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Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation


United States, Financial Org    (1994 to present)
• Provides grants for medical and educational programs, with assets of $30B (See: GF profile)
• 2000 : Name changed to Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Relationships
1990 2000 2010 2020
EliasCJOfficer
 
BuffettWEDirector
 
ShahROfficer
 
PerkinGWFellow
 
GatesMFFounder
 
GatesWH2Director
 
GatesWH3Founder
 
HedrickCOfficer
 
SponsorEvent201
 
SponsorGAVI
 
SupporterIntAIDSVac
 
Life ofGatesFound
 
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Elias, Christopher J.   (Officer of, 2011 to present) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• President, Global Development Program
Buffett, Warren E.   (Director of, 2006 to present) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Shah, Rajiv   (Officer of, 2001 to 2009) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Perkin, Gordon W.   (Fellow of, dates uncertain) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 2000 : Director, Global Health Program
Gates, Melinda French   (Founder of, 1994 to present) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Co-founder
Gates, William H. II   (Director of, 1994 to present) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Co-chairman. "William H. Gates Sr. guides the vision and strategic direction of the foundation"
Gates, William H. III (Bill)   (Founder of, 1994 to present) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Co-chairman. Full time starting in 2008
Hedrick, Christopher   (Officer of, dates uncertain) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Director of Strategy and Operations, Gates Library Foundation
Event 201 Pandemic Exercise   (Sponsor of, 2019-10) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI)   (Sponsor of, 2000 to present) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Gates Foundation creates GAVI, provides $4 billion in funding thru 2020
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI)   (Supporter of, dates uncertain) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1999 : $25M grant
• 2001 : $100M grant for AIDS vaccine development
• 2006 : $23M grant