I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
WE HAVE BETTER HORS D'OEUVRES 
ANYWAY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> GREAT TO BE HERE.
>> I WANT TO START WITH YOUR 
FRIEND BONO WHO HAS WORKED WITH 
YOU ON THE AIDS ISSUE.
HE HAD SOME COMMENTS WHICH 
RAISED SOME EYEBROWS OVER THE 
WEEKEND.
THIS IS WHAT HE SAID ABOUT THE 
FIGHT AGAINST AIDS.
LET'S LISTEN.
>> THERE'S A CHANCE OF HAVING 
THE FIRST AIDS-FREE GENERATION 
BY 2015-2016.
WE CAN SEE IT.
WE COULD LOSE THAT IF WE LOSE 
THE POLITICAL WILL.
>> AN AIDS-FREE GENERATION IN 
JUST A FEW YEARS.
DO YOU THINK THAT'S REALISTIC?
>> WE'RE MAKING GREAT PROGRESS 
ON AIDS, BUT WE HAVE OVER 30 
MILLION PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING 
WITH THE DISEASE.
WE DON'T HAVE A CURE AND SO WE 
HAVE TO KEEP THEM ON DRUGS TO 
KEEP THEM ALIVE AND THAT 
REQUIRES NOT ONLY GENEROSITY, 
BUT GETTING VERY INNOVATIVE 
ABOUT HOW WE REACH THAT KIND OF 
A NUMBER.
WE NEED A VACCINE OR A TOOL TO 
PREVENT PEOPLE FROM GETTING 
INFECTION.
SO THERE IS STILL A LOT TO BE 
DONE EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE MADE 
PROGRESS.
WE ARE GOING TO -- WE ARE GOING 
TO BE LIVING WITH SOME LEVEL OF 
AIDS FOR DECADES TO COME.
>> AN AGGRESSIVELY ROSY SCENARIO
THEN FROM YOUR FRIEND BONO, 
PERHAPS.
>> PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE 
BEGINNING OF THE END, AND THE 
GENEROSITY FROM THE U.S. AND 
OTHERS IS WHY WE HAVE MADE THIS 
PROGRESS.
>> PRESIDENT OBAMA GAVE A GREAT 
DEAL OF PRAISE AT THIS WHITE 
HOUSE EVENT YOU WERE JUST AT TO 
PRESIDENT BUSH, GEORGE W. BUSH, 
AND HIS EFFORTS TO FIGHT AIDS, 
PARTICULARLY IN AFRICA.
HAS PRESIDENT OBAMA DONE AS MUCH
AS HIS PREDECESSOR?
>> IT'S VERY PHENOMENAL THAT 
THERE WAS BIPARTISAN SUPPORT FOR
THIS PETFAR WHICH IS THE U.S. 
AIDS INITIATIVE AND FOR GLOBAL 
FUND, WHICH THE U.S. 
PARTICIPATES WITH MANY OTHER 
COUNTRIES IN GIVING.
AND BUSH TOOK THE LEADERSHIP, 
BUT HE HAD DEMOCRATS REALLY 
SUPPORTING HIM.
NOW YOU'VE GOT PRESIDENT OBAMA 
TAKING THE LEAD, TAKING THIS TO 
A NEW LEVEL AND HE'S GOT STRONG 
REPUBLICAN SUPPORT.
SO EVEN THOUGH IT'S KIND OF 
EXCEPTIONAL, IT'S REALLY MADE A 
HUGE DIFFERENCE THAT EVERYONE'S 
COME TOGETHER TO HAVE THE U.S. 
LEAD THE WAY.
>> YOU ARE INCREDIBLY FOCUSED ON
THE ISSUE OF GIVING.
YOU HAVE PLEDGED ALONG WITH 
WARREN BUFFETT AND MARK 
ZUCKERBERG TO GIVE A MAJORITY OF
YOUR WEALTH TO PHILANTHROPY.
FORBES LISTS YOU AS THE RICHEST 
PERSON IN AMERICA AT $72 
BILLION.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK THIS 
QUESTION.
HAVE YOU DECIDED HOW MUCH YOU 
ARE GOING TO LEAVE TO YOUR 
CHILDREN?
