Bill gates has given to charity a huge fortune

Despite the value of the sum, the current state allows the inventor to stay in first place in the ranking of the richest people on Earth.

The richest man on the planet — bill gates — has decided to give to charity 64 million shares of technology giant Microsoft, which cost is currently the equivalent of $ 4.6 billion, which is 5% of the personal wealth of a billionaire. In 1999, bill gates already gave to charity $ 16 billion, a year late to this amount, added another 5.1 billion since then, However, to the 6th of June this year, bill gates never made generous contributions.

In total the couple gates gave to charity, since 1994, $ 35 billion in assets and cash. In 2010, Warren buffet donated to the bill and Melinda gates Foundation is unprecedented in the history of charitable activities amount — $ 10 billion.

At the moment information about where you will be directed received by the Fund of $ 4.6 billion, missing.

However, the charitable Foundation of bill and Melinda gates Foundation, which deals with the problem of eradicating poverty in the world, it was repeatedly harsh criticism. The organization was accused of financing programs and companies that make a profit, but do not contribute to raising the standard of living in developing countries, among them pharmaceutical companies and businesses, causing substantial damage to the environment.

Despite the fact that bill gates gave to charity 5% of equity, he is still the richest man on the planet, the personal status which reaches 86 billion dollars, but the owner of Amazon Jeff Bezos is only slightly inferior to him — his fortune is estimated at 84.5 billion dollars.

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