Bill Gates

It brings tears to my eyes because he was...

The idea that everybody would use a computer was somewhat ridiculed. So it was kind of fun to be part of a movement saying, no, no, this is really going to be mainstream. We're going to make them cheaper and better. And the fact that I was lucky enough through my experience to be in on that secret

The idea that everybody would use a computer was somewhat ridiculed. So it was kind of fun to be part of a movement saying, no, no, this is really going to be mainstream. We're going to make them cheaper and better. And the fact that I was lucky enough through my experience to be in on that secret

And to get to kind of lead the way, seeing that software would be the missing piece, I couldn't have been more lucky. And now that's given me a lot of resources to give back.

And to get to kind of lead the way, seeing that software would be the missing piece, I couldn't have been more lucky. And now that's given me a lot of resources to give back.

Well, my whole career has been about innovation, whether it's Microsoft with software and now all this incredible AI advance. I do work on climate, which we're trying to come up with innovation that can make clean products cost easier. as little as the dirty products so we can get them out there.

Well, my whole career has been about innovation, whether it's Microsoft with software and now all this incredible AI advance. I do work on climate, which we're trying to come up with innovation that can make clean products cost easier. as little as the dirty products so we can get them out there.

And then my full-time work is the Gates Foundation, where we're always coming up with new vaccines, new drugs. We're even trying to come up with a way to cure HIV so you don't have to keep taking the medicine there. And I'd say the current work to understand why kids get malnourished is the thing I'm most excited about.

And then my full-time work is the Gates Foundation, where we're always coming up with new vaccines, new drugs. We're even trying to come up with a way to cure HIV so you don't have to keep taking the medicine there. And I'd say the current work to understand why kids get malnourished is the thing I'm most excited about.

40% of kids in Africa don't develop their body or their brain and understanding, okay, what is it? They're getting enough calories, but there's something about that mix that You know, they never achieve their potential, either for themselves individually or for the country that they're part of.

40% of kids in Africa don't develop their body or their brain and understanding, okay, what is it? They're getting enough calories, but there's something about that mix that You know, they never achieve their potential, either for themselves individually or for the country that they're part of.

So I've gotten to be—there's so many cool innovations, and the pace of all of that is going faster today than ever in my lifetime. So it's a real privilege to work with innovators and back some of them on things like malaria or malnutrition, which the market— doesn't get resources to do that work. And that's where philanthropy can make a very dramatic difference.

So I've gotten to be—there's so many cool innovations, and the pace of all of that is going faster today than ever in my lifetime. So it's a real privilege to work with innovators and back some of them on things like malaria or malnutrition, which the market— doesn't get resources to do that work. And that's where philanthropy can make a very dramatic difference.

I take a lot of vacations near beaches and I enjoy whoever I'm with, getting two or three hours walking on the beach. That's a great way to get updates from my kids and have them share what they're doing. I will say the forest hiking that I did as a child up in the Seattle area, it's called the Olympic Peninsula there. There's just unbelievable hikes.

I take a lot of vacations near beaches and I enjoy whoever I'm with, getting two or three hours walking on the beach. That's a great way to get updates from my kids and have them share what they're doing. I will say the forest hiking that I did as a child up in the Seattle area, it's called the Olympic Peninsula there. There's just unbelievable hikes.

And even though in that group of boys, I was the least capable hiker and I would always vote for the shortest hike and going home the soonest, just the camaraderie and the kind of beauty, you know, was so stunning. I really have to get back and do some of those. I haven't done a lot of that since I was young.

And even though in that group of boys, I was the least capable hiker and I would always vote for the shortest hike and going home the soonest, just the camaraderie and the kind of beauty, you know, was so stunning. I really have to get back and do some of those. I haven't done a lot of that since I was young.

Yeah, I got myself so busy. I mean, you know, starting with Microsoft, where I had a monomaniacal focus, you know, kind of giving up weekends and vacation because I wanted to move faster. It wasn't some big sacrifice. I loved it, but it meant that I shut a lot of other things out.

Yeah, I got myself so busy. I mean, you know, starting with Microsoft, where I had a monomaniacal focus, you know, kind of giving up weekends and vacation because I wanted to move faster. It wasn't some big sacrifice. I loved it, but it meant that I shut a lot of other things out.

Then only when I retired from Microsoft did I get to go back and take a little more time off and see all the other great things going on in the world, including all this health stuff that is the thing I spend the most time on now.