Bill Gates: Big Ideas on Digitalization and Clean Energy

Aug 9, 2023

Bill Gates has spent a lifetime chasing what he calls “wild ideas.” Now he’s focused on breakthroughs in clean energy and digitalization as a tool to tackle global poverty.

WATCH: Ridham Desai speaks with Bill Gates

   

Bill Gates has spent a lifetime chasing what he calls “wild ideas.” Today, the co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and founder of Breakthrough Energy is focused on tackling two daunting challenges—global health and climate change.

 

In the latest episode of Exceptional Leaders / Exceptional Ideas, Ridham Desai, Morgan Stanley’s Chief Equity Strategist in India, talks with Bill about digitalization’s role in eliminating poverty, and why he’s hopeful about breakthroughs in clean energy. 

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