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Bill Gates

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Global Health. Energy Innovation. Alzheimer’s. https://gatesnot.es/tgn

William Henry Gates III is an American businessman and philanthropist. A pioneer of the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, he co-founded the software company Microsoft in 1975 with his childhood friend Paul Allen. Following the company's 1986 initial public offering (IPO), Gates became a billionaire in 1987—then the youngest ever, at age 31. Forbes magazine ranked him as the world's wealthiest person for 18 out of 24 years between 1995 and 2017, including 13 years consecutively from 1995 to 2007. Gates became the first centibillionaire in 1999, when his net worth briefly surpassed $100 billion. According to Forbes, as of May 2025, his net worth stood at US$115.1 billion, making him the thirteenth-richest individual in the world. .. more

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Bill Gates @billgates.bsky.social · 13d

Equally important, especially given the pressure on aid budgets, we must protect funding for health and development—programs that save lives, strengthen economies, and help people stay resilient in a warming world. gatesnot.es/3Jru8UO

Bill Gates @billgates.bsky.social · 13d

Climate change is one of the most serious challenges we face, and I’m committed as ever to supporting breakthroughs that will help the world reach net-zero.

Bill Gates @billgates.bsky.social · 29d

U.S. funding for global health saves an estimated 3.3 million lives each year. From HIV treatment to malaria prevention, the impact is real and measurable: b-gat.es/3KP8yd6

Bill Gates @billgates.bsky.social · Sep 6

Affordable, reliable energy has often come at the cost of higher emissions. But geothermal can change that—delivering around-the-clock, low-cost electricity without contributing to climate change.

Bill Gates @billgates.bsky.social · Aug 8

In the U.S., tuberculosis deaths are rare. In some parts of Africa, they’re thousands of times more common. We have better tools than ever, but they remain out of reach for too many. What’s missing is equitable access.

The world left its fight against tuberculosis unfinished — how can we complete the job?

If we get it right, the world could save more than 1.2 million lives every year.

Bill Gates @billgates.bsky.social · Jul 23

Learning how many kids were dying from diarrhea back in 1997—when I never worried about it with my own kids—led me to get involved in global health: gatesnot.es/4kNtugR

Bill Gates @billgates.bsky.social · Jul 3

To me, this is the most remarkable thing about global health: With a relatively small amount of money, you can do a great deal of good for a great many people. This is money well spent, and we should go back to spending it—now.

Bill Gates @billgates.bsky.social · Jul 3

Health aid is a small piece of America’s foreign aid, which is itself a small piece of the federal budget. In 2023, the US spent less than one percent of the federal budget on lifesaving global health programs: b-gat.es/4l9AyW1

Bill Gates @billgates.bsky.social · Jul 3

According to a UNAIDS analysis, ending PEPFAR-supported programs for people living with HIV could result in an additional 4.2 million deaths by 2029: b-gat.es/4lbD4Lw

Bill Gates @billgates.bsky.social · Jul 3

Since 2000, Gavi has helped get vaccines to 1.1 billion children. The U.S. announced that, after this year, it’s pulling out all its money. If that happens, Gavi estimates that 75 million children will miss vaccinations over the next five years—and of those, 1.2 million children will die.

Bill Gates @billgates.bsky.social · Jul 3

A study in the Lancet recently looked at the cumulative impact of reductions in American aid. It found that, by 2040, 8 million more children will die before their fifth birthday. b-gat.es/44wCCQO

The Effects of Reductions in United States Foreign Assistance on Global Health

Background: The United States (US) has traditionally been the largest donor to health programs in low- and middle-income countries. In January 2025 almost all s

Bill Gates @billgates.bsky.social · Jun 27

There’s never been a point in the past 25 years when more lives hung in the balance. gatesnot.es/4loJLJM

Reposted by Thomas Pogge, Bill Gates

Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · Jun 26

A child dies of malnutrition every 15 seconds, as 185,535 boxes of special food for starving children are stacked in a warehouse in Rhode Island, paid for by American taxpayers. After shutting USAID, the Trump administration is just sitting on the boxes. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/o...

Opinion | ‘The U.S. Cannot Solve All the World’s Problems’

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Bill Gates @billgates.bsky.social · Jun 25

When the United States and other governments suddenly cut their aid budgets, I know for a fact that more children will die. Here’s the proof I’m showing Congress: gatesnot.es/4nnV8Us

Bill Gates @billgates.bsky.social · May 20

A big step forward in the fight against Alzheimer’s: The FDA approved the first blood test to help diagnose the disease. Breakthroughs like this will make earlier, easier diagnosis possible—bringing us closer to better treatments and, someday, a cure.

FDA OKs first blood test that can help diagnose Alzheimer's disease

U.S. health officials have endorsed the first blood test that can help diagnose Alzheimer’s. The test would help identify patients who may benefit from drugs that can modestly slow the memory-destroyi...

Bill Gates @billgates.bsky.social · May 15

The last 25 years have shown us what’s possible. The next 25 will depend on whether the world keeps showing up for the children who need it most: gatesnot.es/43gTIl5

Bill Gates @billgates.bsky.social · May 8

No mother or child should die from a preventable cause. No generation should live in fear of deadly infectious diseases. And no one should be denied the chance to thrive because of where they were born. gatesnot.es/4m5pSc3