
Microsoft founder Bill Gates is supporting Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential race, according to The New York Times. Sources close to Gates reportedly told the outlet that the billionaire, long known for staying out of politics publicly, had donated about $50 million to a nonprofit supporting Harris’s run. In a statement to the Times, Gates did not confirm or deny the donation but said, “this election is different.” Fortune has reached out to Gates for comment.
Main Idea: Bill Gates is reported to have given about $50 million to support Kamala Harris’s presidential run, showing a rare public political move from the Microsoft founder.
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Big money from Gates, Melinda French Gates, and Laurene Powell Jobs can deepen worries that wealthy donors have outsized influence over elections and future policy.
Gates’s support for Harris could help fund debates on health care, family planning, and economic policy that affect households and patients.
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