Bill Gates has given £3.6bn to charity, the largest single donation he has made for almost two decades.
The world's richest man gave away 64 million Microsoft shares, equivalent to five per cent of his total fortune. He now owns just 1.3 per cent of the company he co-founded in 1975, having previously given away £12bn in 1999 and £4bn in 2000.
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