10 Questions for Bill Gates

THE FOUNDATION WITH YOUR NAME ON IT HAS A $26 BILLION ENDOWMENT. HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHO GETS YOUR MONEY? The biggest priority is world health. And we measure that by saying, How can we save the most lives? And so, clearly, about 30 diseases jump out as needing better medicines or better delivery of medicines or vaccinations--some way of making sure these diseases are eliminated. Already, through the increased vaccination work we've done, we're well past saving a million lives.

HAVE YOU BROKEN IT TO YOUR KIDS THAT YOU'RE GIVING AWAY MOST OF THEIR INHERITANCE? Well, my oldest is 7, so she understands that when we're going off to Africa or India, it's because we're lucky enough to have some money that we want to use to help improve the health of these people and give back in the right way. So they have a notion of that.

AND THEY'RE O.K. WITH IT? Well, when they're 21, you should give them a call and ask them.