“The time is right for me to move forward into the next chapter of my philanthropy,” she wrote in a statement posted on X.
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00:00 Melinda French Gates is resigning from her role as co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
00:04 The unexpected news comes three years after her divorce from Bill Gates and less than a year after she said she planned to stay at
00:11 The foundation for the foreseeable future in a statement on X
00:14 She wrote the time is right for me to move forward into the next chapter of my philanthropy
00:18 But French Gates isn't leaving empty-handed
00:20 She will depart with twelve point five billion dollars that will be used for her work on behalf of women and families
00:25 French Gates said this is a critical moment for women and girls in the US and around the world and those fighting to protect and
00:31 Advance gender equality are an urgent need of support