Bill Gates
Microsoft; Cascade Investment · United States · Ranked #3 of 13
Average given per year
#3 of 132.92%
of net worth, averaged over 2020–2024 (5 complete years)
Net worth, start of 2026
- Net worth estimate Open source Archived copy pending
- Bloomberg Billionaires Index: $117 B as of 16 Dec 2025 Open source Archived copy pending
Estimate from a published billionaires index, recorded by hand with its source.
Assets in own foundations
- Gates Foundation: $78.7 B, end of 2024 Open source Archived copy pending
Given each year
Share of net worth at the start of each year. Each date opens the sources.
- 2020 3.82%
Sources for 2020
- Net worth estimate Open source Archived copy pending
- Gates Foundation filing (2020) Open source Archived copy pending
2020: $4.3 B given ÷ $113 B net worth at the start of the year = 3.82%.
- 2021 1.29%
Sources for 2021
- Net worth estimate Open source Archived copy pending
- Gates Foundation filing (2021) Open source Archived copy pending
2021: $1.6 B given ÷ $120.3 B net worth at the start of the year = 1.29%.
- 2022 2.87%
Sources for 2022
- Net worth estimate Open source Archived copy pending
- Gates Foundation filing (2022) Open source Archived copy pending
2022: $4 B given ÷ $138 B net worth at the start of the year = 2.87%.
- 2023 3.85%
Sources for 2023
- Net worth estimate Open source Archived copy pending
- Gates Foundation filing (2023) Open source Archived copy pending
2023: $4 B given ÷ $103.9 B net worth at the start of the year = 3.85%.
- 2024 2.97%
Sources for 2024
- Net worth estimate Open source Archived copy pending
- Gates Foundation filing (2024) Open source Archived copy pending
2024: $3.5 B given ÷ $119.6 B net worth at the start of the year = 2.97%.
Full breakdown by giving type
| Giving type | 2020–2024 |
|---|---|
| Grants paid by own foundation Given · counts | $17.4 B |
| Transfers into own or family foundations Parked · not counted | $20.8 B |
| Open pledges and commitments Promised · not counted | 99% of wealth |
Transfers into a person's own foundation or a donor-advised fund are parked, not given: only grants paid out to charities count. Political gifts are outside what this site measures. How giving types work
Other donors also put money into these foundations over 2020–2024 (Warren Buffett $16.1 B, counted on their page; Melinda French Gates $2.7 B). It is subtracted from the foundation grants above, so each dollar is counted once.
Pledges
- 4 Aug 2010 Giving Pledge, signed jointly with Melinda Gates as co-founders: to give the majority of their wealth to philanthropy.
Status: Open · Joint pledge with spouse
Pledge source
- Giving Pledge, signed jointly with Melinda Gates as co-founders: to give the majority of t… Open source Archived copy pending
- 8 May 2025 To give away virtually all of his wealth through the Gates Foundation over 20 years; the foundation expects to spend over $200 billion (endowment plus his further gifts) and close on 2045-12-31. He expects his net worth to fall by 99%.
Status: Open · Goes into their own foundation or trust first
Pledge source
- To give away virtually all of his wealth through the Gates Foundation over 20 years; the f… Open source Archived copy pending
All 10 records, 2020–2024
| Date | Recipient | Type | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Dec 2020 | Gates Foundation Trust (then Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust) | Parked | $156 M | Nov 2021 |
| 31 Dec 2021 | Gates Foundation Trust (then Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust) | Parked | $229 M | Nov 2022 |
| 31 Dec 2022 | Gates Foundation Trust (then Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust) | Parked | $20.1 B | Nov 2023 |
| 31 Dec 2023 | Gates Foundation Trust (then Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust) | Parked | $177 M | Nov 2024 |
| 31 Dec 2024 | Gates Foundation Trust (then Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust) | Parked | $94.2 M | Nov 2025 |
| 2020 | Grants paid, from the foundation's filing via Gates Foundation | Given | $6.5 B | Oct 2026 |
| 2021 | Grants paid, from the foundation's filing via Gates Foundation | Given | $6.7 B | Oct 2026 |
| 2022 | Grants paid, from the foundation's filing via Gates Foundation | Given | $7 B | Oct 2026 |
| 2023 | Grants paid, from the foundation's filing via Gates Foundation | Given | $7.8 B | Oct 2026 |
| 2024 | Grants paid, from the foundation's filing via Gates Foundation | Given | $8.1 B | Oct 2026 |