Gates will withdraw from Microsoft to concentrate on the global philanthropy
Reporter: Wu Xinxin Microsoft Corporation president Bill. Gates in June 27, is also today, withdraws from Microsoft's administration work, manages the Gates Charitable foundation with all one's strength. The field public figure pointed out that this will be American and even the world charity gospel, Gates and the foundation noes need for doubt will continue to mold and to change the world philanthropy by its huge influence. World biggest software company Microsoft Corporation's founder Gates previously announced that in June 27 he retires from Microsoft Corporation, in order to manage with all one's strength by him and Ms. name naming Bill and US Linda. Gates Charitable foundation. * quits while ahead from Microsoft Corporation * Although after Gates leaves a post, will still be Microsoft Corporation's board of directors president, but this news already clearly indicated to the outside, Gates has hated to leave the stable unintentionally in Microsoft, his energy will invest all into the philanthropy. This news arouses the interest, not only, because he is the world software's industry giant, because the Gates foundation is the world scale is biggest, grasps charitable foundation most foundations. Since Gates has founded this foundation in 2000, already invested surpasses his property more than 50% 30,000,000,000 US dollars, has saved from all over the world the innumerable lives. The American country public welfare responds the committee charitable (National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy) president Arran. Dorfman (Aaron Dorfman) indicated during the interview that Gates and foundation's scale and the influence in now in the philanthropy nobody to be possible to compare. He said: “Gates and the foundation are the charity superstars, is one is 800 pounds gorillas. They have the value 38,000,000,000 US dollar charitable foundations and other properties, in only 07 year one year they contributed 3,000,000,000 US dollars offerings, compared to the American second big Charitable foundation--The Ford foundation has been higher than more than three times.” * Gates arouses the common people to pay attention to the philanthropy * President Dorfman indicated that Bill. Gates the painstaking care which and poured into to philanthropy's deep love has aroused the people since long to philanthropy's huge attention, the people not on own initiative imitated him, took the example him. He said: “Gates gets up affects most obvious one is positively, takes the world richest person, he has donated the majority of properties the charity industry, he set up a good example for American other rich people. Moreover, he carries on again very intelligently his property invests again, then uses at the public utility, what this is really very great.” The human who is affected Gates are innumerable, most important one is 08 years is evaluated by Forbes the global first rich and powerful people bond investor Warren. Buffett. in 2006, Buffett announced that will give Gates one after another in the next ten years in his 45,000,000,000 property's majority of donations the foundation. Besides has the profound influence to people's thought and the behavior, Gates and the foundation are changing and mold American and even the world philanthropy slowly. The American country public welfare responds committee president Arran charitable. Dorfman said: “the Gates foundation helps truly US and other national poor person and the poor community does for the foundation most important task, this is many other foundations cannot achieve. We saw many foundations basically are embark from their benefit, is only for certain specific benefit association or for the founder own alma mater donation. Human who the Gates foundation's idea is needs to utilize the limited resources to help these to be poorest, most not to have the opportunity to obtain the help.” How to utilize the human who the limited resources go to help many to need as far as possible to help, this is also Bill. The Gates 07 years at Harvard University graduation ceremony the question which proposed to same year's graduates. The Gates foundation from the being established until now, steps in many domains, but the health and the education have been foundation's key points, the very major partial reasons are this idea which Gates has had. According to the Gates foundation the data which announces in its website, establishes from 2000 until now, foundation the fund which invested in the global healthy question achieves 9,480,000,000, occupied the investment the charitable foundation total amount near half. In June 3, Beijing's Xicheng District just had obtained one which the Gates foundation provides the nearly 10,000,000 US dollars funds, will use in 5 years doing AIDS's prevention next. * turns the Gates foundation the great foundation * Certainly, the Gates foundation over the years also unceasingly encounters each kind of criticism. For instance 07 year in January, the foundation the great funding invested petroleum company, this will possibly give the developing country the environment to bring the huge disaster, the people will criticize this and the foundation initiate with to make struggle's objective to violate poorly; Moreover, the foundation invests some medicine company once was also accused the impediment to provide to the poor country the low price drugs. However for all this, Mr. and Mrs. Gates live simply to the wealth, to philanthropy's craving, as well as the Gates foundation the contribution which makes to the humanity, widely receives people's appreciation and the respect. Specially brings the huge change to the computer technology the Gates this commerce field turbulent current to bravely retreat, the total involvement investment philanthropy, the field public figure said that this is philanthropy's gospel. The American country public welfare responds committee president Arran charitable. Dorfman said to reporter: “Gates is an extremely intelligent person, he retires after Microsoft 100% energy will invest into the philanthropy, this will lead his philanthropy a new stage, will let his foundation transform a great foundation from a very good foundation, I believed that in next several years, the Gates foundation certainly will have a greater achievement.” It is reported that after Gates does the charitable work, with all one's strength first will go to China, with the Chinese government on AIDS prevention, forbids to smoke and so on subjects to launch the consultation. Very obviously, to 53 year-old Gates, retires from Microsoft is not the conclusion, this symbolizes exactly his other item benefitted the human enterprise's start.
Washington
Voice of America
on June 27, 2008
