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Bill Gates sent $8B to ex-wife Melinda for charity work, instantly making foundation one of world’s largest

The pair announced their divorce in May 2021 and subsequently split up their philanthropic efforts

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Bill Gates donated record $8 billion to Melinda French Gates' foundation as part of their divorce settlement

The donation is one of the biggest ever recorded.

Fortune

Bill Gates sees the world is going 'backwards' and gives 5-year deadline before we enter a new Dark Age

"I believe that, within the next decade, we will not only get the world back on track but enter a new era of unprecedented progress," Gates wrote in his annual letter.

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Craigslist founder signs the Giving Pledge, and his fortune will go to military families, fighting cyberattacks—and a pigeon rescue

“A nerd’s gotta do what a nerd’s gotta do, and a nerd should practice what he preaches,” Craig Newmark said.

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Scrooge or Santa? How Famous Billionaires Are Giving (or Not) in 2025

One thing the world's richest people have in common is that they all have a lot of money. One thing they don't have in common is the percentage of that money they give away to charity. While some...

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‘Have they given enough? No’: Melinda French Gates rips into billionaire class, saying Giving Pledge has fallen short

The billionaire philanthropist says there’s more work to be done to get the wealthy to donate.

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Elon Musk, fresh off securing a $1 trillion pay package, says philanthropy is 'very hard'

Musk’s giving style differs greatly from that of other billionaires.

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Trump’s new tax policies will cut the wealthy’s philanthropy by over $4 billion—and middle-class donors can't match the donations of MacKenzie Scott

Mega-donors like MacKenzie Scott and Melinda French Gates are funneling hundreds of millions of dollars into charitable causes, but Trump’s new tax policies could put billionaire giving in jeopardy.

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Bill Gates' Daughter Says They Were Not Allowed to Use His Last Name Until High School —Melinda Wanted Them Raised With 'Middle Class Values'

When your dad is Bill Gates, you'd think your last name would open every door. But Phoebe Gates didn't even use it until high school. And that wasn't an accident.

Benzinga

Bill Gates' Foundation Trust cuts Microsoft stake by 65% — dropping to a mere $4.7 billion in its vast portfolio

The latest SEC filing reveals the Gates Foundation Trust has sharply reduced its Microsoft holdings, shifting billions across its portfolio.

Windows Central

Bill Gates Once Took Out The Tuner From A TV He Purchased For This Reason, He Also Stopped Listening To Music For 5 Years

Sequoia Capital investor Michael Moritz says Bill Gates' early career showed focus few founders match.

Benzinga

Silver splitters: why divorced women are so happy

It’s not just Melinda French Gates. Many divorcees in their 40s to 60s are glad to be free – their male exes, less so

The Guardian - UK

Chilling messages reveal Jeffrey Epstein claimed to have intimate knowledge of Trump’s surveillance and Israel funding

Who knew Trump was so close to Epstein?

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More than 80 nonprofits receive $250M for global women's health from Melinda French Gates

More than 80 organizations that provide health care for women all over the world received grants Wednesday totaling $250 million from Melinda French Gates after a year-long application process

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Warren Buffett admits his original philanthropic plans were not ‘feasible’—he’s instead left his three kids $500 million a year to give away

The Berkshire Hathaway billionaire says his longevity has led to “unavoidable consequences” for his charitable objectives.

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Hundreds of billionaires pledged to give away $600 billion to charity—but the Bill Gates and Warren Buffett era of philanthropy may be over

While a tax bill aimed to cripple liberal philanthropic foundations may upend billionaire giving, charitable vagabonds like MacKenzie Scott are already rewriting the norm.

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Melinda French Gates says work is 'very broken' for women

Billionaire philanthropist Melinda French Gates launched a $60 million grant competition to discover bold, future-of-work ideas that remove barriers women face in the workplace.

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Houston billionaire couple plans to donate 95% of their $11 billion fortune to local causes: 'I want our grandchildren to be proud'

Rich and Nancy Kinder are part of The Giving Pledge, along with Bill Gates, Melinda French Gates, and Warren Buffett.

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Peter Thiel says he warned Elon Musk to ditch donating to The Giving Pledge because Bill Gates will give his wealth away ‘to left-wing nonprofits’

"What am I supposed to do—give it to my children?" Musk responded, as Thiel recounted. "You know, it would be much worse to give it to Bill Gates."

Marie Claire

Melinda French Gates Knows Exactly How Her Career Ends

One year since the philanthropist left the Gates Foundation, she’s still figuring things out—but there’s one cause she’s committed to for life.

Benzinga

Bill Gates' Praise Of 15 Indian Engineers In Early Days Of Microsoft Surfaces Amid Trump's H1-B Visa Crackdown: 'That Was A Phenomenal Thing'

Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) co-founder Bill Gates highlighted how a small group of IIT graduates helped transform Microsoft's engineering capabilities at a time when U.S. visa policies are sparking global debate.

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Disney heiress says any billionaire who can’t manage to share their wealth is 'kind of a sociopath'

Abigail Disney previously said the need to tax rich people like her “has never been so dire.”

Benzinga

Only 1% of Pharma Research Goes to Women's Health. Melinda French Gates Is Investing $100M to Change That.

Philanthropist Melinda French Gates has launched a $100 million initiative to address the severe underfunding of women's health research, her firm, the Pivotal Ventures, announced on Sept. 10.

Benzinga

Bill, Melinda French Gates Teach Phoebe The Power Of People, Not Money, As Her AI Fashion-Tech Startup Secures $8 Million From Top Investors

A billionaire and co-founder of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates may be among the world's richest philanthropists, but when it comes to their 23-year-old daughter Phoebe's first company, the only thing they offered was advice, not cash.

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Bill and Melinda French Gates gave their Gen Z daughter this piece of business advice before she launched her own $8 million startup

Before launching her $8 million startup, Phoebe Gates turned to her billionaire founder parents for advice. After all, when your dad is the cofounder of Microsoft, he might know a thing or two about building a business.

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