Giving money away to charity is one thing. Giving LOTS of money is another. But taking so much personal interest in where the money goes and how well it gets utilized speaks highly of Bill Gates. Over the past 5 years or so the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation has done some outstanding work in the area of healthcare and education. The work recently gained attention during Bill Gates hectic visit to South Asia. Read: Keeping Up With the Gateses
Many of us in the tech community don’t have much love for Microsoft (specially the ones like me who love their Mac!). But the man behind the company is not only a genius, but a very goodhearted person, who according to me happens to deserve the Nobel! Keep up the good work Bill and Melinda!
UPDATE: A day after I wrote this piece, I read this. I am so happy that Time magazine chose Bill, Melinda and Bono to be their “Persons of the year”.