A Bill Gates Documentary Series is in the Works

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Netflix is exploring Bill Gates’ post-CEO life in a new documentary series. 

The streaming giant will explore the Microsoft founder’s endeavors after stepping down as CEO in 2000 and launching the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. 

Inside Bill’s Brain: Decoding Bill Gates from Academy Award-winner Davis Guggenheim chronicles the tech visionary “as he pursues unique solutions to some of the world’s most complex problems with the same level of optimism, curiosity, and fervor that inspired his original vision for Microsoft.”

“Davis had the idea of making a documentary that looked at the big projects I take on that are risky and might not happen otherwise, and that was interesting to me,” said Bill Gates. “It may seem counterintuitive to make this documentary while we’re still in the middle of solving these really hard problems, but I’m hopeful that maybe more people will get engaged in some of these issues and help solve them. I hope this documentary leaves people optimistic that big problems can be tackled.”

Inside Bill’s Brain: Decoding Bill Gates debuts September 20 on Netflix.