And warren buffet for the hour. And by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Rose 15 years ago, in the year 2000, bill and Melinda Gates created the bill and Melinda Gates foundation. Nine years ago, in 2006, warren buffet pledged part of his fortune to the bill and Melinda Gates foundation. The Gates Foundation has since become a leader in fighting global issues such as hunger, poverty, Infectious Diseases and education. In 2010, warren buffet, bill gates and Melinda Gates joined forces one more time. They created the giving pledge. Also a request for the very wealthy to pledge to give away at least 50 of their wealth to charitable causes before they die. That effort has grown to include 137 contributors from 14 countries. Last week in sun valley idaho, i talked to warren and bill and melinda about their lives and how the giving pledge came about.
At least 50 of their wealth to charitable causes before they die. That effort has grown to include 137 contributors from 14 countries. Last week in sun valley, idaho, i talked to warren and bill and melinda about their lives and how the giving pledge came about. Bill it grew out of warrens idea about meeting with other people and learn from them. Why were they engaged . How were they thinking about it . It was the idea that we would create a group and that emerged and it has been amazing to us. We have a yearly gathering. People have common interests will meet separately and i have learned a lot. I look forward to those gatherings. Its not people pitching each other but theres so much in common we can learn and sometimes people and of working together. Charlie where did the idea come from and what were you thinking . Warren im not sure. We headed dinner that David Rockefeller hosted. It evolved out of that. We had 15 or so people there counting couples. We went around the table and we
And warren buffet for the hour. And by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Rose 15 years ago, in the year 2000, bill and Melinda Gates created the bill and Melinda Gates foundation. Nine years ago, in 2006, warren buffet pledged part of his fortune to the bill and Melinda Gates foundation. The Gates Foundation has since become a leader in fighting global issues such as hunger, poverty, Infectious Diseases and education. In 2010, warren buffet, bill gates and Melinda Gates joined forces one more time. They created the giving pledge. Also a request for the very wealthy to pledge to give away at least 50 of their wealth to charitable causes before they die. That effort has grown to include 137 contributors from 14 countries. Last week in sun valley idaho, i talked to warren and bill and melinda about their lives and how the giving pledge came about.
Die. That effort has grown to include 137 contributors from 14 countries. Last week in sun valley, idaho i talked to warren and bill and melinda about their lives and how the giving pledge came about. Bill it grew out of warrens idea about meeting with other people and learning from them. Why were they engaged . How were they thinking about it . It was the idea that we would create a group and that emerged and it has been amazing to us. We have a yearly gathering. People who have common interests will meet separately and i have learned a lot. I look forward to those gatherings. Its not people pitching each other but theres so much in common we can learn. And sometimes people end up working together. Charlie where did the idea come from and what were you thinking . Warren im not sure. We had that dinner that David Rockefeller hosted. It evolved out of that. We had 15 or so people there counting couples. We went around the table and we asked people to explain what their giving philosophy
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