Bill Gates: We've given away $100bn, but my children won't be poor when I'm gone 5 days ago
It's towards the end of our interview that Bill Gates reveals new numbers on how much his charitable Foundation has now spent in its efforts to combat preventable diseases and reduce poverty.
Bill Gates: We've given away $100bn, but my children won't be poor when I'm gone 5 days ago Katie Razzall Culture and Media Editor•@katierazz Share Save Maxine Collins/BBC Bill Gates in blue jumper and jacket, sitting by fireplaceMaxine Collins/BBC It's towards the end of our interview that Bill Gates reveals new numbers on how much his charitable Foundation has now spent in its efforts to combat preventable diseases and reduce poverty. "I've given over 100 billion," he says, "but I still have more to give." That's dollars, just to clarify, worth about £80bn. It's roughly equivalent to the size of the Bulgarian economy or the cost of building the whole HS2 line. But to put it in context, it's also around the same as just one year of Tesla sales. (Tesla owner Elon Musk is now the richest man on the planet, a position Gates held for many years.)
