evidence: An exclusive interview with Bill Gates [...] Sometimes in the field of global development, however, it is enough simply to be Bill Gates: the fame and wealth work their own magic. "If … I need to go to the Indian parliament and say, ‘Let’s get serious about vaccines,’ then yes – since I’m giving my own money [on a] large scale and spending my life on it and I’m a technocrat – yes, that can be quite valuable."