands. He also discussed the role of ...

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Bill Gates is as optimistic about the world's future as ever, despite the fact that we're living through "an era with so many challenges and so much polarization," the billionaire philanthropist and ...

The Bill Gates-backed campaign urging billionaires to donate most of their fortunes to good causes is reportedly facing backlash as tech moguls mock the philanthropy club and Gates’ recently revealed ...