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Seattle Times interview with Bill Gates 2.0, full-time philanthropist

Bill Gates has quit from his day-to-day role at Microsoft Corp, but he's not exactly "retiring" — the 52 year old is dedicating himself to full-time philanthropy through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the world's largest charitable foundation wi... ...full story at Shanghaiist

from Shanghaiist on Tue, Jul 01 2008

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