Bill Gates and Michael Bloomberg pledge to fight smoking
I’ve made the point on this blog before that the best of the best think big. They think big in business and they think big in philanthropy. They do what no one else has done in business and they go on to tackle the largest problems in philanthropy. They also know the power of forming alliances with one another to increase their capabilities by a massive order of magnitude.
“Gates, Bloomberg pool riches to fight smoking”
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/07/23/gates_bloomberg_pool_riches_to_fight_smoking/
Aside from the discovery of penicillin, this is probably one of the biggest accomplishments in the history of health.