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

By: David Wallace-Wells — 8 May 2025 at 19:23

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.

“I think it’s objective to say to you that things will be better in the next 20 years.”

What to Know About Bill Gates’s Plans to Shut Down the Gates Foundation

By: David Wallace-Wells — 8 May 2025 at 12:15

The billionaire philanthropist says he will accelerate his giving — but then dissolve his organization in 20 years, decades earlier than he originally planned.

Bill Gates and George Osborne, Britain’s chancellor of the Exchequer, at an event in Liverpool in 2016 announcing funding for a program aimed at reducing deaths from malaria.