Sublime

Today Gates is better known as a philanthropist than a technologist.

That’s what it means to be poor. They’re on the margins. They’re not getting the benefit of what human beings know how to do for each other.

Killian’s insight helped me realize that a big part of the work I do to support women and girls has to be my inner work—facing my own fears and flaws. She helped me see that I cannot stand for gender equality in the world unless I have it in my marriage.

“O carinho pela equipe é incomum nesse nível”, diz Omid. “Ele tende a ser bastante desumano. Mas não para Bill. A equipe administrativa era seu maior amor.”

If you want to lift up humanity, empower women. It is the most comprehensive, pervasive, high-leverage investment you can make in human beings.

BILL GATES Cofounder, Microsoft; Cochair, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

MELINDA GATES Cochair, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Two years after I returned from that trip, our foundation launched an HIV prevention program for India that relied on the leadership of sex workers. We called it Avahan, a Sanskrit word for “call to action.”