Devex readers sent over 100 questions to ask Mark Suzman, CEO of the Gates Foundation, during our one-on-one briefing with him on Wednesday. Some were broad, others specific, but many could be distilled into the one burning question development organizations are dying to know in this age of diminished aid: How can we partner with Gates?
That question is all the more timely and complex given the Gates Foundation’s announcement that it will double its giving over the next 20 years by a staggering $200 billion before shutting its doors in 2045.
So, how will sunsetting affect the foundation’s strategy, both today and tomorrow? In some ways, it will change it, Suzman said, but the fundamentals that have driven billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates over the last quarter of a century remain solid.