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type: Person
title: Bill Gates
description: "Co-chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation"
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document_count: 19
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last_seen: "2022-01-08T13:29:29"
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  - Bill Gates
  - Gates
  - William Gates
  - William H. Gates
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  - { id: gates, resource: /sources/gates.md, title: Gates Package, author: "process:senate-hsgac-release", last_modified: 2026-07-31 }
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status: stable
---

Co-chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

# Activity

- **Documents:** 19 (sent/authored 14, received 5)
- **Active:** 2018-05-11 to 2022-01-08
- **Organization:** [gates_foundation](/organizations/gates-foundation.md)
- **Appears as:** `Bill Gates`, `Gates`, `William Gates`, `William H. Gates`

# Correspondents

| Person | Messages | First | Last |
|---|---:|---|---|
| [Anthony S. Fauci](/people/anthony-s-fauci.md) | 11 | 2020-04-22 | 2022-01-08 |
| [Trevor Mundel](/people/trevor-mundel.md) | 4 | 2020-04-22 | 2021-07-26 |
| [Ian Saunders](/people/ian-saunders.md) | 3 | 2022-01-03 | 2022-01-03 |
| [Jonah Goldman](/people/jonah-goldman.md) | 3 | 2018-05-11 | 2018-07-17 |
| [Josh Daniel](/people/josh-daniel.md) | 3 | 2022-01-03 | 2022-01-03 |
| [Larry Cohen](/people/larry-cohen.md) | 3 | 2022-01-03 | 2022-01-03 |
| [Niranjan Bose](/people/niranjan-bose.md) | 3 | 2018-05-11 | 2018-07-17 |
| [Francis S. Collins](/people/francis-s-collins.md) | 2 | 2018-05-11 | 2018-05-11 |
| [Melinda French Gates](/people/melinda-french-gates.md) | 2 | 2021-01-28 | 2021-01-28 |
| [Richard Hodes](/people/richard-hodes.md) | 2 | 2018-05-11 | 2018-05-11 |
| [Kimberly Barasch](/people/kimberly-barasch.md) | 1 | 2020-10-23 | 2020-10-23 |
| [Patricia Conrad](/people/patricia-conrad.md) | 1 | 2020-10-23 | 2020-10-23 |

# Topics

* [Intelligence community assessments](/topics/intelligence-community.md) - 11 documents
* [Gates Foundation involvement](/topics/gates-foundation.md) - 10 documents
* [Vaccines](/topics/vaccines.md) - 5 documents
* [WHO and international investigation](/topics/who-international.md) - 5 documents
* [Testing and surveillance](/topics/testing-surveillance.md) - 3 documents
* [Congressional oversight](/topics/congressional-oversight.md) - 2 documents
* [Therapeutics and treatments](/topics/treatments.md) - 2 documents
* [Proximal Origin paper](/topics/proximal-origin.md) - 1 documents

# Statement timeline

What this person is recorded saying, in date order, quoted verbatim with page citations.

