The couple had tried to continue working together following their divorce in 2021.
is exiting the Gates Foundation, one of the largest private philanthropies in the world, signaling that she and her ex-husband were unable to collaborate effectively following their 2021 divorce.
It wasn’t immediately clear what prompted French Gates to resign, though after the couple separated three years ago, they emphasized that they had established a plan for the foundation if their relationship fell apart.“If after two years either one of them decides that they cannot continue to work together, Melinda will resign as co-chair and trustee,” he wrote. “In such a case, Melinda would receive personal resources from Bill for her philanthropic work.
“It was many things. But I did not like that he’d had meetings with Jeffrey Epstein,” she said at the time. “I made that clear to him.” French Gates recalled meeting Epstein “exactly one time,” an encounter that left her repulsed.
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