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Melinda French Gates To Resign As Gates Foundation Co-Chair, Plans To Continue Her Own Philanthropic Work: What You Need to Know
Monday, May 13, 2024 - 2:17pm | 534The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is about to lose one of its namesakes. Co-chair of the foundation’s multibillion-dollar endowment, Melinda French Gates, announced on Monday that she will resign from the role. Alongside her ex-husband and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, she has helped...
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Bill Gates' Daughter's Dazzling Sheer Gown Steals Spotlight At George Clooney's Albie Awards
Saturday, September 30, 2023 - 4:59am | 665Phoebe Gates, Bill Gates’ youngest daughter, turned heads and stole the spotlight at George Clooney’s Albie Awards on Thursday, effortlessly captivating in a chic sheer black gown. What Happened: Phoebe, 21, made a striking appearance at the Albie Awards,...
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Bill Gates Spent One Weekend A Year With Ex-Girlfriend While Married To Melinda Gates And She Approved But Says It Was The Jeffrey Epstein Ties And Affairs That Led To Their Divorce
Monday, September 25, 2023 - 7:03am | 847Last year's high-profile divorce between Bill Gates and Melinda Gates made headlines, not only for being one of the most expensive divorces in history — Melinda reportedly walked away with an estimated $70 billion — but also for casting a spotlight on an unusual marital agreement....
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Bill Gates Shares First Photo With Newborn Granddaughter: 'I Can't Wait To Watch You Discover The World'
Saturday, April 8, 2023 - 10:27am | 578Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) co-founder Bill Gates recently shared pictures with his first grandchild, whom Gates' daughter Jennifer Gates gave birth to with equestrian Nayel Nassar. In an Instagram post on Friday, the billionaire businessman shared a picture of himself holding...
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Bill Gates Worries 'We're Making Same Mistakes' Prepping For Next Pandemic — Wants This Done Instead
Monday, March 20, 2023 - 8:11am | 423Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates said on Sunday that fighting disease ought to be akin to fighting fires. What Happened: Gates said in “The Next Pandemic” newsletter that such outbreaks, like fires, not only pose a threat to a single home but to an entire community....
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Why Bill Gates Plans To 'Move Down And Eventually Off Of The List Of The World's Richest People'
Sunday, March 12, 2023 - 3:31pm | 595While Bill Gates may best be known as the co-founder of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT), he has been gaining prominence through the years for his philanthropy, opening the doors to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2000. Since then, the foundation has doled out...
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Melinda Gates On Divorce With Bill Gates: 'I Just Couldn't Stay In That Marriage'
Saturday, February 11, 2023 - 2:33pm | 531In 2021, Melinda French Gates and Bill Gates announced their separation. They were married for nearly three decades, and their divorce was finalized in August of that year. Even though both continue to run their philanthropic foundation together, Melinda's "unbelievably painful...
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Melinda Gates Partners With Techstars, The Second Largest Startup Accelerator in the World, To Address the Unmet Needs of Older Adults
Tuesday, February 7, 2023 - 10:26am | 520Melinda French Gates joined Microsoft Corp. in 1987 and helped grow the technology company into the $2 trillion-dollar powerhouse that it is today. French Gates and her ex-husband Microsoft Founder Bill Gates grew the business into one of the most valuable and successful companies in the...
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What The Careful CEO Should And Shouldn't Talk About: A Handy Guide
Friday, July 29, 2022 - 1:40pm | 1023CEOs walk a fine line when it comes to talking about hot-button issues like transgender rights or gun control or arming transgender people to fight for the right of immigrants to have affordable health care and equal pay without enduring global warming. The Statista stats service has put together a...
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5 Things You Might Not About Melinda Gates
Friday, July 29, 2022 - 12:10pm | 560Melinda Gates is well-known as the former wife of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) co-founder Bill Gates. The couple announced in 2021 they would divorce after 27 years of marriage. Here is a look at Melinda Gates and how she met Bill through Microsoft and was the driving push of helping people...
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Bill Gates Says Bears Have 'A Pretty Strong Argument' And Forecasts An 'Economic Slowdown'
Sunday, May 8, 2022 - 4:43pm | 360Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) co-founder Bill Gates says the combination of the Russia-Ukraine war, the remaining impact of the COVID pandemic, and increasing interest rates could trigger a worldwide economic slowdown. What Happened: Speaking on CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS” on...
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Divorce Asset Split Starts: Melinda Gates Now Owns Stakes In These 4 Stocks
Tuesday, May 11, 2021 - 12:10am | 905The divorce between Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) co-founder Bill Gates and Melinda Gates is well-publicized. The event could lead to the splitting up of a fortune worth $140 billion, including stakes in several publicly traded companies. Splitting up of assets has already begun with new...
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Bill And Melinda Gates' Divorce News A Bull Case For GameStop? What You Need To Know
Tuesday, May 4, 2021 - 11:27pm | 610A post by a member of the Reddit investor forum r/GME in March that speculated billionaires were increasing their short positions in GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME) ahead of their impending divorces is now seen as a bull case for the videogame retailer’s value. What Happened: Following the...
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Bill Gates' Foundation Increases Coronavirus Funding To $250M, Criticizes WHO Funding Cut
Thursday, April 16, 2020 - 3:51am | 429The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on Wednesday announced it is dedicating another $150 million in funding for the global efforts against novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. What Happened The funding is on top of the $100 million the foundation had committed back in February as the...
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Inovio Pharmaceuticals Begins Phase 1 Human Testing Of Its COVID-19 Vaccine
Tuesday, April 7, 2020 - 4:02am | 494Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s (NASDAQ: INO) Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation-backed DNA vaccine for the novel coronavirus enters human trials. What Happened Inovio Pharmaceuticals announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration had accepted the New Drug application for INO...