With his wife Melinda, Bill Gates chairs the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the world's largest private charitable foundation.
The foundation works to improve global health and to create equal opportunity for people around the globe.
Gates has sold or given away much of his stake in Microsoft -- he owns just over 1% of shares -- and invested in a mix of stocks and other assets.
He remains a board member of Microsoft, the software firm he founded with Paul Allen (d. 2018) in 1975.
In early 2019, Gates responded to the public backlash against billionaires by reiterating his support for a higher estate tax.
To date, Gates has donated $35.8 billion worth of Microsoft stock to the Gates Foundation.
The foundation works to improve global health and to create equal opportunity for people around the globe.
Gates has sold or given away much of his stake in Microsoft -- he owns just over 1% of shares -- and invested in a mix of stocks and other assets.
He remains a board member of Microsoft, the software firm he founded with Paul Allen (d. 2018) in 1975.
In early 2019, Gates responded to the public backlash against billionaires by reiterating his support for a higher estate tax.
To date, Gates has donated $35.8 billion worth of Microsoft stock to the Gates Foundation.