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Buffett resigns from Gates Foundation

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
... to philanthropic foundations, he also announced that he would step down from the board of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. "For years I have been a trustee - an inactive trustee at that - of only one recipient of my funds, the Bill and Melinda ...

NSW Medical Devices Fund grants $8.6m

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
... its rapid 'self- testing' HIV test, recently received a $6 million investment from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. In the 2015 financial year, $46 million was invested by venture capital funds into the Australian healthcare and life sciences ...

Buffett gives $2 billion to Gates Foundation

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... proportion of Berkshire Hathaway Class B shares - worth around US$2 billion - will go to the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation. Buffett, who is chairman and chief executive of Berkshire, also gave 1.75 million shares to his own foundation and 1.2 million ...

Microinsurance reaches 500m people

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012
... ILO's Microinsurance Innovation Facility was launched in 2008 with the support of a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. "Since 2008, we have seen numerous innovations emerging to overcome the challenges of providing viable insurance services ...

Gates charity approved for investment in capital market

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2004
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has won government approval to invest in stocks and bonds under a plan that aims to attract foreign money to boost China\'s ailing capital markets, regulators said on Wednesday. The official clearance makes the ...
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