>> WELL, CERTAINLY MELINDA AND I
THINK THAT KIDS STARTING OFF 
WITH $1 BILLION OR SOME HUGE -- 
ANY HUGE AMOUNT OF WEALTH IS NOT
NECESSARILY IN THEIR INTEREST AS
WELL AS IN THE INTEREST OF 
SOCIETY, AND SO THE VAST 
MAJORITY OF OUR MONEY WILL GO TO
THE FOUNDATION AND WE ARE 
PUTTING ALL OUR ENERGIES INTO 
MAKING SURE THAT MONEY IS WELL 
SPENT AND HAS A BIG IMPACT, 
INCLUDING GIVING TO THINGS LIKE 
THE GLOBAL FUND.
>> IS THERE A NUMBER IN YOUR 
HEAD, THOUGH, WHEN IT COMES TO 
YOUR KIDS?
>> IT WON'T BE A HUGE PERCENTAGE
OF THE WEALTH.
THEY WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO MAKE 
THEIR OWN MARK, EARN THEIR OWN 
SALARY, EXACTLY HOW YOU STRIKE 
THAT BALANCE, I GUESS YOU THINK 
ABOUT IT, YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU 
GROW UP AND SEE HOW THEY 
DEVELOP, BUT IT'S CLEAR AND THEY
ARE VERY AWARE THAT MOST OF THIS
MONEY IS TO GO BACK TO SOCIETY 
AND SAVE LIVES.
>> I WANT TO TURN TO AN ISSUE 
THAT'S BIG RIGHT NOW IN THE 
REALM OF TECHNOLOGY.
OBVIOUSLY YOU ARE A PIONEER IN 
THIS FIELD.
LAST NIGHT, AMAZON'S CEO JEFF 
BEZOS ANNOUNCED THAT HIS COMPANY
AMAZON IS WORKING ON A DRONE 
DELIVERY SYSTEM.
HE CALLS IT OCTOCOPTER I THINK 
AND HE SAYS IT WILL BE 
DELIVERING BOOKS TO YOUR 
DOORSTEP IN A RELATIVELY SHORT 
PERIOD OF TIME.
LET'S LISTEN TO WHAT HE SAID.
>> COULD IT BE, YOU KNOW, FOUR, 
FIVE YEARS, I THINK SO.
IT WILL WORK AND IT WILL HAPPEN,
AND IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF 
FUN.
>> FIVE YEARS UNTIL IT DROPS OFF
THE BOOK YOU ORDERED.
IS THAT REALISTIC?
>> WELL, BOOKS OF COURSE ARE 
GOING ELECTRONIC AND JEFF, 
THROUGH AMAZON, HAS BEEN ONE OF 
THE LEADERS ON THAT.
SOMETHING LIKE BOOKS, YOU CAN 
GET LITERALLY AT THE SPEED OF 
LIGHT.
PHYSICAL PRODUCTS DELIVERED BY 
DRONE, I WOULD SAY HE'S PROBABLY
ON THE OPTIMISTIC OR PERHAPS 
OVEROPTIMISTIC END OF THAT.
IT'S GREAT THAT PEOPLE HAVE 
DREAMS LIKE THAT.
IF WE CAN MAKE THE COST OF 
DELIVERY EASIER, THEN IT'S NOT 
JUST BOOKS, IT'S GETTING 
SUPPLIES OUT TO PEOPLE IN TOUGH 
PLACES.
DRONES OVERALL WILL BE MORE 
IMPACTFUL THAN I THINK PEOPLE 
RECOGNIZE IN POSITIVE WAYS TO 
HELP SOCIETY.
>> WAS THIS A DREAM, THOUGH, OR 
AN ADVERTISING GIMMICK?
HE HAS AMAZON IN THE NEWS RIGHT 
ON CYBERMONDAY AND FOR THE 
HOLIDAY SHOPPING WEEK WHEN, AS 
YOU SAY, IT MAY BE 
OVEROPTIMISTIC, TO SAY THE 
LEAST, TO SUGGEST THAT DRONES 
CAN BE DROPPING OFF YOUR PACKAGE
AT YOUR DOOR IN THE NEXT FIVE 
YEARS.
>> WELL, TECH PIONEERS DREAM BIG
DREAMS.
AND YOU KNOW, I THINK HE'S 
ALLOWED TO HAVE A VISION THERE 
AND YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE GREAT 
IF WE 
