From the Academy Award-nominated screenwriter of The Theory of
Everything, Darkest Hour, and The Two Popes comes the fascinating
account of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett's friendship--one of the most
impactful relationships in history, and the basis of an upcoming play
and film.
Few friendships have had such far-reaching implications for the
world--from finance to technology to philanthropy--than that between
Bill Gates and Warren Buffett. After meeting at a party in 1991, the two
played cards and golf, shared jokes, swapped trade secrets, ate junk
food, talked and listened. Their growing friendship would impact each
man and lead to change on a grander scale, culminating in the
development of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which holds nearly
$50 billion in assets, and has only three trustees: Bill, Melinda, and
Warren.
How did such an unusual union blossom? In what ways specifically did
each man begin to influence the other? How did these two avid wealth
accumulators jointly decide to address some of the world's most critical
problems--poverty, disease, inequality--by giving their wealth away? And
what, finally, does their giga-wealthy partnership mean for the rest of
us in an age of great wealth--and great inequality? This book gives the
fullest account yet of this extraordinary relationship and explores how
it has transformed these two men--and is changing the world for the
better for all of us.
