Co-Chair, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, USA, Bill Gates gestures while speaking during a media conference at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Friday Jan 30, 2009. AP Photo logo AP Photo 10 months ago

Co-Chair, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, USA, Bill Gates gestures while speaking during a media conference at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Friday Jan 30, 2009.

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  1. This undated handout photo provided by the State Department shows Rajiv Shah. The Obama administration will nominate Shah, a former executive with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to run America's top foreign assistance program, the U.S. Agency for International Development.
  2. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 27: Microsoft founder Bill Gates (2nd L) and his wife Melinda Gates (3rd L) leaves after addressing a weekly Republican policy luncheon in the U.S. Captiol October 27, 2009 in Washington, DC. Gates has been on Capitol Hill to promote the idea of more U.S. funding of global health and foreign aid.

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  1. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 27: Microsoft founder Bill Gates (2nd L) and his wife Melinda Gates (3rd L) leaves after addressing a weekly Republican policy luncheon in the U.S. Captiol October 27, 2009 in Washington, DC. Gates has been on Capitol Hill to promote the idea of more U.S. funding of global health and foreign aid.
  2. This undated handout photo provided by the State Department shows Rajiv Shah. The Obama administration will nominate Shah, a former executive with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to run America's top foreign assistance program, the U.S. Agency for International Development.
  3. Bill Gates, right, and his wife Melinda speak to students at an appearance at Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, N.C., Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.
  4. Microsoft founder Bill Gates (R) cuts a ribbon with chairman of Hillman Foundation Henry Hillman during a dedication ceremony for the Gates Center for Computer Science and the Hillman Center for Future-Generation Technologies at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania September 22, 2009.
  5. Microsoft founder Bill Gates talks to students at an appearance at Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, N.C., Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.
  6. Microsoft founder Bill Gates delivers a speech during a dedication ceremony for the Gates Center for Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania September 22, 2009.
  7. Microsoft founder Bill Gates delivers a speech during a dedication ceremony for the Gates Center for Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania September 22, 2009.
  8. Microsoft founder Bill Gates delivers a speech during a dedication ceremony for the Gates Center for Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania September 22, 2009.
  9. Klaus Schwabe, founder of the World Economic Forum, gestures during a speech at the University of Latvia in Riga September 28, 2008.
  10. Klaus Schwabe, founder of the World Economic Forum, gestures during a speech at the University of Latvia in Riga September 28, 2008.
  11. Klaus Schwabe, founder of the World Economic Forum, gestures during a speech at the University of Latvia in Riga September 28, 2008.
  12. Klaus Schwabe, founder of the World Economic Forum, gestures during a speech at the University of Latvia in Riga September 28, 2008.
  13. World Economic Forum founder and executive chairman Klaus Schwab (R) gestures as he speaks with Latvia's Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis (L) in Riga September 28, 2009.
  14. World Economic Forum founder and executive chairman Klaus Schwab (C) gestures as he speaks with Latvia's Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis in Riga September 28, 2009.

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