Bill Gates says Mark Zuckerberg is off to “a very good start” in plan to donate 90% of his wealth

Fortune

Bill Gates told Fortune in an exclusive interview about his perspective on the next generation of philanthropists—and which entrepreneurs are already leading the charge when it comes to giving.

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00:00There are an awful lot of fairly young entrepreneurs now, almost all type of entrepreneurs, but

00:06who have a lot of money already, and they are, let's hope, the next generation of philanthropists.

00:13Do you talk to them?

00:15Do you observe them?

00:16Do you have any sense of what might motivate them, what they would like to do?

00:21There are exemplars like Mark Zuckerberg, you know, through the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

00:28is committed to give over 90% of his wealth away, and he's off to a very good start.

00:33He's someone I talk to about a lot of things, including philanthropy, and they do education

00:40research.

00:41We partner on some of that.

00:42The tech sector, although it's not a philanthropic as I'd like it to be, it is one of the most

00:51philanthropic sectors.

00:52There are dozens and dozens of tech entrepreneurs in the Giving Pledge doing amazing giving, and

01:01there are people like Ron Conway who talk to all the tech entrepreneurs, in the U.S. at

01:07least, and try to get them thinking even early in their career, okay, start small, but this

01:14is something that will be very fulfilling.

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