Bill Gates

Bill Gates is an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist, born in 1955. He has an estimated net worth of ~$89.8B Wikidata.

Business & SEC Activity

Gates co-founded Microsoft, a company that develops software, cloud services, and devices, including Windows, Microsoft 365, and Azure. Wikidata

Philanthropy

The Seattle-based Gates Foundation reported $7.79B in grants paid, $76.95B in assets, $7.81B in revenue, and $8.84B in expenses for tax year 2023 ProPublica 990. Gates is a Giving Pledge signatory.

Political Activity

FEC records show at least 100 federal contributions; the most recent 100 contributions on file totaled $84,233.39 and cover May 19, 2022 through July 25, 2025 FEC. Within that sample, $66,538.33 went to recipients with an unknown party designation, $11,600 went to Democratic recipients, and $6,095.06 went to Republican recipients FEC. The largest listed recipients in the sample were NOOGA PAC and Sawtooth Political Action Committee, at $10,000 each, followed by Lucas for Congress at $5,800 FEC.

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In the News

In August 2026, The Times of India reported that the Gates Foundation awarded a $540.2M, 10-year grant to the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation to expand health-data availability and support related research NewsAPI. A 2020 Science 2.0 article addressed false claims that Gates could use vaccines to inject people with microchips, while noting that the foundation funds vaccine-related initiatives including Gavi and COVAX NewsAPI.