The Steady Drip: Bill Gates (Connecting the Dots: Bill Gates & The Carnegie/Soros Network) UPDATED 5/24/2026 9:50pm EST

Bill Gates (Connecting the Dots: Bill Gates & The Carnegie/Soros Network)

Gates in 2025

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gates#

Philanthropy

Gates studied the work of Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller, and donated some of his Microsoft stock in 1994 to create the "William H. Gates Foundation". In 2000, Gates and his wife combined three family foundations and donated stock valued at $5 billion to create the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which was identified by the Funds for NGOs company in 2013, as the world's largest charitable foundation, with assets reportedly valued at more than $34.6 billion.^[127][128] The foundation allows benefactors to access information that shows how its money is being spent, unlike other major charitable organizations such as the Wellcome Trust.^[129][130] Gates, through his foundation, also donated $20 million to the Carnegie Mellon University for a new building to be named Gates Center for Computer Science which opened in 2009.

Gates has credited the generosity and extensive philanthropy of David Rockefeller as a major influence. He and his father met with Rockefeller several times, and their charity work is partly modeled on the Rockefeller family's philanthropic focus, whereby they are interested in tackling the global problems that are ignored by governments and other organizations.[133]

The foundation is organized into five program areas: Global Development Division, Global Health Division, United States Division, and Global Policy & Advocacy Division. Among others, it supports a wide range of public health projects, granting aid to fight transmissible diseases such AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, as well as widespread vaccine programs to eradicate polio. It grants funds to learning institutes and libraries and supports scholarships at universities. The foundation established a water, sanitation and hygiene program to provide sustainable sanitation services in poor countries.[134] Its agriculture division supports the International Rice Research Institute in developing Golden Rice, a genetically modified rice variant used to combat vitamin A deficiency.[135] The foundation aims to provide women and girls in the developing world with information and support regarding contraception and, ultimately, universal access to consensual family planning.[136] In 2007, the Los Angeles Times criticized the foundation for investing its assets in companies that have been accused of worsening poverty, pollution and pharmaceutical firms that do not sell to developing countries.[137] Although the foundation announced a review of its investments to assess social responsibility,[138] it was subsequently canceled and upheld its policy of investing for maximum return, while using voting rights to influence company practices.

Gates delivered his thoughts in a fireside chat moderated by journalist and news anchor Shereen Bhan virtually at the Singapore FinTech Festival on December 8, 2020, on the topic, "Building Infrastructure for Resilience: What the COVID-19 Response Can Teach Us About How to Scale Financial Inclusion".^[140]

Governments are there to think ahead to bad things that might happen. In the case of (the COVID-19) pandemic, not enough was done. We can't forget that another pandemic will come and we'll need to invest in being ready in that, ... while not forgetting that we were not prepared and we're going to have to invest – just like having a fire department – some money in an intelligent way and actually simulate what might happen and make sure that we're ready for it.

In a November 2020 interview with actress Rashida Jones, Gates endorsed the wearing of face masks as a means to public reopening, derisively comparing anti-mask activism to "nudists" who oppose wearing pants

Patents for COVID-19 vaccines

In April 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Gates was criticized for suggesting that pharmaceutical companies should hold onto patents and intellectual property for COVID-19 vaccines. He opposed the TRIPS waiver.[120][121][122] The Gates Foundation encouraged Oxford University to partner with a big company rather than give away the rights to its COVID-19 vaccine, as the university had initially announced. Oxford University eventually partnered with AstraZeneca.[123] The criticism came due to the possibility of this preventing poorer nations from obtaining adequate vaccines. Gates argued that what limited widespread access was not intellectual property, but rather the time needed for safety protocols, and the difficulty of safely transferring vaccine production to new facilities.[124] His views on the topic have been linked to his views on legal monopolies in software.

Depiction in media

Since 2009, Gates has given numerous TED talks on current concerns such as innovation, education and fighting global diseases

Bill Gates on Vaccines and lowering the population (Ted Talks)

Connecting the Dots:

Rashida Jones is Quincy Jones’s daughter.

Quincy Jones was Rashida Jones’s father and a director at the Millennium Promise.

Jimmy Carter was an honorary co-chairman for the Millennium Promise and a co-founder & trustee at the Carter Center.

Donald R. Hopkins is the VP, health programs for the Carter Center and was a board member for the CDC Foundation.

