Melinda Gates could leave the charity she heads with her ex-husband Bill Gates in two years if they find it impossible to continue working together. This is stated in a press release on the website of the fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kyiv. Ukraine. Ukraine Gate – July 8, 2021 \u2013 Entrepreneurs<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the fund’s<\/a> executive director Mark Suzman, the couple, announcing their divorce in early May, complied with their commitment to participate fully in the fund’s activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOver the past two decades, Bill and Melinda have grown a foundation that they often call their fourth child. However, they agreed that if after two years one of them decides that he cannot continue working together, Melinda will resign as co-chairman and trustee of the fund, \u201dsaid Suzman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to him, Melinda will receive funds from the founder of Microsoft <\/a>for independent charity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, The New York Times writes that Gates will thus buy out his ex-wife’s right to work for the fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, Susman said that the decision does not mean the inevitable departure of Melinda Gates, reports The Wall Street Journal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Bill and Melinda, individually and together, have assured me of their firm intention to continue to work together as co-chairs of the fund in the long run,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is also reported that the management of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has decided to increase the number of its guardians. At the end of June, Warren Buffett, head of the Berkshire Hathaway holding company, resigned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On May 4 this year, the founder of Microsoft, American businessman Bill Gates announced that he was divorcing his wife Melinda after 27 years of marriage<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gates said that in 27 years of marriage, he and Melinda raised three children and created a foundation that works around the world for the benefit of human health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The marriage of the founder of Microsoft and his wife Melinda was on the verge of collapse 10 years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, the couple did not want to reveal to the public personal relationships, and carefully hid the details of the unhappy family life since 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After divorcing Microsoft founder Bill <\/a>Gates, his wife Melinda received a total of $ 3 billion in shares from her husband.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n