Bill Gates "investment charity"
"When you have 100 million dollars, you will understand money but is a kind of symbolic, it means nothing." Bill Gates has said.
July 20,, the world of computer software giant Microsoft founder Bill Gates made a let all people of Wall Street was ecstatic thing, he and his company, Microsoft will be a $75 billion gold egg in the United States. The stock market hit And as the company’s largest shareholder
Gates will get $3 billion, the biggest dividends. But unlike most American enterprise manager, 48, Bill Gates decided to spend the extra fully given to him and his wife jointly set up "bill and Melinda the gates foundation".
Charitable investment
The bill and Melinda gates foundation was founded in January 2000. It is by the gates education foundation and William gates foundation merger and into. Before a foundation dedicated to through the public library DuoRen have the opportunity to make more use of science and technology resources after, a fund pays attention to improve global health care situation. The combined foundation, based in
Bill Gates to Office 2007 earn money to spend in the charity, and of course not just for merit, established the foundation also can be reduced taxes, even is the enterprise is an important link of the public relations. Only in 2001, Mr And Mrs Gates will donate $2 billion to their own foundation ─ ─ the bill and Melinda gates foundation, is the most people in donations. At present, the gates family this foundation in HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and other diseases prevention and control has invested $600 million in more than 2005 years before the end of funds, and also will be put into about 478 million us dollars. These diseases prevention and control of the global fund, the fund account for a large proportion.
Gates and its foundation for financial aid charity activities, but also praised for enterprise management technique has ruthless attack. Microsoft has suspicion of bullying, persecuted rival versions of software to withdraw from the market and DuoNian entangled, and its commercial incur criticism of one of the technique is ms-dos source. Despite the motive why, people have to admit, the bill and Melinda gates foundation for vulnerable populations in the third world, and for the poor students provide scholarships, global AIDS prevention and there is indeed a big contribution.