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The New Gilded Age (2022)

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Bill Gates and Philanthropy

In the early 1990s, Bill Gates started to give away some of the money he'd made. By 2000, Gates had become more focused on philanthropy. His vocal and financial support of the Live 8 campaign exemplified the software's most shift in focus from amassing billions to giving them away.

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