In 2004, Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft Corporation, announced that he would donate $3.35 billion to his charitable foundation. At this time, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has assets of $27 billion, and with this donation of $3.3 billion, the total assets of the Foundation will exceed $30 billion, making it the largest charitable foundation in the United States.

In 2008, Microsoft founder Gates said in an interview with BBC TV program Newsnight that he would donate all his 58 billion dollars (HK$ 452.4 billion).

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (Bill &; Miranda Gates Foundation), not a penny will be left to their children.