World of Philanthropy Rocked by Bill and Melinda Gates Divorce Announcement

By Daniel Webster

Photo: Kjetil Ree Bill and Melinda Gates during their visit to the Oslo Opera House in June 2009.

Bill and Melinda Gates, announced Monday that their marriage is over.

The billionaire couple are massive donors through their $50 billion Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which spends more than $5 billion a year on philanthropic causes like US education and worldwide disease eradication. 

Bill Gates Photo: United States Department of Health and Human Services
Bill Gates Photo: United States Department of Health and Human Services

Bill Gates is one of the world’s most famous billionaire philanthropists, who inspired other billionaires to donate their money to charity. Bill Gates has been a leading public health expert during Covid

The couple made their announcement in posts on Twitter. Melinda Gates added her maiden name, French, to her Twitter profile.

“But we no longer believe we can grow together as a couple in this next phase of our lives,” according to their joint statement.

A Gates Foundation spokesperson said that the philanthropy did not anticipate changes to its work, according to Vox. Both Bill Gates and Melinda Gates will remain co-chairs and trustees of the foundation in their name, a spokesman said.

“They will continue to work together to shape and approve foundation strategies, advocate for the foundation’s issues, and set the organization’s overall direction,” a Foundation spokesman said.

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