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Nonilex May 8, 2025

The $200 Billion Gamble: #BillGates’s Plan to Wind Down His Foundation

In a wide-ranging interview, he explains his decision — amid the Trump admin’s assault on #ForeignAid — to accelerate the end of his giving.

by David Wallace-Wells

Today the #GatesFoundation celebrates its 25th anniversary by announcing its plans to close up shop.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/magazine/bill-gates-foundation-closing-2045.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Fk8.mBIv.zs6mjh2Ut3w8&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p

Bill Gates Explains His Plans to Close the Gates Foundation in 2045

In a wide-ranging interview, he explains his decision — amid the Trump administration’s assault on foreign aid — to accelerate the end of his giving.

The New York Times

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NYT: "Who’s the world’s richest man? Elon Musk. And he’s not giving much away, if anything, to the needs of the world’s poor."

BG: "Well, he’s the one who cut the U.S.A.I.D. budget. He put it in the wood chipper, because he didn’t go to a party that weekend."

Y’know, in our old age I might just begin to like Bill Gates…