Bill Gates
Microsoft Co-founder | Co-chair of the Gates Foundation
Bill Gates is an Executive Leadership speaker who has appeared at 11 events including TED2022 and Masters of Scale Summit, most recently in 2022.
About
Bill Gates co-founded Microsoft and built it into the world's largest software company. He now co-chairs the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the largest philanthropic organizations globally.
Bill's TED talks on technology, pandemics, and climate change have been viewed tens of millions of times. He writes an annual letter on global development and published 'How to Avoid a Climate Disaster', offering pragmatic solutions to the world's most pressing issues.
Talks10
We can make COVID-19 the last pandemic
Building a pandemic-free future won't be easy, but Bill Gates believes that we have the tools and strategies to make it possible -- now we just have to fund them. In this forward-looking talk, he proposes a multi-specialty Global Epidemic Response and Mobilization (GERM) team that would detect potential outbreaks and stop them from becoming pandemics. By investing in disease monitoring, research and development as well as improved health systems, Gates believes we can "create a world where everyone has a chance to live a healthy and productive life -- a life free from the fear of the next COVID-19."
The innovations we need to avoid a climate disaster
How the pandemic will shape the near future
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How we must respond to the coronavirus pandemic
The next outbreak? We're not ready
Teachers need real feedback
How state budgets are breaking US schools
Innovating to zero!
Mosquitos, malaria and education
We're Not Ready for the Next Outbreak
| Event | Year | Location | Talks |
|---|---|---|---|
| TED2022 | 2022 | 🇨🇦Vancouver, Canada | 1 |
| Masters of Scale Summit | 2022 | 1 | |
| Countdown 2021 | 2021 | 🇬🇧Edinburgh, United Kingdom | 1 |
| TED2020 | 2020 | 🇨🇦Vancouver, Canada | 1 |
| TED Connects 2020 | 2020 | 1 | |
| TED2015 | 2015 | 🇨🇦Vancouver, Canada | 1 |
| TED Talks Education 2013 | 2013 | 1 | |
| TED2011 | 2011 | 🇺🇸Long Beach, United States | 1 |
| TED2010 | 2010 | 🇺🇸Long Beach, United States | 1 |
| TED2009 | 2009 | 🇺🇸Long Beach, United States | 1 |
| TED | 1 |
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Who has Bill shared a stage with?
Speakers who appeared at the same event editions as Bill
| Speaker | Shared events | Where they appeared together |
|---|---|---|
| Al GoreNobel Peace Prize Winner | Climate Crisis Catalyst and Global Environmental Leader | 3 | TED 2009, TED 2020, TED 2022View shared history → |
| Dan ArielyDuke Professor | Behavioral Economics & Bestselling Author | 3 | TED 2009, TED 2011, TED 2015View shared history → |
| Jonathan DroriAuthor of Around the World in 80 Trees | Eden Project trustee, botanical storyteller | 3 | TED 2009, TED 2010, TED 2011View shared history → |
| Seth BerkleyCEO & Executive | Pioneering Global Vaccine Access | 3 | TED 2010, TED 2015, TED Connects 2020View shared history → |
| Alain de BottonPhilosopher & Bestselling Author | Architecture & Design Storyteller | 2 | TED 2009, TED 2011View shared history → |
| Barry SchwartzPsychologist & Decision Expert | The Paradox of Choice in Modern Life | 2 | TED 2009, TED 2020View shared history → |
| Brian CoxProfessor of Particle Physics | BBC Science Presenter | 2 | TED 2009, TED 2010View shared history → |
| Catherine MohrMedical Robotics Innovator | Transforming Surgery through AI and Technology | 2 | TED 2009, TED 2010View shared history → |
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