Towards the end of our interview, Bill Gates discloses the latest figures regarding his Foundation's spending to combat preventable diseases and poverty.
I've given over 100 billion," he says, "but I still have more to give, clarifying that this amount equals about £80 billion.
For perspective, this sum is approximately equal to the size of the Bulgarian economy or the cost of constructing the HS2 line, and comparable to a single year of Tesla sales, a company owned by Elon Musk, now the world's wealthiest individual.
The Microsoft co-founder, along with Warren Buffett, channels their combined wealth through the Gates Foundation, initially established with his former wife Melinda. Gates attributes his philanthropic inclination to his mother, who emphasized that with wealth came the responsibility to give it away.
Planning to give away the vast majority of his fortune, Gates acknowledges discussions with his children about the appropriate inheritance amount, jesting that They will not be poor and assuring that they will do well financially.
Gates, recognized as one of the few centibillionaires globally, shares insights at his childhood home in Seattle, reflecting on his early years and the influences that shaped his trajectory as a tech pioneer.
In a forthcoming memoir, Gates reveals a personal sentiment that he might fall on the autism spectrum if growing up in the current era, highlighting his ability to hyperfocus and his obsessive tendencies. He underscores the positive role that neurodiversity plays in his career and the tech industry, drawing parallels to Elon Musk's similar disclosure and Silicon Valley's propensity for depth of learning at a young age.