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Bill Gates

Microsoft co-founder who traded personal bucket-list items for philanthropic missions

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Don't die. (His literal answer when asked what's left on his bucket list — he was only half joking.)

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  • Eradicate polio from the planet

    Contribution

    Finish what vaccines started and make polio the second human disease ever fully eliminated.

  • Visit Antarctica

    Travel

    Stand on the most remote and pristine continent on Earth.

    Visited Antarctica as one of his personal travel milestones alongside his philanthropic work.

  • Tour the Large Hadron Collider with your kids

    Achievement

    Walk the 27-km tunnel where physicists discovered the Higgs boson particle.

    Made the trip with his children to bring abstract physics to life.

  • Ensure every child on Earth can access life-saving vaccines

    Contribution

    Eliminate the geography-of-birth lottery that determines whether a child survives their first years.

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