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We see individuals, not issues. We are inspired by passion, and compassion for the wellbeing of people. Our methods are based on logic, driven by rigor, results, issues, and outcomes. Our innovation means trying new things, learning from our mistakes, and consistently refining our approach. Our strategies help us define our path to success, but ...
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has its headquarters in Seattle, Washington, where the Gates family has lived for generations. Our campus is a gathering place for employees, grantees, and partners to work together in solving some of the world’s most critical issues. It is intended to foster collaboration, transparency, and extend the ...
Sonia Vora oversees the talent and people strategies, processes, and programs that support our employees around the world—in alignment with the foundation’s values, commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and our goal of accelerating impact as measured by lives saved or improved. Sonia previously served as the director of talent at ...
May 4, 2021 · The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - the largest private body of its kind - spends billions of dollars every year on initiatives aimed at eradicating infectious diseases and reducing poverty.
The members of the board work alongside foundation co-chairs Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates, and contribute their diverse perspectives, backgrounds and expertise to help guide and strengthen the foundation's governance and strategic direction. You can learn more about the role of the board of trustees in our 2022 Annual Letter.
The board’s remit includes approving the foundation’s annual budget and four-year plan. The board spent 2022 preparing to discharge its duties. In January 2023, it approved the foundation’s annual budget for the first time. At $8.3 billion, it is the largest budget in the foundation’s history. Transparency is an important part of the ...
In 2010, Bill, Melinda French Gates, and Warren Buffett founded the Giving Pledge, an effort to encourage the world’s wealthiest families and individuals to publicly commit more than half of their wealth to philanthropic causes and charitable organizations during their lifetime or in their will. Bill grew up in Seattle with two sisters.
