Melinda French Gates resigns as co-chair from the Gates Foundation
Source: NPR
Melinda French Gates, one of the world's wealthiest philanthropists, announced Monday she is resigning as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation a foundation she has helped lead since its start in 2000.
In a post on X (formerly known as Twitter), the 59-year-old said she was "immensely proud" of the work of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the decision to step down as co-chair was not easy.
French Gates says that her last day with the foundation is June 7.
"This is not a decision I came to lightly," she wrote on X. "I am immensely proud of the foundation that Bill and I built together and of the extraordinary work it is doing to address inequities around the world."
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2024/05/13/1250996010/melinda-gates-resigns-from-gates-foundation-philanthropy-donations
JohnnyRingo
(18,753 posts)It seems she could remain on as a figurehead, a chairwoman who doesn't have to commit to daily machinations of the organization.
But it appears she's walking away altogether. Why is that?
On edit:
After reading the article in full: I might understand what she's doing, but it still looks like the next level of her divorce. Like she doesn't want to be associated with her ex-husband, and leaving with a settlement of $12b for her own charities.
FemDemERA
(237 posts)I found this from July 2021.
https://www.gatesfoundation.org/ideas/articles/gates-foundation-trustees-commitment
myohmy2
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