Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation – A Tradition of Giving Both the Gates and French families instilled the values of volunteerism and civic engagement. Our families believed that if life happens to bless you, you should use those gifts as well and as wisely as you can. ¬– Bill and Melinda Gates In 2000, the founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates, and his wife, Melinda French Gates, founded the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation also known as the Gates Foundation. The Gates Foundation has a diverse global
The History of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation When most people hear about Bill Gates the first thing that comes to mind is the obscene amount of money he has made through out his career. Owning many different foundations, the most common foundation known to most college students is the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation that provide many different scholarships. However, this foundation also does various things to give back to communities and aiding suffering countries. Within this foundation there
Melinda gates is an American business women and a philanthropist. Melinda gates is the wife of the richest man in the world, Microsoft founder bill gates.therefore Melinda is one of most powerful women in the world. She wants to solve some health and educational problems around the world, along with her husband.the couple are ranked #1 billionaires. Melinda Ann French was born in Dallas, Texas in August 15,1964. Melinda has three siblings. She has an older sister and two younger
and one of the richest men in the world, William Henry “Bill” Gates definitely influenced the world greatly in 2014. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is the largest private foundation in the world, and the charitable contribution it made towards medical improvement is nothing less important. Throughout the years, Gates has endowed over 42 billion towards his foundation, and much of it went towards medical research. In 2014, Gates made it his goal to combat Neglected Tropical Diseases, such as
Melinda Swafford, Sue Bailey, & Kayleigh Beasley (2014). Positive Learning Environments Enhance Student Achievement. Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers, 32-35. The authors of this article discuss the components of the learning environment and recognize the impact it has on student achievement. Six components are correlated with the teacher evaluation model listed in the article. These six components are security, shelter, social contact, symbolic identification, task instrumentality,
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the United Nations Foundation are both involved in the development of global health policies and evaluation of health care and health systems. The main focus of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is advancing science and technology to deliver vaccines, drugs, diagnostics, and new affordable and reliable solutions. The United Nations Foundation focuses on a wide range of global health problems, including: decreasing childhood mortality, improving disaster
William Henry "Bill" Gates (more commonly known as "Bill" Gates) is an American philanthropist, investor, programmer and role model. William Henry Gates used to be the chief executive and chairman one of the world's most successful personal computer software company, Microsoft which he co-founded with Paul Allen. William Henry Gates was also consistently ranked by Forbes magazine as the number one world wealthiest from 1995 to 2009 with the exception of 2008 when he was ranked third. According to
Henry Gates III is widely known not only for his influence in the modern world as one of the founders of Microsoft, but also for his iconic contributions towards philanthropic causes, and for his legacy on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Certainly, Bill Gates has transgressed and influenced the manner in how societies develop. In fact,
How the Gates Foundation Reduces Poverty “We all have the chance to create a world where extreme poverty is the exception rather than the rule, and where all children have the same chance to thrive, no matter where they’re born” (Guacci). The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation started in 1997 when the Gates family read an article about the millions of children in poor countries who were dying from disease. They have been working to reduce poverty and poor health throughout the world ever since as
Bill Gates is not only famous for Microsoft but also for Gates Foundation. Gates Foundation is an organization that has helped millions of people in poor countries with vaccinations. The main objective of Gates Foundation is to save life of people who are suffering diseases that can be cured. Gates Foundation spends almost the same amount of money as World Health Organization. Bill and Melinda Gates started Gates Foundation to help people who are deprived of these facilities. In the short time of
cultural legacy. Though, they seem to have forgotten the founder of Microsoft, a significant giant in the technology arena. William Henry Gates III is widely known not only as one of the founders of Microsoft, but also for his philanthropy and social entrepreneurship. I. Bill gates had a vision when he started Microsoft at the age of 20. During a time
Bill Gates made a significant change in the technological world. Born on October 28, 1955, in Seattle, Washington, Bill Gates is internationally renowned for his foundation with Microsoft Corporation, the most important company to the multinational world. Bill Gates is just one influential person to the world, that has many contributions that have left a legacy to the world. A tribute is an act or statement that is in honor of someone or something. With that being said, we believe Bill Gates is worthy
achieved his American Dream and turned it into a reality was Bill Gates. Bill was one of the founders of Microsoft, a multi national technology company that took off by storm. Bill Gates achieved the American Dream by pursuing his idea to improve personal computers. Bill was born on October 28, 1955 in Seattle, Washington to a wealthy family. His birth name is William Henry Gates III making him the third male named William Henry Gates. Bill was a very bright student and had tons
Introduction William Henry Gates III was born on October 28th, 1955 in Seattle, Washington (Gates, 2016). This man grew up to be one of the richest men alive, and he is known as Bill Gates. In it says that he grew up in the upper middle class with two sisters, Kristianne and Libby, one older and one younger than him, respectively. His mother, Mary Maxwell, was a student at the University of Washington, and his father, William H. Gates Sr., was a law student. Bill Gates’ mother was involved with charities
identify three well known philanthropists which are the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Warren Buffet and George Soros. It will then provide details on how their wealth had contributed to make a difference on the global stage. The first notable Philanthropists are Bill and Melinda Gates, Through Their foundation they have given $15 million to provide means to fund new projects Innovative Sanitation Solutions across the Asian region. Bill Gates achieved his fortune by developing a company named Microsoft
the way we live and see life. His name is William Henry Gate III or as we all know him as Bill Gates. William Henry Gate III was born in Seattle on 1955 and was raised in a wealthy family. His father was a successful attorney and his mother was a top executive at a national bank. This upbringing gave him the opportunity to study in the most prestige school on his state where he discovered his love for computers. The beginning While Bill Gates was at junior high a group of parents raise money to purchase
Bill Gates once said “ I believe that with great wealth comes great responsibility , a responsibility to give back to society.”(Cesinski 100). Here Bill Gates is saying that people who are more lucky money wise should give back to society to help the people who don't have as much luck it's almost like it's their responsibility. In this quote Bill Gates believes everyone with great wealth should give back to society like he does. Bill Gates is an important figure in American History because he gave
Bill Gates founded Microsoft, but his foremost important ethical contributions have come from his charitable work as a business-man. Mr. Gates achieved the success as a philanthropist after Microsoft became a multi-billion-dollar corporation. The success of his corporation made Gates the wealthiest individual in the world. His contribution in the charitable work makes Bill Gates one of the utmost ethical leaders of this modern generation. There a several means that leadership might be evaluated.
Bill Gates: Inovator and Philanthropist Tia Caton Humanities 1/2 Morgan/Matheny 1 April 2014 After having helped found what would be the world’s most popular and largest software company in 1975, Bill Gates officially found himself to be the richest man alive at the ripe, young age of only thirty-one. Gates had never imagined that the thirteen year old boy who loved to program computers in his parent’s garage would one day find himself to be considered the world’s wealthiest man alive
1.) What kind of "research" has Bill Gates carried out about the nature of global poverty? What sources of information did he draw on in preparing his speech for Davos? Global poverty is often defined in absolute terms of low income nearly half of the world's population-more than 3 billion people- live on less than $2.50 a day, for example. In this article Mr. Gates elaborated on his inpatients with the shortcomings of capitalism, advocating for a revision of what most consider the free will of