Gates Foundation Annual Letter

Reflecting on the first two decades of our foundation. | Continue reading


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Bill Gates 2020 annual letter – Why we swing for the fences

Reflecting on the first two decades of our foundation. | Continue reading


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Bill Gates on global pandemics (2018)

I was honored to be asked to give this year’s Shattuck Lecture. | Continue reading


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Gates Notes Is Down?

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Bill Gates: How we can make our tax system more fair

As the year comes to an end, I reflect on how we can make our tax system more fair. | Continue reading


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Teacher I Never Had

My video tribute to Richard Feynman: phenomenal explainer, amazing scientist, and all-around colorful guy. | Continue reading


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A book about growth–in every sense

The latest masterpiece from one of my favorite writers. | Continue reading


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Book Put Me to Sleep

In a good way! The author explains the benefits of a good night’s rest. | Continue reading


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Holiday-Books-2019 – Bill Gates

The five books on my end-of-year list will help you start 2020 on a good note. | Continue reading


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GatesNotes: 5 Books to Enjoy This Winter

The five books on my end-of-year list will help you start 2020 on a good note. | Continue reading


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GatesNotes: 5 Books to Enjoy This Winter

The five books on my end-of-year list will help you start 2020 on a good note. | Continue reading


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Gates Notes – Here’s a way you can help fight Alzheimer’s

Get involved in a study to understand the disease. | Continue reading


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Buildings Are Bad for the Climate

Green concrete, heat pumps, and other innovations. | Continue reading


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I think we can predict the future

Bill Gates was honored to deliver this year’s Professor Hawking Fellowship lecture. | Continue reading


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Bill Gates notes: From the cutting room floor

Bill Gates shares some of the stories that didn’t make it into the new Netflix docuseries about his life. | Continue reading


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What’s it like to live on less than $2 a day?

What’s life like on less than $2 a day? Bill Gates invites you to listen to the voices of some of the world’s poorest people answer that question for themselves. | Continue reading


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A question you should ask about every climate change plan

Bill Gates discusses the impact manufacturing has on greenhouse gas emissions and shares some innovative approaches to help make zero-carbon materials. | Continue reading


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The World’s Deadliest Shapeshifter

Malaria has clever ways to fool your immune system, but scientists are fighting back. | Continue reading


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BBQ chicken can prepare you for life after high school – Bill Gates

Bill Gates met with 2019 Washington State Teacher of the Year, Robert Hand, who teaches his students how to take care of themselves after they graduate. | Continue reading


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The Costs of Unreliable Electricity

Nearly 1 billion people around the world don’t have access to electricity. Bill Gates talks about the hidden costs of unreliable electricity. | Continue reading


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One great way to use your tech skills

Bill Gates highlights how William Wu changed his career to help the poor. | Continue reading


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Is There a Crisis in Capitalism?

Bill Gates reviews “The Future of Capitalism” by author Paul Collier. | Continue reading


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Bill Gates: Summer Books of 2019

Looking for a summer read? Bill Gates recommends these five books. | Continue reading


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A critical step to reduce climate change

Bill Gates highlights the three key solutions we’ll need for the transition to clean electricity. | Continue reading


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Bill Gates: A critical step to reduce climate change

Bill Gates highlights the three key solutions we’ll need for the transition to clean electricity. | Continue reading


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The Virus Hunters

Bill Gates highlights the work of Peter Piot and the UK Public Health Rapid Support Team. These virus hunters are doing amazing work to stop infectious diseases like Ebola. | Continue reading


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Test-tube mosquitoes might help us beat malaria

Genetic editing might help us wipe out malaria. | Continue reading


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Test-tube mosquitoes might help us beat malaria

Genetic editing might help us wipe out malaria. | Continue reading


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The unexpected way we might one day diagnose Alzheimer’s

Bill Gates thinks we’re close to finding a reliable, affordable, and easy-to-use diagnostic for Alzheimer’s. | Continue reading


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Can goats empower women?

Bill Gates highlights women who are trained as “pashu sakhis.” These goat nurses provide a range of services to help women in rural India gain financial independence. | Continue reading


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Making the world’s invisible people, visible

One billion people in the world don’t have an official proof of identify. Bill Gates spotlights Nandan Nilekani, who is working to change that. | Continue reading


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Bill Gates: Bots, britches, and bees

Bill Gates visited a Harvard University lab and saw some incredible creations that are powerful examples of the exciting innovation underway in the field of robotics. | Continue reading


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5 Good Summer Reads (2017)

Bill Gates shares five books he hopes you’ll enjoy reading this summer: “Born a Crime” by Trevor Noah, “The Heart” by Maylis de Kerangal, “Hillbilly Elegy” by J.D. Vance, “Homo Deus” by Yuval Noah Harari, and “A Full Life” by Jimmy Carter. | Continue reading


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What I learned at work this year

Bill Gates looks back on 2018, and shares a few thoughts on what’s going well and what isn’t with innovation in some specific areas that he works on. | Continue reading


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Bill Gates: What I Learned at Work This Year

Bill Gates looks back on 2018, and shares a few thoughts on what’s going well and what isn’t with innovation in some specific areas that he works on. | Continue reading


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Bill Gates: A new way to look at Leonardo

Codescope is an interactive kiosk with a touch screen that lets you explore the Codex Leicester, a notebook of Leonardo da Vinci’s that Bill Gates bought in 1994. | Continue reading


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Why I’m into meditation

Bill Gates reviews “The Headspace Guide to Meditation and Mindfulness” by author Andy Puddicombe. | Continue reading


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5 books I loved in 2018

Bill Gates shares the five books he loved in 2018. | Continue reading


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If you want to understand Silicon Valley, watch Silicon Valley

If you really want to understand how Silicon Valley works today, you should watch the HBO series “Silicon Valley”. | Continue reading


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Bill Gates endorses silicon valley

If you really want to understand how Silicon Valley works today, you should watch the HBO series “Silicon Valley”. | Continue reading


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If you want to understand Silicon Valley, watch Silicon Valley

If you really want to understand how Silicon Valley works today, you should watch the HBO series “Silicon Valley”. | Continue reading


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How mobile phones are helping farmers grow bigger harvests

Bill Gates talks about myAgro, a company helping poor farmers save money for the first time using their phones. | Continue reading


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Why the world deserves a better toilet – Bill Gates

The toilet hasn’t really changed in over a century. Bill Gates travels to Beijing, China to see some of the most high-tech toilets in the world on display at the Reinvent the Toilet Expo. | Continue reading


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Let’s create the third wave of poverty reduction

Bill Gates spoke at the foundation’s annual Goalkeepers event about eradicating extreme poverty, sharing the story of progress so far, the challenges that remain, and how we can solve them. | Continue reading


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All Hail the Condom King

Bill Gates highlights the work of Mechai Viravaidya who has helped save millions of lives by promoting easier access to contraception. | Continue reading


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Bill Gates' climate change quiz

Can you beat Bill Gates’s score on this climate change quiz? | Continue reading


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Bill Gates' plan for climate change

Bill Gates shares his plan for fighting climate change. | Continue reading


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Climate change and the 75% problem

Bill Gates shares his plan for fighting climate change. | Continue reading


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