Gate articles
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Melinda French Gates resigns as Gates Foundation co-chair, 3 years after her divorce from Bill Gates
"This is not a decision I came to lightly," she posted on X. "I am immensely proud of the foundation that Bill and I built together and of the extraordinary work it is doing to address inequities around the world."
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Melinda French Gates resigns as Gates Foundation co-chair, 3 years after her divorce from Bill Gates
Melinda French Gates announced Monday that she will step down as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. She helped found the foundation more than 20 years ago with her ex-husband Bill Gates. It's now one of the largest philanthropic foundations in the world. In a post on X, French Gates wrote, “This is not a decision I came to lightly.” Bill Gates thanked French Gates for her “critical” contributions to the foundations in a statement, saying, “I am sorry to see her leave." French Gates...
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Melinda Gates to exit the Gates Foundation
Melinda French Gates is leaving the charitable foundation she co-founded with former spouse Bill Gates more than 20 years ago and will get $12.5 billion for her own work to uplift women and families, she said on Monday.