Melinda Gates

Following her divorce from Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Melinda French Gates focused her philanthropic efforts on issues affecting women and girls worldwide. In 2022, she pledged $1 billion over 10 years to bolster women’s rights, reproductive health, and leadership.

Melinda Gates to step down as co-chair of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Melinda Gates' last day of work at the foundation will be June 7, according to her post on X.

Bill Gates, Melinda are proud parents as daughter graduates from medical school. See post

Jennifer Gates graduated from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York and shared a picture of herself in her graduation robe and hat. Proud parents Bill and Melinda Gates lauded her achievement in the comments section.

Melinda Gates on her divorce with Bill Gates: ‘Crying at 9 am, had video-conference at 10’

Melinda Gates on how she navigated working with Bill Gates amid their split. They run the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation together.

Bill Gates says would marry Melinda all over again: 'It was a great marriage'

Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates said he highly recommends marriage.

On Melinda Gates's 2021 favourites, chocolates, 'Sex Education' and Taylor Swift

Was there any skill or hobby she learnt this year? “How to be more patient,” Melinda French Gates, 57, said.

Bill Gates, on divorce from Melinda Gates, says 2021 'a year of great personal sadness'

Bill Gates and Melinda Gates were married in 1994 in Hawaii. They met after she began working at Microsoft as a product manager in 1987.

MacKenzie Scott, Melinda French Gates join to fund gender equality

Melinda French Gates said in a statement that “we can break the patterns of history" and advance gender equality if there's a commitment to support organizations, like the awardees, "that are ready to lift up women and girls.”

Warren Buffett’s exit from Gates Foundation clouds its future

Warren Buffett had been a huge contributor to the Gates Foundation, one of the foremost and richest nonprofit organizations dedicated to social causes, for more than a decade.

Bill, Melinda Gates divorce to split their $148 billion fortune, Gates Foundation excluded: Report

The biggest philanthropic asset, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, isn't a part of this fortune.

Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates explore changes to charitable foundation

The co-founders of one of the world's largest private charitable foundations, filed for divorce earlier this month after 27 years of marriage but pledged to continue their philanthropic work together.

Reports continue to swirl amid news of Bill Gates’ Microsoft probe: Here is all You Need to Know

Reports emerged that Gates stepped down from his position on the Microsoft Board amid investigation into his alleged “inappropriate romantic relationship” with a staff.

Xanadu 2.0: 10 things to know about Bill and Melinda Gates’ mansion

Bill and Melinda Gates live in Xanadu 2.0, worth around $131 million. They couple has recently filed for divorce.

What the Gates divorce means for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

After the news on May 3, grant recipients and staff members alike wondered what would happen. But, the message from the headquarters in Seattle was clear: Bill and Melinda Gates may be splitting up, but the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation isn’t going anywhere.

Post separation, Melinda Gates now a billionaire on shares transfer from Bill Gates

The fortune was made in a "massive stock transfer" worth $1.8 billion on May 3 via Gates’ Cascade Investments. The duo announced their separation on May 3.

When Bill met Melinda: Their lives, split & philanthropy

Bill and Melinda Gates have called it quits after 27 years of marriage. The Microsoft co-founder, 65, announced the news in a joint statement on Twitter. The statement also mentions that they will continue to work together at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

In Pics | Bill and Melinda Gates in happier times as the couple heads for divorce

Microsoft co-founder Bill and his wife Melinda said in identical tweets that they had made the decision to end their marriage. Here is a look at their 27 years of life together.

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation: Glimpse of the power-couple’s philanthropic work in India

Bill Gates and his wife Melinda announced that they were divorcing after 27 years of marriage. Here’s a quick look at their philanthropic work in India.

Bill and Melinda Gates Divorce | Quick look at other billionaire divorces

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda announced that they are divorcing after 27 years of marriage. Here’s a quick list of other billionaire divorces in recent decades.

A look at Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation: What will happen to their charity after divorce?

In 2020, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation pledged to make a contribution of $250 million to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bill and Melinda Gates Divorce | Daughter Jennifer will inherit less than 1 percent of their fortune - here is why

“Thank you for understanding our desire for privacy while we navigate the next phases of our lives,” Jennifer Gates said in an Instagram post after Bill and Melinda Gates had announced their divorce.

Bill and Melinda Gates Divorce | Melinda Ann French: From tech executive to philanthropic champion

Over the years, Melinda Gates has increasingly built her profile as a champion of women and girls.

Bill and Melinda Gates' divorce evokes comparison with that of Jeff Bezos, MacKenzie Scott

Announcement of Bill and Melinda Gates' divorce evoked comparison with that of Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie Scott, another high-profile Seattle-area billionaire couple to part ways in recent years.

Melinda and Bill Gates are divorcing after 27 years of marriage

The couple run the US-based Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the most influential private foundations in the world, with an endowment worth nearly $50 billion.

U.S. FDA suspends Bill Gates-backed at-home COVID-19 testing program

The Gates Foundation in March said it was providing technical assistance for SCAN, which had been approved by regulators in Washington state, one of the first U.S. states to be hit hard by the outbreak.