Year 1994 was a year of sadness and happiness in Gates's life. On New Year's Day Melinda and he finally got married. In the same year, Gates's deeply beloved mother unfortunately died of cancer. This huge upheaval affected Gates greatly both emotionally and spiritually. The world's wealthiest man began to ponder over the meaning and direction of life. This year, at his father's suggestion, he took out 94 million dollars to establish the William Gates Foundation, which was the predecessor of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. However, American citizens only noted that his property rose to 12.9 billion U.S. Dollars in 1995, his charity moves rarely mentioned.Classic Newest Products of ed hardy
The real turning point occurred in 1997. Why Shop NFL hats for Firefighters In September, the amount of membership fees that the United States owed the United Nations reached up to ten billion U.S. dollars, cash-strapped United Nations was once on the brink of financial bankruptcy. The founder of American CNN Ted Turner announced surprisingly that he would donate 1 billion dollars to the United Nations which was used for dealing with financial crisis and other developing programs. American media would report this act of magnanimity in a prominent position. Turner was described the the leading one of charity bigwig in the new generation. Some magazine even showed the treasure and donation of billionaires in America, and criticized Gates for his stingy personality as the richest man.
In the media reindeer, it is growing and has become a powerful social pressure to demanded Gates to donate money and contribute to the community. But Gates thought in a different way. Everybody has his own way to feedback the society, Microsoft has created employment for thousands of people, promoted the development of high-tech industries, vivified American economy. And how can this not be called contribution? In 1998, Gates