Bill Gates said he'd rather fund vaccines to 'save lives' than go to Mars, but he thinks someday Elon Musk will be a 'great philanthropist'
to join the"club of megaphilantropists," referencing Gates, Warren Buffett, and Jeff Bezos.
"Yeah, I think someday he'll be a great philanthropist," Gates said of Musk."Obviously things like Tesla are having a positive impact even without being a form of philanthropy. But at the end of the day, I don't think — other than going to Mars a few times, which might cost a little bit — I don't think he'll want to spend it on himself."After a follow-up question from Rajan, Gates also said in his view going to Mars is not a good use of money.
"It's actually quite expensive to go to Mars," he told the BBC."You can buy measles vaccines and save lives for $1,000 per life saved, and so it just kind of grounds you, as in: 'Don't go to Mars.'" The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the nonprofit founded by Gates and his ex-wife Melinda French-Gates, has put billions of dollars towards researching, developing, and delivering vaccines to the world's poorest countries. The foundation says it hasGates, along with French-Gates and Buffett, also founded the
, through which some of the world's wealthiest individuals have promised to give away most of their wealth.
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