No longer the top richest man, Bill Gates said that he donated most of the assets and donated 20 billion US dollars this month.

According to the US Fox Finance Network on July 14, Microsoft's co -founder Bill Gates announced on Wednesday that he plans to donate the wealth of "almost all" to him and his ex -wife Melinda Gates Da Gates Foundation. It is reported that in this way, he will eventually be no longer one of the richest people in the world.

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According to the US "Forbes" magazine, Gates is currently the fourth richest man in the world, with a net asset of about $ 129 billion. He is also considered the largest farmland landlord in the United States and has more than 260,000 acres (about 1.58 million acres) agricultural land in dozens of states.

Gates also praised another world's top wealthy ("Forbes" website is fifth) Berkshire Hathaway CEO Voron Buffett's contribution to the Gates Foundation Essence He said: "Although the foundation is named after our (Gates and ex -wife), basically half of our resources have come from Vollen Buffett. His incredible generosity is that the foundation can be so ambitious An important reason, I expressed my gratitude to his friendship and guidance. "

It is reported that Bill Gates, Melinda Gates and Volon Buffett set up a "donation oath" operation in 2010, calling on the richest people in the world to promise to donate more than half of their wealth to deal with the world in response to the world. the biggest challenge.

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation was founded in 2000. Gates said that he was very proud of the role of the foundation in helping solve major problems. These problems include preventing epidemic diseases, reducing children's death, eliminating diseases, improving food safety, adapting to climate change, achieving gender equality, improving education Achievements, etc. ".

Gates also said that the Foundation plans to increase its annual expenditure from nearly 6 billion US dollars to $ 9 billion by 2026. He will donate $ 20 billion to the foundation this month to help achieve this growth.

He also wrote on Twitter on Wednesday, "I have the obligation to return my resources to the society in order to reward my resources on the way to reduce pain and improve my life. I hope other people with huge wealth and privileges can also be at this moment. Put out. "

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