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It would have been easy—not to mention financially lucrative—for Harvard to have given Gates an honorary degree at any point in the last decade or so. Regardless of one’s opinion of Microsoft, Gates founded and is the face of one of...
Although Bill Gates has long been Harvard’s most famous dropout—a legendary entrepreneur, the world’s richest man, and an icon of the computer age—it is appropriate that he is only returning to Harvard to take an honorary degree now...
In the past several years, however, Gates has had a far greater and nobler impact on the world through his philanthropy. With an endowment of $33 million, the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation gave away $1.55 billion in 2005 alone. From working to cure diseases in the third world to...
Gates has, however, gone far above and beyond giving away a vast fortune. He could easily have simply written a check, but instead, he has become a philanthropic guru. He has traveled around the world to gather first-hand knowledge and has hired the world’s top experts...
Gates’ tremendous passion for and dedication to his philanthropic work is immediately apparent. His commitment to charity is best illustrated by his imminent retirement from day-to-day work at Microsoft so that he can spend more time running his foundation. For their sheer dedication and enthusiasm, Gates...