What next for Melinda French Gates? To use $12.5 billion for own philanthropy
Hindustan TimesMelinda French Gates, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates' former wife, said that she would resign as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation next month. Melinda French Gates will step down as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the nonprofit shone of the largest philanthropic foundations in the world that she helped her ex-husband Bill Gates found more than 20 years ago. Melinda French Gates' complete statement She said, "After careful thought and reflection, I have decided to resign from my role as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Like you, I truly admire Melinda, and I will deeply miss working with her and learning from her.” Melinda French Gates and Bill Gates' divorce The couple separated in 2021 over two years after Bill Gates' relationship with disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was reported.