The Microsoft co-founder and his wife, who launched the world's largest charitable foundation, said they would continue to work together at the Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationBill and Melinda Gates said on Monday that they are divorcing but would keep working together at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the largest charitable foundations in the world. Bill Gates was formerly the world’s richest person and his fortune is estimated at well over $100 billion. "Bill and I are equal partners," Melinda Gates said in a 2019 interview with The Associated Press. The foundation's futureThe Seattle-based Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is the most influential private foundation in the world, with an endowment worth nearly $50 billion. While both are global figures, Melinda Gates has increasingly built her profile as a champion of women and girls.

Source: The Hindu May 03, 2021 21:11 UTC