Melinda Gates leaving the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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Melinda Gates announced she is stepping down as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation via a post on X on Monday.

US businesswoman and philanthropist Melinda Gates speaks during the Generation Equality Forum at the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris. “This is not a decision I came to lightly,” Gates wrote in a prepared statement. “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. I care deeply about the foundation team, our partners around the world, and everyone who is touched by its work.

Billionaire benefactors Bill and Melinda Gates previously filed for divorce in 2021, but pledged to continue their philanthropic work together as co-chairs of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation — one of the largest private charitable foundations in the world. They were married for 27 years. The organization has spent approximately $50 billion over the last 20 years towards curbing poverty, disease and other international struggles.“This is a critical moment for women and girls in the U.S.

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