Melinda French Gates, the ex-wife of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, is resigning as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to focus on issues surrounding women and girls in the U.S.

French Gates says she is "immensely proud" of the work of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the decision to step down as co-chair was not easy. Her last day is June 7.

Melinda French Gates and Bill Gates were married for 27 years before announcing their divorce in May 2021, a decision that she described to "CBS Mornings" anchor Gayle King in 2022 as "painful." ...

Melinda French Gates to Resign From Gates Foundation. The ex-wife of Bill Gates said she will take the $12.5 billion she will receive upon leaving to further charitable work with women and families.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has spent more than $59 billion to combat poverty and diseases since its inception in 2000. Last year, ...

Melinda French Gates and Bill Gates onstage during a Goalkeepers event. Mike Lawrence/Getty Additionally, this week, the Gates Foundation announced $1.27 billion in commitments to help advance ...

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A Gates Foundation spokesperson told Forbes the $12.5 billion will not come out of the foundation trust, but is “the subject of a personal agreement Bill and Melinda made” and will come from ...

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Melinda French Gates announced Monday that she will resign as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Seattle-based philanthropic organization she started with her ex-husband in 2000.

Melinda French Gates has announced that she will be stepping down from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which she and ex-husband Bill Gates started in 2000. Skip to content PEOPLE ...