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"Bill Gates is a college drop-out who has no formal training in most of the areas in which he works, whether it's pandemics or climate change or agriculture," writes Tim Schwab in his new book, In the Bill Gates Problem.
"His influence in world affairs only really makes sense if you believe that the richest guy deserves the loudest voice."
In an interview with the Hindu, Schwab says it's gotten easier to get critical reporting on Gates and the Gates Foundation since the news of his divorce from Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates made headlines.
"I think these recent events made more journalists and editors understand that the story of the Gates Foundation is far more complex than they realized," he says.
"The reality is he has managed to become phenomenally richer during his tenure as a philanthropist.
In the years ahead, I think journalists will profile Gates less as the saintly humanitarian and more as the emperor with no clothes."
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