Melinda French Gates will step down as co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the nonprofit she and her ex-husband Bill Gates founded and built into one of the world's largest philanthropic organisations over the past 20 years.
The gift increased grant maker’s endowment to about $65 bn and is the Gateses’ biggest infusion of money into the foundation since 2000, when they transferred Microsoft stock then valued at $20 million.
The Seattle-based Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is the most influential private foundation in the world, with an endowment worth about $50 billion. It has focused on global health and development and U.S. education issues since incorporating in 2000.
Buffet gave no reason for stepping down from the Gates Foundation, but questions have been raised about the structure of its leadership after reports of Bill Gates' behavior in the workplace.
Bill Gates and his wife Melinda Gates revealed their decision of taking divorce in a joint statement which was shared by the Microsoft co-founder on Twitter. “After a great deal of thought and a lot of work on our relationship, we have made the decision to end our marriage. Over the last 27 years, we have raised three incredible children and built a foundation that works all over the world to enable people to lead healthy, productive lives,” read the statement.
Bill and Melinda Gates said Monday that they are divorcing but would keep working together.
Yet another feat in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's kitty! He will conferred with an award by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for PM's ambitious pet project - Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.
During two meetings, Donald Trump asked Bill Gates if vaccines weren’t bad because he was considering creating a commission to look into the negative effects of vaccines, if any.
DUBAI: A 58-year-old Dubai-based Indian education entrepreneur has pledged to give away more than half of his wealth for helping teachers around the world by signing a popular philanthropic campaign.Kerala-born Sunny Varkey joins the likes
New York: The 42 billion US dollar Gates Foundation is predicting that the lives of poor people around the world will improve more over the next 15 years than at any time in history.Bill and
New Delhi: Microsoft founder Bill Gates, along with his wife Melinda Gates today met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here."Mrs. @melindagates and Mr. @BillGates met PM @narendramodi," the Prime Minister's Office tweeted.Bill gates appreciated Pradhan Mantri
Lucknow, Jan 23: Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), Wednesday called on Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and discussed the progress on the recently signed memorandum of cooperation signed
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