LIFETIME OF ACHIEVEMENT IN TECHNOLOGY
“The world needs to make sure that everyone – and not just people who are welloff – benefits from artificial intelligence ”
In June 2006 , Warren Buffett announced an ongoing gift to the foundation , which would allow its assets to total roughly US $ 60bn in the next 20 years . At the beginning of the 21st century , the foundation continued to focus on global health and global development , as well as community and education causes in the United States .
Gates ’ s contributions to technology and philanthropy have been recognised with numerous awards and honours . He has received the Presidential Medal of Freedom , the National Medal of Technology and Innovation and the Japan Prize , and was named Time magazine ’ s Person of the Year along with his wife and Bono in 2005 . He is also a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the American Philosophical Society .
Gates has also been a leading voice in addressing climate change , advocating
22 February 2024