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Melinda French Gates says she's resigning from the Gates Foundation. Here's what she'll do next.
French Gates said in a social media post that her last day at the foundation will be June 7, adding that she plans to move onto "the next chapter" of her philanthropic work. In a separate statement, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation CEO Mark Suzman said the organization would be changing its name to the Gates Foundation.
Melinda French Gates is resigning from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Melinda French Gates, one of the world’s preeminent philanthropists, said Monday she would resign as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that she has helped lead since 2000.
Melinda French Gates resigns from Gates Foundation, gets $12.5 billion for philanthropy
Melinda French Gates announced her resignation from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and her plans to "commit" to her own philanthropic work.
Melinda French Gates resigns from the Gates Foundation
Three years after her divorce from Microsoft founder Bill Gates, she plans to embark on her own philanthropic venture.
Melinda French Gates, the philanthropist pursuing her own passions
French Gates achieved full emancipation: three years after divorcing Gates, she announced she was cutting ties with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, whose $59.5bn endowment and $7bn in annual grants makes it not just a whale among minnows in the philanthropic world but a veritable ocean unto itself.
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