Bill Gates says he and his ex-wife, Melinda French Gates, plan to run foundation together for 25 more years
in the keynote conversation at this year's Forbes 400 Summit on Philanthropy."That's probably the period of time where Melinda and I will be around to help make sure it stays on track."
In 25 years, Gates will be 91 years old, and French Gates will be 83. Alongside Warren Buffett, Gates and French Gates in 2010 created the, which asks billionaires to publicly commit to give most of their wealth away to philanthropic efforts either during their lifetimes or in their wills. "We think spending all the money in that timeframe makes sense," Gates continued to Forbes."So we'll be shifting money over more and more, we committed to raise the spend level up."
In that time, they will"try and bring infectious disease, or all of the diseases that make the world inequitable, to bring those largely to an end, either through eradication or getting them down to very low levels," Gates said.a commitment of $912 million to the Global Fund to help tackle AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria.
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