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  1. May 13, 2024 · May 13, 2024 11:13 AM PT. NEW YORK — Melinda French Gates will step down as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the nonprofit she and her ex-husband Bill Gates founded and built ...

  2. Paul Allen. v. t. e. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) [a] is an American private foundation founded by Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates. Based in Seattle, Washington, it was launched in 2000 and is reported to be the third largest charitable foundation in the world, [7][8] holding $69 billion in assets as of 2020. [4]

  3. May 13, 2024 · When French Gates officially resigns June 7, Bill Gates will be the sole chair of the foundation's board, though Suzman, as CEO, has taken on a higher profile role in the past three years.

  4. SEATTLE (January 26, 2022) — Today, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation appointed a board of trustees, with Strive Masiyiwa, Baroness Nemat (Minouche) Shafik, Thomas J. Tierney, and Gates Foundation CEO Mark Suzman joining co-chairs Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates as members. The board members will work alongside Gates and French Gates ...

  5. May 15, 2024 · The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which will change its name to the Gates Foundation, is one of the largest philanthropic organizations in the world. As of December 2023, its endowment was $75.2 billion, thanks to donations from Gates and the billionaire investor Warren Buffett.

  6. Feb 5, 2022 · Since it was launched in 2000, the Foundation has disbursed more than US$60 billion in grants. It is a founding partner of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and the second largest donor to WHO. It has raised the profile of global health and ploughed money into interventions to fight infectious diseases, including more than $2 billion for COVID-19.

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  8. May 4, 2021 · The Gates foundation was born in 2000 as a merger of two previous charitable endeavours. At the time, Bill Gates was considered the richest person in the world. Bill and Melinda gates to divorce

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