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Visit of Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation, Founder of Gates Ventures, and Chairman of Breakthrough Energy, to the European Commission

Visit of Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation, Founder of Gates Ventures, and Chairman of Breakthrough Energy, to the European Commission

On 25 June 2025, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, received Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation, Founder of Gates Ventures, and Chairman of Breakthrough Energy, ahead of the Gavi High-Level Pledging Summit 2025.

The day after, some more College members received him, inclunding Wopke Hoekstra, European Commissioner for Climate, Net Zero and Clean Growth, Hadja Lahbib, European Commissioner for Equality, and European Commissioner for Preparedness and Crisis Management, Ekaterina Zaharieva, European Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation and  Christophe Hansen, European Commissioner for Agriculture and Food.

Media information
ID P-067383
Date 25/06/2025
Photos 26
Category Visit to the Commission
Tags European Commission - visits received Energy producing industry Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation See more
Personalities Bill Gates Hadja Lahbib Christophe Hansen See more
Location Brussels - EC/Berlaymont
Visit of Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation, Founder of Gates Ventures, and Chairman of Breakthrough Energy, to the European Commission

Ursula von der Leyen, on the right and Bill Gates

Visit of Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation, Founder of Gates Ventures, and Chairman of Breakthrough Energy, to the European Commission

Handshake between Ursula von der Leyen, on the right and Bill Gates

Visit of Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation, Founder of Gates Ventures, and Chairman of Breakthrough Energy, to the European Commission

Hadja Lahbib, 2nd and Bill Gates, 3rd from the left

Visit of Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation, Founder of Gates Ventures, and Chairman of Breakthrough Energy, to the European Commission

Hadja Lahbib

Visit of Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation, Founder of Gates Ventures, and Chairman of Breakthrough Energy, to the European Commission

Bill Gates

Visit of Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation, Founder of Gates Ventures, and Chairman of Breakthrough Energy, to the European Commission

General view of the meeting with Bill Gates, 2nd from the left and Hadja Lahbib, 2nd from the right

Visit of Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation, Founder of Gates Ventures, and Chairman of Breakthrough Energy, to the European Commission

Bill Gates, in the middle

Visit of Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation, Founder of Gates Ventures, and Chairman of Breakthrough Energy, to the European Commission

Handshake between Bill Gates, on the left and Ekaterina Zaharieva

Visit of Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation, Founder of Gates Ventures, and Chairman of Breakthrough Energy, to the European Commission

Bill Gates on the right and Ekaterina Zaharieva

Visit of Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation, Founder of Gates Ventures, and Chairman of Breakthrough Energy, to the European Commission

Handshake between Bill Gates, on the right and Ekaterina Zaharieva

Visit of Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation, Founder of Gates Ventures, and Chairman of Breakthrough Energy, to the European Commission

Ekaterina Zaharieva, on the right

Visit of Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation, Founder of Gates Ventures, and Chairman of Breakthrough Energy, to the European Commission

Ekaterina Zaharieva

Visit of Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation, Founder of Gates Ventures, and Chairman of Breakthrough Energy, to the European Commission

Bill Gates

Visit of Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation, Founder of Gates Ventures, and Chairman of Breakthrough Energy, to the European Commission

General view of the meeting with Bill Gates, 2nd from the left and Ekaterina Zaharieva, 2nd from the right

Visit of Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation, Founder of Gates Ventures, and Chairman of Breakthrough Energy, to the European Commission

Handshake between Bill Gates, on the right and Wopke Hoekstra

Visit of Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation, Founder of Gates Ventures, and Chairman of Breakthrough Energy, to the European Commission

Bill Gates, on the right and Wopke Hoekstra

Visit of Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation, Founder of Gates Ventures, and Chairman of Breakthrough Energy, to the European Commission

Handshake between Bill Gates, on the right and Wopke Hoekstra

Visit of Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation, Founder of Gates Ventures, and Chairman of Breakthrough Energy, to the European Commission

Bill Gates, on the right and Wopke Hoekstra

Visit of Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation, Founder of Gates Ventures, and Chairman of Breakthrough Energy, to the European Commission

General view of the meeting with Wopke Hoekstra, 2nd from the left and Bill Gates, 2nd from the right

Visit of Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation, Founder of Gates Ventures, and Chairman of Breakthrough Energy, to the European Commission

Wopke Hoekstra, on the left

Visit of Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation, Founder of Gates Ventures, and Chairman of Breakthrough Energy, to the European Commission

Bill Gates

Visit of Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation, Founder of Gates Ventures, and Chairman of Breakthrough Energy, to the European Commission

General view of the meeting with Wopke Hoekstra, 2nd from the left

Visit of Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation, Founder of Gates Ventures, and Chairman of Breakthrough Energy, to the European Commission

Bill Gates, on the right and Christophe Hansen

Visit of Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation, Founder of Gates Ventures, and Chairman of Breakthrough Energy, to the European Commission

Christophe Hansen

Visit of Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation, Founder of Gates Ventures, and Chairman of Breakthrough Energy, to the European Commission

Bill Gates

Visit of Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation, Founder of Gates Ventures, and Chairman of Breakthrough Energy, to the European Commission

General view of the meeting with Christophe Hansen, 2nd from the left and Bill Gates, 1st from the right