Bill Gates pressured the group at Oxford University not to open source their Covid vaccine, as it would undermine his investments in pharma companies.

(The team had originally secured funding from the UK gov in condition that they make it open source so that it would be more accessible to poorer countries.)

Imagine lobbying against that. Imagine knowingly making life saving medicine more expensive and less accessible, particularly to the poor.

The guy is a dick. He just spends money on good PR so people can remember him as a good guy.