Bill Gates pledges to give away $200 billion by 2045

BILL GATES PLEDGED on Thursday to give away almost his entire personal wealth in the next two decades and said the world's poorest would receive some $200 billion via his foundation at a time when governments worldwide are slashing international aid.

- REUTERS London, May 8

He also hit out at Elon Musk, the world's richest man and a key figure in President Donald Trump's administration, accusing him of "killing the world's poorest children" with huge cuts to the US' aid budget.

"The picture of the world's richest man killing the world's poorest children is not a pretty one," Gates told the Financial Times.