Bill and Melinda Gates. Photo: Getty ImagesBillionaire benefactors Bill and Melinda Gates, co-founders of one of the world's largest private charitable foundations, filed for divorce on Monday after 27 years of marriage, saying they had reached an agreement on how to divide their assets. But the foundation said Bill Gates (65) who co-founded Microsoft Corp, and Melinda Gates would continue to work together in their existing roles as co-chairs and trustees of the organisation. JOINT FOUNDATION WORK TO CONTINUEThe pair "will continue to work together to shape and approve foundation strategies, advocate for the foundation’s issues and set the organisation’s overall direction," the Gates Foundation said in a statement. Gates' spouse, who recently began referring to herself as Melinda French Gates on most websites and social media, was raised in Dallas and studied computer science and economics at Duke University.

Source: Otago Daily Times May 03, 2021 21:22 UTC