Gates is very inspirational and he follows in the fine tradition of American moguls who give back because of their good fortune.
Somewhere along the line in this 'me me me' world..it's fallen by the wayside when it used to be the end product of becoming very wealthy in the USA..set up a foundation to help others.
He is obviously in it for something else besides the money seeing he is going to give most of it away before he dies rather than be one who carks it with the most toys.
On the other hand Zuckerberg gives me the creeps.