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Billionaire Bill Gates' Trust Sells Microsoft, Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway in Q1, Walmart Stake Increases by 200%

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation recently revealed selling millions of shares of Microsoft and Berkshire Hathaway in Q1, coinciding with Melinda Gates' resignation as co-chair of the trust.

International Business Times UK

Melinda Gates is giving away $1 billion in the next years. Here’s where it’s going

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will change its name to the Gates Foundation

The Independent UK

Melinda French Gates resigns as co-chair from the Gates Foundation

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.

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Melinda Gates To Leave Gates Foundation, Keeps $12.5bn For Her Work

Philanthropist Melinda French Gates announced Monday she was leaving the nonprofit foundation she established with her ex-husband Bill Gates -- an organization that has become one of the most influential in the world.

International Business Times

Melinda Gates steps down from Gates foundation

The ex-wife of Bill Gates will still have $12.5 billion to commit.

Axios

Melinda French Gates to step down as co-chair of Gates Foundation

Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates had pledged to continue work together through trial period after filing for divorce in 2021

The Guardian - US

OPINION - How Jeffrey Epstein is still shifting tectonic plates of world’s elite from the grave

From New York to the Royal Lodge, yet another toxic dossier about the billionaire is wreaking havoc on power players

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Melinda Gates Net Worth: More Firepower To Help 'Every Woman And Girl'

On Forbes' real-time billionaires' list, Melinda Gates is 185th as of Dec. 27. Melinda had enough firepower in her to navigate through the fresh philanthropic and financial landscape after her separation from her billionaire husband.

International Business Times

Bill Gates made waves with his statements on climate change. Here’s why he’s right–and what most people missed

Bill Gates is right–we need to focus on the tools we have available. However, we need to simultaneously fund ecosystem conservation and restoration.

Fortune

Melinda French Gates redefines what a 'smart bet' in VC looks like

To advance more female founders and fund managers, Melinda French Gates' Pivotal Ventures is turning to new markers of success and potential.

Fortune

Melinda French Gates: 'It’s time to change the face of power in venture capital'

By investing in women-led funds and early-stage companies, Pivotal wants to help transform the way that the venture capital industry looks at women.

Fortune

Multi-million dollar lawsuits and irreconcilable differences: The most expensive celebrity divorces

Celebrity divorces are frequently the subject of mass media scrutiny, as former couples attempt to fairly divy up their millions, or even billions, worth of assets. Honey Wyatt takes a look at some of the most high-profile cases in recent years

The Independent UK

Gates Foundation commits $200 million to pay for medical supplies, contraception

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledged $200 million to help save the lives of mothers and children during child birth

The Independent UK

Helping mothers and babies survive childbirth is a personal goal, says Melinda French Gates

Several low cost and low tech interventions would increase the chances of mothers and their babies surviving childbirth, according to a new report released Tuesday by The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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Inaction on maternal and newborn deaths is ‘morally wrong’, Gates Foundation CEO warns

‘Data demonstrates clearly there are significant inequities in resources and attention being paid to issues that primarily affect women,’ Mark Suzman says

Fortune

The world’s mothers are in crisis. Melinda French Gates says these innovations can help reverse maternal mortality

Every two minutes, a woman dies during pregnancy or childbirth.

The Independent UK

Bill Gates says being a grandparent motivates him to create ‘a better world’ for granddaughter

The Microsoft founder says that he’s been given ‘a whole new lens to see the world through’

The Independent UK

Bill Gates and girlfriend Paula Hurd attend Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez’s engagement party

The celebrations reportedly took place onboard the Amazon founder’s yacht in the Amalfi Coast, Italy

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The Independent UK

Bill Gates is not engaged to Paula Hurd despite photos of her wearing ring, rep confirms

The couple confirmed their romance in February this year

The Independent UK

Women seeking jobs in Bill Gates’ private office were asked sexually explicit questions, report claims

A spokesperson for the Microsoft co-founder says any connection between his personal history and independent background checks is ‘outrageous’

The Independent UK

Warren Buffett has given $50.7 billion toward historic pledges to the Gates Foundation and others

After 17 years of steady payments, Warren Buffett has to date given annual donations totaling $50.7 billion toward his historic multibillion-dollar pledges to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and to four foundations connected to his family, according to a Chronicle tally

The Independent UK

Bill Gates reveals what he wishes he knew when he was younger

Microsoft co-founder recently revealed five things he wished his younger self knew

Fortune

Melinda French Gates shares five women who inspire her on International Women's Day

These women are showing what progress looks like.

The Independent UK

Bill Gates joins 26 newcomers on list of 50 biggest donors

As the ranks of America’s super wealthy grow, the roster of major philanthropists is expanding to include not-so-typical megadonors — among them, a professional clarinetist, a Ph.D. in meat science, and a lawyer who regularly argues before the U.S. Supreme Court

The Conversation

Donations by top 50 US donors dropped sharply to $14 billion in 2022 – Bill Gates, Mike Bloomberg and Warren Buffett lead the list of biggest givers

The 50 Americans who gave or pledged the most to charity in 2022 committed to giving US$14.1 billion to foundations, universities, hospitals and more – a total that was 60% below an inflation-adjusted $35.6 billion in 2021, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s latest annual tally of these donations.

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