Dropout to Speak at Harvard

“Only God and Bill Gates have more money than Harvard!” We’ve all heard this phrase being shouted—often from all the way across the Yard—by the guides working for Unofficial Tours.

Now we have the chance to see the man behind the joke. Bill Gates is scheduled to speak at Sanders Theatre on April 21 at 3 p.m.

His talk, entitled “Giving Back: Finding the Best Way to Make a Difference,” is going to address some of the most complicated and pressing issues facing our modern world. He will discuss the importance of charity work, which has taken a larger role in his life since he decided to start working full-time for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

If you’d like to hear Gates speak, you can request a ticket up until noon on April 15. In all likelihood, there will be high demand for a chance to see the former head of Microsoft. The tickets are going to be lotteried and results will be released April 19.

Photo by Zain Khalid '08/The Harvard Crimson.