Mark Suzman, Author at Gates Foundation

Principles guiding our work with AI

The Gates Foundation was built on the belief that everyone should have the opportunity to reach their full potential, regardless of where they were born. That belief comes with a…

Oct 23, 2026

Eoin Sode, Field Engineer, Sibel Health Chicago (left), holds a tablet for Opeyemi Akinajo, Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) (center), as she uses a probe to glide over the gelled belly of a pregnant patient, Kemi Abiloye (right), during a demonstration of the ANNE maternity sensor, an AI-powered device for real-time monitoring of fetal vitals and contractions at the hospital's labor ward in Lagos State, Nigeria on June 4, 2025.

Keep Going

The road to 2045

With 20 years to go, Gates Foundation CEO Mark Suzman lays out a roadmap for progress.

Feb 3, 2026

Fernando Mallman works on repairs to irrigation infrastructure in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Mallman is working with Embrapa agronomists to rebuild degraded soils to withstand floods and drought while stabilizing yields and income.

Economic opportunity

Climate resilience is essential to a healthier, more prosperous world

We can’t secure health and prosperity without climate resilience. CEO Mark Suzman shares what works—and why now.

Oct 24, 2025

People

Mark Suzman: Our next chapter starts now

CEO Mark Suzman shares his reflection on the foundation’s historic commitment to address the world’s greatest inequities over the next 20 years.

May 8, 2025

Elzaan (L), a pharmacist at the M72 BePart Yoluntu Clinical Trial Site, demonstrates to CEO Mark Suzman how a TB vaccine is prepared in Western Cape, South Africa.

People

The head of the Gates Foundation on how to keep helping the poor as aid shrinks

Prepare for the first step back in development progress this century, writes Mark Suzman.

Apr 24, 2025

Health Extension Workers, Degitu Tafese and Kasech Shalamo, pose for a photograph at the Wochabo Basic Health Post in Bensa Woreda, Sidama Region, Ethiopia on April 23, 2024.

Economic opportunity

How strategic financing can drive progress on development and climate

Discover how strategic financing can drive real progress on development and climate goals. Our latest white paper, introduced by our CEO Mark Suzman, outlines key principles that can help us…

Oct 16, 2024

People

What did Mark Suzman learn in Ethiopia?

The Gates Foundation CEO shares favorite photos and memories from his recent trip to Addis Ababa and the Sidama region.

Aug 7, 2024

A OneGoal classroom full of people sitting around a table and listening to a speaker.

Economic opportunity

From the interview chair to serious barbecue: CEO Mark Suzman in Texas

Mark shares some of his favorite moments from a recent trip to Houston, Texas to meet with education partners and grantees.

Mar 20, 2024

Thoko Moyo, Director of Global Communications, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Mark Suzman, CEO, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation during the Optimist Q&A call.

Your questions for CEO Mark Suzman, answered (2024 edition)

Gates Foundation CEO Mark Suzman answers questions from Optimist e-mail subscribers from around the globe following the release of his 2024 annual letter.

Feb 7, 2024

Mark Suzman, the CEO of the Gates Foundation, with Talash Hujibers, the founder and CEO of InsectiPro, during their visit to the insect breeding facility in Limuru, Kenya, on April 27, 2023. InsectiPro breeds black soldier flies and crickets and aims to secure Africa's future by providing sustainable protein sources. The black soldier flies are used to produce animal feed and fertilizer, while the crickets are processed into high-protein food snacks for human consumption.

Initiatives

Philanthropy’s once-in-a-generation opportunity

The Gates Foundation has committed to spending $8.6 billion in 2024 to help meet mounting needs and fund innovative ways to save and improve lives. Many philanthropists are stepping up, but…

Jan 25, 2024