While they were together, the couple welcomed three children over the years – Jennifer, 25, Rory, 23, and Phoebe, 19. “We work with incredible partners around the world who have also struggled during COVID. It reminded me that the Foundation calls me to do my best. She said: “I learned as a leader that I can do it. She added that her “main concern” has always been “protecting her children” and that she is grateful that she and Bill have now “come to the other side”.Īnd going through the “painful” divorces helped teach the philanthropist that “as a leader” she can do anything. with the person I’m leaving, I have to show up and do my best.” and then have to video conference at 10 a.m. “I kept working with the person I moved away from and I had to show up every day and be my best self,” she continued. They also founded the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation together in 2000, and even after they went their separate ways, the former couple continued to run the foundation together - which Melinda said helped her get through it. Sources close to French Gates say she began consulting divorce lawyers shortly after the story’s publication.Now, Melinda (seen last month) has opened up about her decision to leave her husband, telling Fortune magazine that the pandemic has helped her “have the privacy to do what she had to do.”
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As they wrote in their joint statement announcing the divorce in May, “We continue to share a belief in that mission and will continue our work together at the foundation, but we can no longer grow together as a couple in this next phase of our lives.” There was speculation that Gates’s relationship with convicted sex-offender Jeffrey Epstein and allegations of Gates’s workplace misconduct contributed to their split a 2019 Times article contained details about Gates and Epstein’s relationship that French Gates had reportedly been unaware of previously. Neither party has given extensive details on the reason for their split. While the details of this contract are unknown, the judge who finalized their divorce said the terms are “just and equitable.” Gates is currently the fourth-richest person in the world, worth an estimated $151 billion, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which the two co-founded, has an endowment of around $50 billion. However, the Gates’s split is being carried out under the terms of a separation contract. Washington, their home state, requires all assets accumulated during a marriage be divided equally in the event of a divorce. It’s still unclear how their multibillion-dollar fortune will be split. These resources would be “completely separate from the foundation’s endowment.” Suzman added that in this scenario, French Gates would also receive “personal resources” from Gates to put toward her own philanthropic work. If that happens, Gates would buy French Gates out of her share, and he would remain in control of the foundation. “If after two years either decides they cannot continue to work together as co-chairs, French Gates will resign her position as co-chair and trustee,” Mark Suzman, foundation CEO, said, per CNN.
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Unsurprisingly, neither party will receive spousal support.įor now, Gates and French Gates will continue running their foundation together under a two-year trial period. On Monday, a Washington court approved the dissolution of their marriage, which documents filed by French Gates called “irretrievably broken.” Surprisingly, neither party plans to change their name, per CNN. Almost exactly three months after announcing their split, Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates are now officially divorced.
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