Cover NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 07: Bill Gates speaks onstage at the TIME100 Summit 2022 at Jazz at Lincoln Center on June 7, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for TIME)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 07: Bill Gates speaks onstage at the TIME100 Summit 2022 at Jazz at Lincoln Center on June 7, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for TIME)
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微軟創辦人比爾蓋茲（Bill Gates）13 日突然拋下震撼彈，表示自己將把全部資產捐給「比爾及梅琳達蓋茲基金會（Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation）」，屆時他也將退出全球富豪榜，令外界感到相當驚訝。
Above NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 08: Bill Gates attends the 2022 TIME100 Gala on June 08, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for TIME)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 08: Bill Gates attends the 2022 TIME100 Gala on June 08, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for TIME)
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比爾蓋茲在自己的 Twitter 表示，「過去幾年有多次巨大的全球性挫折（意指新冠疫情、烏俄戰爭等因素）讓許多人對生活感到灰心，並且擔心未來世界會不會變得更糟。」在這充滿變動的社會下，他決定展望未來，說道：「我計劃將我所有的財富都捐給基金會，屆時我的排名將會逐漸下降，最終退出世界富豪榜。」
Above NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 08: Bill Gates attends the 2022 Time 100 Gala at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center on June 08, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Taylor Hill/WireImage)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 08: Bill Gates attends the 2022 Time 100 Gala at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center on June 08, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Taylor Hill/WireImage)
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並透露自己想要將財富資源回饋給社會的原因，「我有義務透過最能夠減輕痛苦、改善生活的方式，把資源回饋給社會。」同時也喊話其他有能力奉獻的人，「我期待擁有巨大財富及聲望的人，也會在此刻一同挺身而出。」根據了解，比爾蓋茲目前淨資產為 1140 億美元（約新台幣 3.4 兆元）是目前全球第 4 富有的人。
Above NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 07: Bill Gates speaks onstage at the TIME100 Summit 2022 at Jazz at Lincoln Center on June 7, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for TIME)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 07: Bill Gates speaks onstage at the TIME100 Summit 2022 at Jazz at Lincoln Center on June 7, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for TIME)
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比爾蓋茲向來對於慈善事業不遺餘力，過去就曾說過他並不打算把財產留給孩子們。致力於解決氣候變遷、提升全球公衛教育性別平等、與落後國家的經濟發展等全球問題的比爾蓋茲也透露，「自己已在本月捐贈 200 億美元（約新台幣 5990 億元）給他與前妻梅琳達（Melinda ）所創辦的慈善組織比爾及梅琳達蓋茲基金會。」令人欽佩。
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