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Bill Gates |
Bill Gates is co-chair
of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Along with co-chair Melinda Gates,
he shapes and approves grant-making strategies, advocates for the foundation’s
issues, and helps set the overall direction of the organization. Bill and
Melinda Gates work together to expand opportunity to the world’s most
disadvantaged people by collaborating with grantees and partners. They also
participate in national and international events and travel extensively to
focus attention on the issues the foundation champions. Gates began his major
philanthropic efforts in 1994, when he created the William H. Gates Foundation,
which focused on global health. Three years later, he and Melinda created the
Gates Library Foundation, which worked to bring public access computers with Internet
connections to libraries in the United States. Its name changed to the Gates
Learning Foundation in 1999 to reflect its focus on ensuring that low-income minority
students are prepared for college and have the means to attend. In 2000, to
increase efficiency and communication, the two groups merged into the Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation. In 1975, Gates left Harvard University in his
junior year to focus on Microsoft, the company he founded with his childhood
friend Paul Allen. As chief software architect and chairman, Gates led the company
to become the worldwide leader in business and personal software, services, and
solutions. In July 2008, Gates transitioned into a new role as chairman of
Microsoft and advisor on some key development projects.
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