Bill Gates and Melinda Gates are separating, but their charitable foundation will continue

Bill Gates and Melinda Gates are separating, but their charitable foundation will continue
By Chaim Gartenberg

The Robin Hood Foundation’s 2018 Benefit
Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Robin Hood

Bill Gates and Melinda Gates have announced that they’ll be ending their marriage after 27 years together, explaining in a joint statement that they “no longer believe we can grow together as a couple in this next phase of our lives.”

Bill Gates is best known as the founder of Microsoft, who leveraged his fortune at the helm of that company working together with Melinda Gates to form the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2000. The Gates Foundation has since grown to become one of — if not the largest — charitable foundations in the world, with an endowment of almost $50 billion.

Bill had previously stepped away from his positions at Microsoft as CEO (in 2000), a full-time employee (in 2008), and a member of the company’s board in...

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May 4, 2021 at 02:19AM
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