A restructuring announced Wednesday could begin the process of making the Gates Foundation more responsive to the people its mission aims to help and loosen the grip on the reins that its founders have held for more than two decades
Bill and Melinda Gates in Kirkland, Wash., Feb. 1, 2018. Following their divorce, they will continue to work together for now at the Gates Foundation, however an announcement Wednesday, July 7, 2021, indicated that if they cannot work out their differences, Bill Gates will maintain control as he essentially buys Melinda French Gates out of the foundation. Image: Kyle Johnson/The New York Times
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