Melinda Gates to step down as co-chair of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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MELINDA French Gates said on Monday (May 13) she is stepping down as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Her last day of work at the foundation will be Jun 7, according to her post on X.
Billionaire benefactors Bill and Melinda Gates, co-founders of one of the world’s largest private charitable foundations, filed for divorce in 2021 after 27 years of marriage but pledged to continue their philanthropic work together.
The foundation is one of the most powerful and influential forces in global public health, having spent more than US$50 billion over the past two decades to bring a business approach to combating poverty and disease. REUTERS
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