* **2018-05-11** ([gates_foundation](/topics/gates-foundation.md), asserts): "Sincerely, Bill Gates From: "Collins, Francis (NIH/OD) [E]" HE 0 00 nih. gov> To: HE onfeates.com" HE onfeates.com> Ce: "Jennifer Weisman" gatesfoundation.org>, "Roberts, Jacqueline (NIH/OD) [E]" od.nih.gov> Subject: NIH Director hoping to bring you and your…" [^gates]
* **2018-05-11** ([intelligence_community](/topics/intelligence-community.md), asserts): "This innovative program was developed to foster engaging discussions throughout the NIH community on a single book over several months, culminating with a special event featuring the author of the book." [^gates]
* **2018-05-11** ([intelligence_community](/topics/intelligence-community.md), asserts): "Your engaging writing style and the book's compelling message would undoubtedly connect with a wide audience at NIH, especially since we have made the empowerment of women a major theme over the last year." [^gates]
* **2018-05-11** ([gates_foundation](/topics/gates-foundation.md), asserts): "In addition, I think our staff would benefit immensely from your articulation of the values and strategy that serve as the bedrock for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation." [^gates]
* **2018-07-17** ([gates_foundation](/topics/gates-foundation.md), asserts): "Bill Why diagnosing Alzheimer's today is so difficult - and how we can do better By Bill Gates When I announced that I was investing in Alzheimer's research for the first time last fall, I thought I knew what to expect." [^gates]
* **2018-07-17** ([intelligence_community](/topics/intelligence-community.md), asserts): "Venture capital, on the other end of the spectrum, is more likely to develop a test that will actually reach patients, but its financial model favors projects that will earn big returns for investors." [^gates]
* **2021-12-07** ([intelligence_community](/topics/intelligence-community.md), asserts): "I had stretches of time without any face-to-face social interaction." [^gates]
* **2021-12-07** ([intelligence_community](/topics/intelligence-community.md), asserts): "Once I got vaccinated, I started having some small in-person get-togethers, but my social life is still a lot more digital than it used to be." [^gates]
* **2021-12-07** ([vaccines](/topics/vaccines.md), asserts): "(This year's Goalkeepers Report outlines how the pandemic hasn't set us back as badly as feared.) One of the most exciting things that happened was WHO approval of the first malaria vaccine." [^gates]
* **2021-12-07** ([vaccines](/topics/vaccines.md), asserts): "This new vaccine is giving us insights into how to develop second-generation vaccines and preventative tools that can be used on all ages, are even more effective, and can help us reach the goal of eradication." [^gates]
* **2021-12-07** ([intelligence_community](/topics/intelligence-community.md), asserts): "I've been impressed by how resilient my loved ones--especially my kids--have been in this challenging time." [^gates]
* **2021-12-07** ([intelligence_community](/topics/intelligence-community.md), asserts): "Since my son Rory is also away at school, that means I'm officially an empty nester." [^gates]
* **2021-12-07** ([vaccines](/topics/vaccines.md), asserts): "I didn't foresee that such a highly transmissible variant would come along, and I underestimated how tough it would be to convince people to take the vaccine and continue to use masks." [^gates]
* **2021-12-07** ([vaccines](/topics/vaccines.md), asserts): "Researchers--including a network called GIISER that is supported by our foundation--are working urgently to learn more about it, and we'll have a lot more information (like how well vaccines or previous infection protect you against it) soon." [^gates]
* **2021-12-07** ([vaccines](/topics/vaccines.md), asserts): "We caught this variant earlier than we discovered Delta because South Africa has invested heavily in genomic sequencing capabilities, and we're in a much better position to create updated vaccines if they're needed." [^gates]
* **2022-01-03** ([intelligence_community](/topics/intelligence-community.md), asserts): "I will be curious to hear your ideas for improving it, especially chapter 9, which is the plan I am proposing for the world." [^gates]
* **2022-01-03** ([intelligence_community](/topics/intelligence-community.md), asserts): "Even if you don't have time this week, I would appreciate any thoughts you have at any time." [^gates]
* **2022-01-03** ([intelligence_community](/topics/intelligence-community.md), acknowledges): "Regarding the book (especially chapter 9), I agree completely with Dr." [^gates]
* **2022-01-03** ([intelligence_community](/topics/intelligence-community.md), asserts): "I will be curious to hear your ideas for improving it, especially chapter 9, which is the plan I am proposing for the world." [^gates]
* **2022-01-03** ([intelligence_community](/topics/intelligence-community.md), asserts): "Even if you don't have time this week, I would appreciate any thoughts you have at any time." [^gates]
* **2022-01-03** ([gates_foundation](/topics/gates-foundation.md), asserts): "Bill a <~?~Recto page a is blank.> Peter Rinearson) (with Collins Hemingway) b Also by Bill Gates The Road Ahead (with Nathan Myhrvold and Peter Rinearson) Business @ the Speed of Thought (with Collins Hemingway) How to Avoid a Climate Disaster i How to…" [^gates]
* **2022-01-03** ([gates_foundation](/topics/gates-foundation.md), asserts): "For several weeks, I had been talking with experts at the Gates Foundation about a new respiratory disease that was circulating in China." [^gates]
* **2022-01-03** ([intelligence_community](/topics/intelligence-community.md), asserts): "Especially because COVID-19 spread through the air--making it more transmissible than, say, a virus that is spread through contact, like HIV or Ebola--there was little to no chance of containing it to one country or even one continent." [^gates]
* **2022-01-03** ([intelligence_community](/topics/intelligence-community.md), asserts): "I will be curious to hear your ideas for improving it, especially chapter 9, which is the plan I am proposing for the world." [^gates]
* **2022-01-03** ([intelligence_community](/topics/intelligence-community.md), asserts): "Even if you don't have time this week, I would appreciate any thoughts you have at any time." [^gates]

# Sources

[^gates]: [gates](/sources/gates.md)