According to statistics, by 2006, Gates had donated nearly $0 billion to charities all over the world, becoming the most generous rich man in the world. At present, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation named after the Gates is the largest private charity organization in the world. Its fund scale is three times that of the old Ford Foundation and 10 times that of the Rockefeller Foundation. Last June, 1 1, when he celebrated his 50th birthday in London, he told the reporters present that the huge wealth under his name was not only a great right but also a great obligation for him personally, and he was prepared to donate all this wealth to the society instead of leaving it to his children as a legacy.