Bill Gates Calls on World Economic Forum Leaders to Collaborate and Use 'Creative...

Bill Gates Calls on World Economic Forum Leaders to Collaborate and Use
'Creative Capitalism' to Ease World's Inequities

Speech to emphasize reaching untapped markets can also help people

DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In his speech, "A New
Approach to Capitalism in the 21st Century," Bill Gates will describe a vision
for how the world's business community can actively work in partnership with
government and non-profit organizations to help reduce inequity.

Gates will illustrate how global leaders are creating new markets and
providing expanded access to existing ones -- tapping into a new kind of
"Creative Capitalism" -- to improve lives. By stretching the reach of market
forces to help more people make a profit -- or at least a living -- Creative
Capitalism has to the potential to address some of the world's most
intractable problems.

This speech -- and other World Economic Forum activities in Davos, Switzerland
-- are viewable live via satellite as well as "live" via the Internet at
http://www.weforum.org.

World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland
Live Event Coverage via Satellite

Event: A New Approach to Capitalism in the 21st Century -- Bill Gates

When: Thursday, January 24, 2008 -- 17:00-18:00 GMT, 12:00-13:00 EST

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Segments of this speech will also be available via The NewsMarket on January
24 by 20:00 GMT.

For broadcast-quality sound bites and footage from this sessions, as well as
more information about the work of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, please
visit:
http://br.thenewsmarket.com/GatesFoundation/br/Login/LoginPreRegistration.aspx

Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In
developing countries, it focuses on improving people's health and giving them
the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United
States, it seeks to ensure that all people -- especially those with the fewest
resources -- have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school
and life. Based in Seattle, the foundation is led by CEO Patty Stonesifer and
co-chair William H. Gates Sr., under the direction of Bill and Melinda Gates
and Warren Buffett. For more information, visit:
http://www.gatesfoundation.org.

SOURCE Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, +1-206-709-3400, media@gatesfoundation.org