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Home / News / World News / Bill Gates has made his largest donation since 2000
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    Bill Gates has made his largest donation since 2000

    Shiladitya Ray
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    Last updated on Aug 16, 2017, 06:40 am
    Bill Gates has made his largest donation since 2000
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  • According to a recently released Securities & Exchange Commission filing, Microsoft founder Bill Gates recently made his biggest donation since 2000.

    Gates donated 64 million Microsoft Corp. shares to a yet unknown recipient on 6th June - in terms of market value, the donation is worth $4.6 billion.

    However, spokespersons for both Bill Gates and Microsoft have not yet responded to requests for comments.

  • In this article
    Bill Gates's turn of the century giveaways Bill Gates's dwindling holdings in Microsoft Gates: the world's richest person for nearly two decades Bill and Melinda Gates's donations over the years Bill Gates's efforts to improve charitable practices among the wealthy
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    Bill Gates's turn of the century giveaways

  • The donation on 6th June marks the largest gift of shares Bill Gates has made since 2000. According to Bloomberg, the billionaire donated $16 billion worth of Microsoft shares in 1999, and $5.1 billion again in 2000.

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    Bill Gates's dwindling holdings in Microsoft

    Bill Gates's dwindling holdings in Microsoft
  • Bill Gates's latest donation was worth 38% of his holdings in Microsoft.

    Over the years, Bill Gates has directed over 700 million Microsoft shares to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), an amount which would be worth over $50 billion, had he held them today.

    Due to his charity, Gates's share in Microsoft has decreased from 24% in 1996 to 1.3% today.

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    Gates: the world's richest person for nearly two decades

  • Microsoft founder Bill Gates, aged 61 now, is worth $86.1 billion even after the donation. Gates has held the title of the world's richest person for four years in a row now, and for 18 out of the past 23 years.

  • Historic donations

    Bill and Melinda Gates's donations over the years

    Bill and Melinda Gates's donations over the years
  • Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda Gates, have always had a penchant for charity, and the couple founded the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) in 2000 with the aim of improving healthcare and eradicating extreme poverty in the world.

    Since 1994, the couple has given away $35 billion to charity, according to a review of BMGF tax returns, annual reports, and regulatory filings.

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    Bill Gates's efforts to improve charitable practices among the wealthy

  • In 2010, Bill and Melinda Gates, along with billionaire Warren Buffet, created the Giving Pledge to encourage the wealthy to donate a majority of their wealth. Since then, they have been joined by 168 others who have pledged a majority of their wealth to charity.

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