Bill Gates’ plan for fixing the world

Posted on | November 12, 2009 | No Comments

Last night in New York, Bill Gates presented his philanthropic plan on how to use a vast amount of his earned fortune to improve the world in a range of areas. Whether it will actually do any good in the large picture is hard to predict, but he surely deserves credit for trying.

Mashable writes: “It’s been more than a year since Bill Gates stepped down from day-to-day operations at Microsoft to focus on his philanthropic efforts through the Gates Foundation.

In that time, Gates has traveled the world (in the past week alone, he’s been in China, India, and today, New York), strategizing the best use of his enormous fortune and that of his foundation, which, also includes $31 billion of Warren Buffett’s money.

Tonight at the 92nd Street Y in New York City, Gates shared a progress report of sorts in an interview with Matthew Bishop of The Economist, which also included some broader questions from the audience.”

Read the entire article on Mashable.

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