CDC Foundation is a foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Amy Robbins Towers is a board member for the CDC Foundation and was a director at the Millennium Promise.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Millennium Promise and the Aspen Institute (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Rockefeller Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Bloomberg Family Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank) and the CDC Foundation.

Robert Jeffrey was a board member for the CDC Foundation and is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), the Aspen Institute (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Ted Lieu was honored with the Carnegie Corporation of New York's Great Immigrants Award, has represented California's 36th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives since 2023 and is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

Astrid S. Tuminez was a program officer at the Carnegie Corporation of New York and is the 7th President of the Utah Valley University (Charlie Kirk Shooting).

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and is

the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

Donald Kennedy was a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and a commissioner for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Margaret A. Hamburg was the commissioner for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is David A. Hamburg’s daughter and the VP for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

David A. Hamburg was Margaret A. Hamburg’s father, an adviser for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and the president emeritus for the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and is a member of the Breakthrough Energy Coalition.

Michael R. Bloomberg is a member of the Breakthrough Energy Coalition and the founder of the Bloomberg Family Foundation.

William H. Gates III is the founder for the Breakthrough Energy Coalition and a co-chair for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Mark B. McClellan was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a commissioner for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Richard N. Haass was a VP for the Brookings Institution (think tank) and an Oxford University (AstraZeneca) Rhodes scholar.

Strobe Talbott is the president of the Brookings Institution (think tank), was William J. Clinton’s roommate at Oxford University (AstraZeneca) and an Oxford University (AstraZeneca) Rhodes scholar.

Michael S. Barr is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), was a special adviser to the president for the William J. Clinton administration and an Oxford University (AstraZeneca) Rhodes scholar.

E.J. Dionne is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and was an Oxford University (AstraZeneca) Rhodes scholar.

Jane Nelson was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and an Oxford University (AstraZeneca) Rhodes scholar.

Susan E. Rice was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), the White House national security adviser for the Barack Obama administration, the Director of the Domestic Policy Council for the Biden administration and an Oxford University (AstraZeneca) Rhodes scholar.

Mark B. McClellan was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a commissioner for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and is a director at Johnson & Johnson (COVID Vaccine Manufacturer).

Ann Dibble Jordan is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), married to Vernon E. Jordan Jr. and was a director at Johnson & Johnson (COVID Vaccine Manufacturer).

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), married to Ann Dibble Jordan and a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP.

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP was the lobby firm for Johnson & Johnson (COVID Vaccine Manufacturer) and is a lobby firm for Pfizer Inc. (Covid Vaccine Manufacturer).

Sidley Austin LLP was a lobby firm for the Johnson & Johnson (COVID Vaccine Manufacturer) and is a lobby firm for Pfizer Inc. (Covid Vaccine Manufacturer).

Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.

Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.

R. Eden Martin is counsel at Sidley Austin LLP and the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Newton N. Minow was a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and an honorary trustee at the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Cameron F. Kerry is a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), Teresa Heinz Kerry’s brother-in-law, John F. Kerry’s brother and a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.

Teresa Heinz Kerry is Cameron F. Kerry’s sister-in-law, married to John F. Kerry, a life trustee at Carnegie Mellon University, a trustee at the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Andrew Carnegie was the endowed predecessor schools for the Carnegie Mellon University, the founder for the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh and the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and is a member of the Breakthrough Energy Coalition.

Michael R. Bloomberg is a member of the Breakthrough Energy Coalition and the founder of the Bloomberg Family Foundation.

William H. Gates III is the founder for the Breakthrough Energy Coalition and a co-chair for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Rockefeller Foundation was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank).

C. Douglas Dillon was the chairman for the Brookings Institution (think tank) and the chairman for the Rockefeller Foundation.

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and is a trustee at the Rockefeller Foundation.

Judith Rodin was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and is the president of the Rockefeller Foundation.

Jessica Tuchman Mathews was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a trustee at the Rockefeller Foundation.

John Davison Rockefeller Sr. was David Rockefeller’s father.

David Rockefeller is John Davison Rockefeller Sr’s son and Richard Rockefeller’s father.

Richard G. Rockefeller was David Rockefeller’s son and a U.S. advisory board member for Doctors Without Borders.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for Doctors Without Borders.

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.

Jolie/Pitt Foundation was a funder for Doctors Without Borders.

Angelina Jolie is a co-founder for the Jolie/Pitt Foundation and was a director at the Millennium Promise.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Millennium Promise.

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Quincy Jones was a director at the Millennium Promise and Rashida Jones’s father.