“The Center for Disease Control started out as the malaria war control board based in Atlanta. Partly because the head of Coke had some people out to his plantation, and they got infected with malaria, and partly 'cause all the military recruits were coming down and having a higher fatality rate from malaria while training than in the field.”

American entrepreneur and philanthropist of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, Gates co-founded Microsoft and became one of the world’s most influential figures in technology and business. He is known for his visionary leadership in software development and his later work through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, focusing on global health, education, and poverty alleviation.