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Visit of Bill Gates, Chair of the Gates Foundation and Founder of Breakthrough Energy, to the European Commission

Visit of Bill Gates, Chair of the Gates Foundation and Founder of Breakthrough Energy, to the European Commission

On 21 October 2026, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, Henna Virkkunen, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy, Ekaterina Zaharieva, European Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation and  Christophe Hansen, European Commissioner for Agriculture and Food, received  Bill Gates, Chair of the Gates Foundation and Founder of Breakthrough Energy.
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ID P-070758
Date 21/10/2026
Photos 22
Category Visit to the Commission
Tags European Commission - visits received Energy industry Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation See more
Personalities Bill Gates Hadja Lahbib Christophe Hansen See more
Location Brussels Belgium Brussels - EC/Berlaymont
Visit of Bill Gates, Chair of the Gates Foundation and Founder of Breakthrough Energy, to the European Commission

Bernard Gustin, CEO of Elia Group, Bill Gates, Ursula von der Leyen, Margherita Della Valle, CEO of Vodafone, in the first row, Per Narvinger, President and CEO of Ericsson, Patrick Vandenameele, CEO of imec, and Ricardo Mendes, co-founder and CEO of TEKEVER, in the second row (from left to right)

Visit of Bill Gates, Chair of the Gates Foundation and Founder of Breakthrough Energy, to the European Commission

Ursula von der Leyen, Joe Cerrell, Managing Director for Global Policy and Advocacy of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Bill Gates (from left to right)

Visit of Bill Gates, Chair of the Gates Foundation and Founder of Breakthrough Energy, to the European Commission

Handshake between Christophe Hansen and Bill Gates (from left to right)

Visit of Bill Gates, Chair of the Gates Foundation and Founder of Breakthrough Energy, to the European Commission

Handshake between Bill Gates and Christophe Hansen (from left to right)

Visit of Bill Gates, Chair of the Gates Foundation and Founder of Breakthrough Energy, to the European Commission

Christophe Hansen and Bill Gates (from left to right)

Visit of Bill Gates, Chair of the Gates Foundation and Founder of Breakthrough Energy, to the European Commission

Christophe Hansen and Bill Gates, in the foreground (from left to right)

Visit of Bill Gates, Chair of the Gates Foundation and Founder of Breakthrough Energy, to the European Commission

Christophe Hansen, 3rd and Bill Gates, 5th (from left to right)

Visit of Bill Gates, Chair of the Gates Foundation and Founder of Breakthrough Energy, to the European Commission

Bill Gates, in the foreground

Visit of Bill Gates, Chair of the Gates Foundation and Founder of Breakthrough Energy, to the European Commission

Handshake between Bill Gates and Ekaterina Zakharieva (from

Visit of Bill Gates, Chair of the Gates Foundation and Founder of Breakthrough Energy, to the European Commission

Ekaterina Zakharieva

Visit of Bill Gates, Chair of the Gates Foundation and Founder of Breakthrough Energy, to the European Commission

Bill Gates

Visit of Bill Gates, Chair of the Gates Foundation and Founder of Breakthrough Energy, to the European Commission

Ekaterina Zakharieva

Visit of Bill Gates, Chair of the Gates Foundation and Founder of Breakthrough Energy, to the European Commission

Group picture

Visit of Bill Gates, Chair of the Gates Foundation and Founder of Breakthrough Energy, to the European Commission

General view

Visit of Bill Gates, Chair of the Gates Foundation and Founder of Breakthrough Energy, to the European Commission

Bill Gates, Henna Virkkunen

Visit of Bill Gates, Chair of the Gates Foundation and Founder of Breakthrough Energy, to the European Commission

Bill Gates

Visit of Bill Gates, Chair of the Gates Foundation and Founder of Breakthrough Energy, to the European Commission

Bill Gates, Henna Virkkunen

Visit of Bill Gates, Chair of the Gates Foundation and Founder of Breakthrough Energy, to the European Commission

Bill Gates, Henna Virkkunen

Visit of Bill Gates, Chair of the Gates Foundation and Founder of Breakthrough Energy, to the European Commission

Bill Gates, Henna Virkkunen

Visit of Bill Gates, Chair of the Gates Foundation and Founder of Breakthrough Energy, to the European Commission

Bill Gates, Henna Virkkunen

Visit of Bill Gates, Chair of the Gates Foundation and Founder of Breakthrough Energy, to the European Commission

Bill Gates, Henna Virkkunen

Visit of Bill Gates, Chair of the Gates Foundation and Founder of Breakthrough Energy, to the European Commission

Bill Gates, Henna Virkkunen