Billionaire sounds the alarm on health crisis from Musk's DOGE cuts
Melinda French Gates usually avoids being political, but she's making it clear that the DOGE cuts will have a massive impact on women's global health.
Melinda French Gates has dedicated her life to giving away billions of dollars. She's not just throwing money around, however. The ex-wife of Microsoft founder Bill Gates wants to make sure her billions help transform the world.
That mission is explained on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation website:
"We wake up every day determined to use our resources to create a world where everyone has the opportunity to lead a healthy and productive life. Most importantly, we believe this: All lives have equal value. That’s why we made the decision to donate our wealth from Microsoft to help others," the website shared.
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Gates has also pushed for other billionaires to follow in her footsteps by helping to found the Giving Pledge. That's something she explains in her new book "The Next Day: Transitions, Change, and Moving Forward."
"So we set out to role model for society with The Giving Pledge – founded by Warren Buffett, my ex-husband Bill Gates and myself – to say, if you're of this level of wealth, join us and commit to giving half away. None of the three of us would have thought that we would have over 240 families now that are part of The Giving Pledge, and we have not just first-generation givers, but now we have second and some third-generation givers," she told NPR.
