"I will withdraw from the rich list and donate all wealth!"Bill Gates announced that he paid another $ 20 billion to be charity. He just made a huge funding to buy land and became the "number one farmland owner" in the United States.

According to a report by Xinhua News Agency on July 13, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced on the 13th that it plans to increase annual gift expenditures to $ 9 billion by 2026, which is increased by the new crown epidemic. 50%. At the same time, Bill Gates announced through his personal blog that this month will donate $ 20 billion to Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

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Bill Gates: I plan to donate me almost all wealth to the foundation, and finally withdraw from the rich list

The Gates Foundation stated in a statement that the decision aims to help cope with the multi -global crisis, including the new crown epidemic that is still raging around the world. Affected by the new crown epidemic, the world's progress in the fields of eliminating diseases that prevent diseases, improve education, achieve gender equality, and reduce poverty reduction has fallen into stagnation or retrogression.

The co -chair of the foundation of the foundation Bill Gates announced on the 13th that he had donated $ 20 billion in the foundation through his personal social media account, and the well -known investor Voron Buffett announced in June that he donated $ 3.1 billion to the foundation. These two donations will make the total funds of the foundation reach about $ 70 billion.

"Looking forward to the future, I plan to donate my almost all wealth to the foundation. I will fall all the way from the list of the richest people in the world and finally withdraw from the list." Bill Gates wrote in his personal blog. "I am." I am. "I am It is obliged to return resources to the society in a way to minimize pain and improve life. I hope other people with huge wealth and privileges can also stand up at this moment. "

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In addition, Bill Gates also stated in his personal blog that there has been huge setbacks worldwide in the past few years, but he sees the extraordinary courage and dedication of people around the world. He hopes that more donations can help people reduce pain and promote the foundation of the foundation to give everyone a chance to live a healthy and effective life.

The Foundation stated that the new donation will help the Foundation to increase investment in existing attention areas, including global health and development, gender equality, and educational projects focusing on low -income countries. The annual budget of the Gates Foundation needs to be officially approved by the council.

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation was established in 2000, headquartered in Seattle, USA. Bill Gates resigned from Microsoft CEO in 2008 and focused on the work of the foundation. Bill Gates specifically mentioned in the blog that so far, half of the foundation of the foundation comes from Volon Buffett. Since 2006, Buffett has donated $ 35.7 billion to the foundation, including $ 3.1 billion donated in June. In addition, since 1994, Bill Gates and Mel Linda Frankage Gates had donated $ 39 billion to the foundation. Since 2000, the Gates Foundation spent a total of $ 79.2 billion.

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According to Bloomberg's real -time richest list, Bill Gates ranked fourth in the global rich with a net worth of $ 113 billion, and the wealth has shrunk by $ 25.1 billion in one year.在榜单中排名前三的依次是特斯拉和SpaceX公司创始人埃隆·马斯克（2170亿美元），亚马逊创始人杰夫·贝佐斯（1340亿美元），以及奢侈品巨头酩悦· Hennessy-President and CEO Belner Alno ($ 127 billion) ($ 127 billion).

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Based on the current list of the rich list, Bill Gates If he donated another $ 20 billion, he fell to 9th in the rich list.

Before the donation, buy land to become the "number" farmland owner in the United States.

It is worth noting that a few days before Bill Gates announced that he would "" buy "the land again a few days before the list of" finally withdrawn from the rich list ". According to the Associated Press, Bill Gates has recently received approval of the Office of the State Admission Governor of North Dakota, allowing him to purchase a US $ 13.5 million (about 8.5 square kilometers) farmland worth $ 13.5 million.

In fact, this is not the first time Gates has invested in buying land in the United States. He has purchased nearly 270,000 acres (about 1100 square kilometers) of land in 19 states in the United States. Ibabe has also become the largest private farmland owner in the United States today.

It is reported that after being approved by North Dakota's land, Gates's land map expanded again. According to the data released by the Fortune Top 100 Land Report in 2021, Gates purchased more than a dozen states in the past few years, including 242,000 acres of farmland, 1234 acres of leisure land, and other land of 25,700 acres. Farmland transitions to residential and commercial purposes. The acquisition of North Dakota will make the total land holding more than 270,000 acres, and the area can be worth 3 Berlin.

In addition, after the adjustment of inflation factors, the average value of the US agricultural land has risen since 1993. From less than 1,500 US dollars per acre in the mid -1990s, to more than 3,000 US dollars per acre in 2020.

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