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The Latest Breaking News from Melinda French Gates

Why Melinda French Gates called for a ‘truce’ with her doctor after gaining 79 pounds during pregnancy

The philanthropist shares three children with her ex-husband Bill Gates

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Melinda French Gates responds to ex-husband’s comments on recent divorce

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Melinda French Gates on why her divorce from Bill Gates was ‘necessary’

Microsoft CEO recently admitted that their split was the greatest failure of his life

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'It's Not A Dynasty': Bill Gates On Why His Children Will Inherit Less Than 1% Of His Total Wealth

On 7 April 2025, Bill Gates stunned fans—his kids inherit less than 1% of his £83B ($105B) wealth, with £82B ($104B) going to charity. 'It's not a dynasty,' he says.

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Melinda French Gates was surprised to become a grandmother so early in life

Melinda French Gates admits that she "never could have imagined" becoming a grandparent at the age of 58.

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Microsoft just turned 50. Here's a look at an iconic 1978 photo of its first employees and where they are now

The 1978 photo came about because one employee, Bob Greenberg, won a free portrait from a radio contest.

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Melinda French Gates reflects on ‘betrayals’ in Bill Gates marriage

The 60-year-old philanthropist divorced the billionaire Microsoft founder in 2021

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Bill Gates reportedly warned Trump his foundation won’t be able to fund global health gaps if the administration keeps making major cuts

Gates Foundation officials have previously said “no foundation” can effectively replace the U.S. government’s foreign aid funding.

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Melinda French Gates says billionaires aren’t ‘a monolith’

Melinda French Gates cautioned the public against seeing billionaires as monoliths, saying instead she tried to raise her children with a sense of normality.

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Melinda French Gates said Warren Buffett’s advice helped her set boundaries as a leader

Buffett told staffers at the Gates Foundation to “find your bull's-eye” and everything else will fall into place.

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Melinda French Gates got her start at Microsoft because an IBM hiring manager told her to turn down their job offer

The philanthropist is one among the likes of Jensen Huang, Indra Nooyi, and Steve Jobs to have taken career-changing advice from the most unexpected sources.

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Michael Bloomberg tops the list of America’s biggest donors for the second year in a row

For the second year in a row, former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg gave the most to charitable causes, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s exclusive Philanthropy 50 list of the Americans who donated the largest sums to nonprofits last year

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Plenty of people give lip service to investing in women. She's devoted her career to it

Female Founders Fund is now on its third fund and has raised a total of $125 million from LPs including Melinda French Gates’ Pivotal Ventures, and Goldman Sachs.

Fortune

Bill Gates uses the 'love and logic' parenting style with his children that his dad used to support him

Bill Gates says his father's "love and logic" parenting technique was so effective he used it with his own children.

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Who Is Bill Gate's Girlfriend, Paula Hurd: Age, How Did They Meet, How Did Her Husband Die, and More

Bill Gates has a new girlfriend! Who is Paula Hurd, the woman who has captured the billionaire's heart? Learn about her career, family, and connection to Gates.

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Elon Musk takes the return to office to new extremes— he claims he’s turned DOGE’s DC headquarters into his bedroom

Tesla CEO has a history of pulling all-nighters and demanding his workers to do so as well.

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Bill Gates says he will never downsize his ‘gigantic’ $130 million mansion he bought for just $2 million

Billionaire boomer Bill Gates doesn’t want to move out of his "bachelor’s dream" house complete with 24 bathrooms and a trampoline room, despite being a single empty nester.

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“Narcissistic”: Bill Gates Says His “Biggest Mistake” Was Divorcing Melinda, Gets Slammed For It

Bill Gates claimed his "biggest mistake" was divorcing his ex-wife Melinda, but netizens are convinced he got exactly what he deserved. The post “Narcissistic”: Bill Gates Says His “Biggest Mistake” Was Divorcing Melinda, Gets Slammed For It first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Bill Gates says divorcing Melinda Gates was mistake he ‘most regrets’

The Microsoft CEO and his now-ex announced their split in 2021

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MacKenzie Scott and Melinda French Gates’s momentous year of giving

The billionaires are potentially reshaping philanthropy in the U.S.

Fortune

The founder of a collapsed private equity giant who took $100 million from Bill and Melinda Gates was expelled from the Giving Pledge

At its peak, Arif Naqvi’s private equity firm controlled almost $14 billion in assets.

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Melinda French Gates will donate $150 million toward women in the workplace—and one-third of it will go to AI

Roughly a third of the donations will go toward supporting women in STEM and AI.

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Here's Why We All Win When Charitable Dollars Go to Women

Giving to charities for women and girls not only has a lasting impact on their lives — it also benefits society as a whole. Here’s how to start investing.

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Bill Gates’ youngest daughter Phoebe endorses Kamala Harris in plea to Gen Z voters

Phoebe’s father, Bill Gates, previously donated $50m to the Harris-Walz campaign

The Conversation

Why billionaire philanthropy might not be as generous as you think

Walmart heiress Alice Walton is one of the richest people in the world and a celebrated philanthropist, whose lifetime giving total recently hit an estimated US$1.5 billion (£1.2 billion). Her largest gift to date, US$390 million in the year to September 2023, included US$249 million for the Alice L Walton…

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